Ts-877 - Plex server move another devices- Transcoding Hardware acceleration

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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There currently isn’t Plex support for HW Transcoding w/Nvidia GPU’s under native Qnap Plex QPKGs.

I have validated though, that you CAN get HW Transcoding by utilizing GPU Passthrough in Virtualization Station with a Win10 VM with the NVidia Drivers installed.

Plex worked fine and leveraged the GPU for HW transcoding (tested using the latest PlexPass version). I would recommend using SSD’s for the VS VM files to maximize VM performance.

I mapped a NW drive back to the QNAP Shared Folder for my media files and it indexed/played the media fine. Since this leveraged the vSwitch, no “external to QNAP” nw traffic was generated for that.

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Ah, dang.

Just setup my TS-877 yesterday, tested that first 4k plex stream, and was totally bummed that it didn’t utilize the GTX 1060.

Found this thread, and my fears were confirmed :frowning:

I started another feature request thread, we gotta get this functionality added! I appreciate all those that posted the Virtual Machine workaround, but it’d just be so awesome to have it work natively.

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Bigger question, did the 4K play fine? If so…be happy

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@nSchmidt7 said:
Ah, dang.

Just setup my TS-877 yesterday, tested that first 4k plex stream, and was totally bummed that it didn’t utilize the GTX 1060.

Found this thread, and my fears were confirmed :frowning:

I started another feature request thread, we gotta get this functionality added! I appreciate all those that posted the Virtual Machine workaround, but it’d just be so awesome to have it work natively.

http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/320150/feature-request-enable-nvidia-gpu-hardware-hw-transcoding-acceleration-on-ryzen-qnap-ts-877/

I have a card on order and will now cancel as It was to be used for HW transcoding on a TVS1282.

Same as you the VM path is not where i want to go - I will wait til I can use it “natively”

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@ChuckPA said:
Go to the QNAP compatibility guide: https://www.qnap.com/en/compatibility/?model=294&category=1

Yes, you must create a new QTS installation on the SSD. It will become the new “CACHEDEV1_DATA”. This is normal and easy to do.

You can try to save your existing configuration and import again after setting up QTS. When I attempted it, I was using 4.3.3. It did not permit me to migrate the configuration due to hardware change.

To create the new SSD QTS volume,

  1. Shutdown the NAS
  2. Install the SSD in the M.2 slot(s)
  3. Unlock the HDs and pull out just enough to disengage.
  4. Startup the NAS. It will beep just as if new
  5. Start Qfinder and install QTS
  6. Have it create the volume on SSD
  7. Reboot and configure QTS
  8. Shutdown NAS
  9. Insert HDs
  10. If you have existing shared folders on the HD, create the share but “Manually Specify Path”. they will be found as /share/CACHEDEV2_DATA/folder_name

It is OK to play with installing QTS on SSD a few times until it is how you like it before you insert the HDs. I did the same.

I created a static 1TB volume. When I add SSD #2, I will have a mirror RAID of 1TB to make it faster than now but do not think I will need it. 540 MB/sec is quick. :slight_smile:

If you have any questions, QNAP telephone support is GREAT! They will help you get through it and answer Every question you have

Hi chuck,

for the cache1vol, is 2x 256gb ssd in raid1 sufficient?