Hi there,

 

I am relatively new to Unraid as well as Plex and am experiencing challenges with setting up hardware transcoding in my Plex Docker container. Despite various attempts and configurations, it seems like hardware transcoding is not functioning as expected, and I would greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions.

 

System Details:

Unraid Server Version: 6.12.4

Plex Version: 1.32.7.7621

Docker Repository: lscr.io/linuxserver/plex

Hardware: Terramaster F4-423 with an Intel® Celeron® N5095 processor

Storage: Using an SSD cache to enhance performance

Installed Plugins: GPU Statistics and intel-gpu-top

 

Configuration:

Added Extra Parameters for Plex Docker Container: --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri

Added the /dev/dri device in Plex Docker Container settings

Verified permissions for /dev/dri are set to crwxrwxrwx

Active Plex Lifetime Pass with hardware acceleration enabled in Plex settings

Manually set HardwareDevicePath to /dev/dri/renderD128 in Plex container preferences.xml

lspci -vnn output confirms that the Intel JasperLake UHD Graphics is recognized and the i915 driver is in use

 

Issues Encountered:

CPU load reaches 100% during transcoding, suggesting possible fallback to software transcoding

No "(hw)" indicator in the Plex dashboard during transcoding processes

 

I am looking for advice on ensuring that hardware transcoding is properly utilized in my setup. Is there a step I might have missed, or a specific configuration that needs adjustment? Any insights, especially considering my relative newness to Unraid, would be incredibly helpful.

 

Thanks in advance! 

You can go directly to the correct support thread for this docker by clicking its icon in your Unraid webUI and selecting Support 

Got it, thanks