[btrfs snapshot management + VM]

56 minutes ago, TexasUnraid said:

To be honest I am shocked that snapshots are not a core component of unraid already. This is a basic feature of storage based OS's for many years at this point. Heck even windows has snapshots lol.

 

A GUI to manage snapshots would be amazing, I have scripts that do it now but I will take a GUI option over CLI any day.

+1

[Unraid 6.10 release date?]

I hope next version includes support for intel 11 gen igpu

[UHD 750 - Rocket Lake IGP support.]

They say their part is completed?

https://forums.plex.tv/t/anyone-have-been-able-to-hw-transcode-on-an-intel-nuc-11-iris-xe/695381/66

[UHD 750 - Rocket Lake IGP support.]

want to request full support (4k HDR hw transcoding)

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3 hours ago, cracyfloyd said:

ok. i have do. 

1st i have installed the gvt-g app then

i have insert the needed part (i915.force_probe=4c8b) in the file /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg and remove the i915.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/ and make a reboot.

is this right ?

After that the hw transcoding in plex worked.

 

What about 4k HDR to SDR transcoding?? 

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14 minutes ago, ich777 said:

I can only tell you when you do light Desktop work (Internet, Youtube, Word,...) it will do pretty much nothing to the transcoding.

 I just tried it and everything is running great, no more lag when dragging windows and there is no dropped frames when playing videos inside the VM.

 

Will try it when I have the usual transcodes running (7 transcodes, 2 of those 4k HDR).  

 

I have an i3 7100 and have an i5 11400 in a corner waiting for HDR transcode support on unraid/plex.

 

Thank you for this

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How having a VM with a VGpu in use affects the hardware transcode performance of the dockers (Plex transcodes) ?

[Got a report saying disc had errors, SMART report passed. Am I okay?]

Happened something similar with a very bad quality Sata card I used to have and lousy Sata cables, disk is OK it seems (couple of years running strong as of now).  Check your cables

[[6.9.2] LSI 9211-8i timeout error logged during drive spinup]

You may correct the title, it says 6.9.3

[Plex: Guide to Moving Transcoding to RAM]

On 9/19/2020 at 6:22 AM, mgutt said:

By this guide Plex uses your RAM while transcoding which prevents wearing out your SSD.

 

Edit the Plex Container and enable the "Advanced View":

 

Add this to "Extra Parameters" and hit "Apply":

--mount type=tmpfs,destination=/tmp,tmpfs-size=4000000000

Result:

 

Side note: If you dislike permanent writes to your SSD add " --no-healthcheck ", too.

 

Now open Plex -> Settings -> Transcoder and change the path to "/tmp":

 

If you like to verify it's working, you can open the Plex containers Console:

 

Now enter this command while a transcoding is running:

df -h

 

Transcoding to RAM-Disk works if "Use%" of /tmp is not "0%":

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs           3.8G  193M  3.7G   5% /tmp

 

After some time it fills up to nearly 100%:

tmpfs           3.8G  3.7G  164M  97% /tmp

 

And then Plex purges the folder automatically:

tmpfs           3.8G  1.3G  3.5G  33% /tmp

 

If you stop the movie Plex will delete everything:

tmpfs           3.8G  3.8G  0  0% /tmp

 

By this method Plex never uses more than 4GB RAM, which is important, as fully utilizing your RAM can cause an unexpected server behaviour.

 

Thank you for this, it seems to work in a quick test with 6 transcodes (3 4k and 3 1080p), will leave it this way for a while and see if everything keeps running smoothly

[INTEL 11TH GEN IGPU SUPPORT FOR UNRAID? I5-11500]

On 4/25/2021 at 1:07 PM, Ziggfreed said:

 

Hey, going to pull the trigger on an 11th Gen soon. Just wanted to confirm that you were able to get the iGPU working? Ill be using it for Plex server most likely.

 

Thanks!

My understanding is, that it works but HDR to SDR tone mapping don't... 

[Reset the windows 10 - VM login password]

If is a local account, a simple google search tells you how can it be done (change password)

[when you mix and match hard drive caches is there performance differences with unraid?]

3 hours ago, Squid said:

No.  Caching on a spinner is used so that commonly used small files will stay in the cache and not be read again from the platters.  It's why the drive manufacturers all state up to 6gbs transfer rate, and yet the sustained rate is much, much less.

 

With an OS installed on the drive, where they are tons and tons of small files read over and over again, it makes a measurable difference.  With media, not so much.

TIL thank you

[UHD 750 - Rocket Lake IGP support.]

Thank you @xXx, can you tell me Plex-wise what is working and what isn't? I mean I guess tonemapping is not yet working right?

[UHD 750 - Rocket Lake IGP support.]

Can someone tell us how is it working?

 

adding the 

options i915 force_probe=4c8a 
options i915 enable_guc=2

 Will provide full hw transcoding support? what works and what don't??

[(Solved) CA Auto Turbo Write Mode - Settings Explained]

thank you @Squid @FlorinB for explain clearly how it works

[UHD 750 - Rocket Lake IGP support.]

On 4/4/2021 at 3:17 PM, xXx said:

Yo también estoy esperando. (UHD 730- I5 11400)

 

me too waiting support desperately !

[VM Windows 10 have max 12 cores and threads AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (24 cores and threads)]

On 9/4/2020 at 4:11 AM, bastl said:

You better don't pay more than 400 bugs for a used 2080ti. The 3070 is around this price and should have the same performance. I don't think people will sell their 2080ti's for such a low price. Always remember what this cards costs new 😁

wait can you pay with bugs?? gotta take advantage of rain season to collect some haha