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Is it possible to use Intel QuickSync for Plex transcode and GTX 1060 for VMs?

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I've recently started using Unraid, mainly to run Plex but I'm also looking into running some VMs.

I'm using the i5 12400 in my system and it's been great, I've passed the igpu through to the Plex container using /dev/dri and using QuickSync to transcode content. For some reason though I'm now getting three seperate cards  when I do "cd /dev/dri ls in terminal. If I look in Plex transcoding they're all UHD730. I only  really need one lol.

 

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I also have an old 1060 just gathering dust and I put it into my system and all it did is it disabled my Plex passthrough and I was never able to use it has a GPU for VMs I'm setting up. Toying with the idea of trying some games on my VMs just for fun and using the Virtual VNC gpu is kinda slow and doesn't work well with Linux VMs

What am I doing wrong? Is it possible to passthrough a seperate GPU to use with VMs while using the iGPU in the Plex docker?
I'm running my server headless, do I need one of those dummy HDMI plugs ?

 

Thanks

6 hours ago, agnarkb said:

I've recently started using Unraid, mainly to run Plex but I'm also looking into running some VMs.

I'm using the i5 12400 in my system and it's been great, I've passed the igpu through to the Plex container using /dev/dri and using QuickSync to transcode content. For some reason though I'm now getting three seperate cards  when I do "cd /dev/dri ls in terminal. If I look in Plex transcoding they're all UHD730. I only  really need one lol.

 

image.png.73ea5620ffcf8c121634a383531eb5e5.png

 

I also have an old 1060 just gathering dust and I put it into my system and all it did is it disabled my Plex passthrough and I was never able to use it has a GPU for VMs I'm setting up. Toying with the idea of trying some games on my VMs just for fun and using the Virtual VNC gpu is kinda slow and doesn't work well with Linux VMs

What am I doing wrong? Is it possible to passthrough a seperate GPU to use with VMs while using the iGPU in the Plex docker?
I'm running my server headless, do I need one of those dummy HDMI plugs ?

 

Thanks

if you add a dGPU you will have to change the bios to enable the iGPU as normally it likely disable igpu if dgpu is seen

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On 3/30/2024 at 6:41 AM, SimonF said:

if you add a dGPU you will have to change the bios to enable the iGPU as normally it likely disable igpu if dgpu is seen

Ahh I forgot about that!
Any clue though why I have all these cards under /dev/dri?

40 minutes ago, agnarkb said:

Ahh I forgot about that!
Any clue though why I have all these cards under /dev/dri?

If you have intel_gpu_top installed you can run the list, this will show vendor associated.

 

root@computenode:~# intel_gpu_top -L
card1                    Intel Alderlake_s (Gen12)         pci:vendor=8086,device=4680,card=0
└─renderD129            
card0                    10de:1fb2                         pci:vendor=10DE,device=1FB2,card=0
└─renderD128            
card2                    1002:743f                         pci:vendor=1002,device=743F,card=0
└─renderD130            

root@computenode:~# 

 

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1 hour ago, SimonF said:

If you have intel_gpu_top installed you can run the list, this will show vendor associated.

 

root@computenode:~# intel_gpu_top -L
card1                    Intel Alderlake_s (Gen12)         pci:vendor=8086,device=4680,card=0
└─renderD129            
card0                    10de:1fb2                         pci:vendor=10DE,device=1FB2,card=0
└─renderD128            
card2                    1002:743f                         pci:vendor=1002,device=743F,card=0
└─renderD130            

root@computenode:~# 

 

 

This is what comes up, it's all the same device. But it doesn't seem to be having any effect on performance so probably doesn't matter.

image.png.b711064473440467f795b993aab348f6.png

1 hour ago, agnarkb said:

 

This is what comes up, it's all the same device. But it doesn't seem to be having any effect on performance so probably doesn't matter.

image.png.b711064473440467f795b993aab348f6.png

Are you runming the srvio plugim

nas that will create multiple gpus.

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7 minutes ago, SimonF said:

Are you runming the srvio plugim

nas that will create multiple gpus.

Ahhh I am! Someone said I could use that for the VMs.
Gonna  mess around in BIOS and put the GPU in and see what happens

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