# Will updating PMS Break my Hardware transcoding?

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [March 31, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/will-updating-pms-break-my-hardware-transcoding/705922 "2021-03-31T13:28:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![blim5001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@blim5001](https://forums.plex.tv/u/blim5001)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/will-updating-pms-break-my-hardware-transcoding/705922/1 "2021-03-31T13:28:32Z")

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Server Version#: 1.21.3.4021

Would like to update PMS on my Linux server, but having seen a fair few posts on problems with Hardware Transcoding recently I just want to check if it will be ok to go ahead.

While I will (almost) always use direct play, my shared users not so much…so would rather not break it

As far as I can tell my Hardware Transcoding is currently working (within the limits it has)

 ![Screenshot 2021-03-31 at 14.17.47](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/d/3/d378b444a97c43477b8264bdc0efccd04883c083.png)

processor is an old Intel Xeon E3-1245V2 which does have Intel® Quick Sync Video  
The OS is Ubuntu 18

In my prefs file I have the setting `VaapiDriver="i965"`

and these in /dev/dri

```auto
crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 0 Feb 10 19:48 card0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 128 Feb 10 19:48 renderD128

```

Is there anything I need to be aware of before updating PMS?

(Yep I know there were some major DB changes recently, so would grab a copy of the DB beforehand just in case I do end up having to rollback)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/will-updating-pms-break-my-hardware-transcoding/705922/2 "2021-03-31T15:22:16Z")

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Grab a copy of both the DB and the Preferences.xml to be safe

When you do upgrade, expect 3-4 minutes (on an i7-7700) / 25,000 items indexed for the migration to complete ; don’t panic. Just watch the CPU and wait for normal idle.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/will-updating-pms-break-my-hardware-transcoding/705922/3 "2021-06-29T15:22:54Z")

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