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  1. @quietwalker Excellent! You are welcome. Did you need to add the modprobe i915 to the Go file or did it work without that?
  2. I finally got this working, simply by switching to the official Jellyfin Docker container. The reason for the switch was that I read somewhere that the official container uses Debian, whereas the other well known Jellyfin containers (linuxserver.io, hotio, etc.) uses Ubuntu. This made me think that some device drivers might actually be present in Debian but not in Ubuntu, for my particular hardware (Intel QuickSync via an i5-13500 CPU). As soon as I replaced my old linuxserver.io container with the official one, I only needed to add "--device=/dev/dri" to the Extra Parameters section when creating the container. After this, hardware transcoding worked straight away after enabling it in the Jellyfin control panel. Do note that I did add a line with modprobe i915 into the Go file when trying to get HW transcoding to work with the linuxserver.io and hotio containers, so this line is still in my Go file. I have not tried removing it to see if the official container still works, so you might as well try the official container without changing the Go file. If it does not work, then just change the Go file (please let us know if this is necessary or not). If you need instructions on how to edit the Go file, you can follow the below: You can edit the Go file easily by opening a terminal window directly via the Unraid GUI In the terminal window, type the command: nano /boot/config/go Add the following line at the bottom of the Go file modprobe i915 When you are done, press Ctrl + X, followed by Enter to confirm the file name, to save the file. Then restart the computer.
  3. @robine Did you need to add modprobe i915 to the Go file? Did you need to set any specific permissions to the /dev/dri folder? I have the exact same CPU as you but cannot get Jellyfin use the Intel iGPU.
  4. @m5B7Eu Nice! In your description I assume the NAS box is the Unraid computer? What is the purpose of your SMB share? Do you mean you export an Unraid share so you can move the data from your "download" box to Unraid? Or do you mean you add the "download" box as an external share in Unraid and essentially pull the data to Unraid? How do you handle sleep and wake of the Unraid box?
  5. I am about to setup my first Unraid server, which will be used as a file server but also for running a couple of different Docker containers. What I am contemplating now is if it would make sense to actually setup applications such as Radarr, Sonarr and the likes on a separate low-power device which will be running 24/7 (in my case I actually have an Intel NUC 8th gen that I plan to install Proxmox on and use for running a bunch of containers that I do not want to run in Unraid, e.g. Home Assistant, as I do not want certain services to go down just because I have to tinker with the hardware of the Unraid box), whereas the Unraid box would be shutdown during the night, to save power. If using the above then of course things would have to be moved from the separate box during the day, directly to the final storage in the array as to not filling up the cache pool and then still having to wait for the mover to run. Anyone doing something similar? If so, I would very much appreciate some details.
  6. Is there any way to share a GPU between UnRaid and a gaming VM? I am not talking about sharing it at the same time, but rather that I am not using the gaming VM that often, so it would be cool to be able to use it for transcoding with Jellyfin or similar. The idea I got was that it would be neat if I could simply shutdown the gaming VM whenever not being in use and then assigning the GPU for use for transcoding etc. Preferably this would all happen automatically, at least to a big degree, e.g. only by triggering a script or similar. Is this something that would be possible? Thanks.
  7. @Decto Thank you very much for your detailed reply. I will keep an eye out for AMD's launch for sure.
  8. @DectoAlso, how do you game on your VM's, e.g. by using Parsec, Steam streaming, Moonligt etc.? Do you game anything outside your own LAN?
  9. Thank you very much for your reply. I think you definitely have me convinced on this track, to keep the most powerful GPU in the gaming rig. Since I posted my question I have actually investigated the possibility to upgrade the CPU for my current server mobo (can accomodate 2nd and 3rd gen Intel CPU's), as well as for my current gaming rig's mobo (can accomodate 6th gen Intel CPU's). Unfortunately, even for 6th gen, it is next to impossible to find any cheap CPU's. My thought was to maybe upgrade to a good i7 for my gaming rig's mobo and move that board to the server, but an i7 6th gen costs almost as much as a 10th gen with double the cores and threads, so then I'd rather just splurge on a new mobo as well. And like you say, the i5 will be insufficient to drive the 1080 Ti in a VM, since I will realistically only have 2-3 cores available to the VM. In fact, the i5 is around 100% even in my gaming rig with that GPU. I also remembered that I have an older Geforce GTX 970 lying around as well, so my idea now is really to have this GPU plus the 1080 Ti in the future, as soon as I upgrade to 3080 in the gaming rig, running in separate VM's on the UnRAID server. This would of course be needing an even more powerful CPU, at least a 10th gen i7, but even an i9 would be preferable. So, now I am in the rough place of needing to upgrade both machines. Any suggestions on hardware for an UnRAID server to accomodate two gaming VM's with the above mentioned GPU's? Also, what are you using two and soon three UnRAID licenses for? I ask because it seems that I will have a 1-2 spare computers in the near future.
  10. Hey all, I am about to (finally, after thinking for too many years about this :P ) upgrade my Windows Home Server 2011 to something else and I have decided that to be UnRAID. My current server is a 2nd generation Intel Core i3 and then nothing else but a separate video card (only because the mobo does not have video out, so for setup and troubleshooting purposes) and a SATA controller card. Otherwise the only thing in the chassis are lots of HDD's for storage and an SSD for the OS. My thought at first was just to change the OS to UnRAID, but I have really fallen in love with the idea of having a gaming VM running on the UnRAID server, as I am already planning on purchase a Geforce 3080 for my gaming rig in the near future. The main purpose for this gaming VM would be to have gaming to other devices (HTPC's, android phones, iPad tablets, Raspberry Pi's etc.), while still having a separate gaming rig. However, I now have a couple of ways forward. 1. Upgrade the mobo and CPU on the server to something more modern and with more cores, plus moving my current Geforce 1080 Ti to the server, when I purchase the 3080 to my gaming rig. 2. Upgrade the mobo and CPU on the gaming rig to something more modern (not necessarily pushing number of cores), purchasing a Geforce 3080 and then moving my gaming rig's current hardware (Intel Core i5 6th gen and Geforce 1080 Ti) to the server. While thinking about the above to options, I started thinking about if I really even need my separate gaming rig at all. I will still not be able to be hooked up directly to the GPU in the server, as the server is placed in our basement, so it has to be over the LAN. What I am afraid of are of course if there are issues sometimes and of course too much latency for certain games, when running them in the VM over the LAN. Because otherwise a third option would of course be: 3. Upgrade the mobo and CPU on the server to something more modern and with more cores plus purchasing a Geforce 3080 for the server. This would then be used for gaming instead of my gaming rig as well. And of course, when thinking about replacing my gaming rig, I of course started thinking about doing option 3 above, but also moving my current Geforce 1080 Ti to the server as well, to be able to have two separate gaming VM's on the server. I would appreciate your thoughts on these different alternatives, should I keep separate gaming rig or move everything to the server, as well as suggestions for hardware for the different options above. Thanks.