jang430 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 @Hoopster, Thanks for the clarification. @ken-ji, by your rig, you mean the one in your signature? Quote Link to comment
ken-ji Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 @jang430 yeah. I only have one installation at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) You need 7th Gen to do 10-bit transcoding. Edited May 16, 2018 by HellDiverUK Corrected Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 I'm using Core i3-7100, kaby lake. I believe this is sufficient? Though I don't want to subscribe to Plex Pass Quote Link to comment
ken-ji Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 31 minutes ago, HellDiverUK said: You need 8th Gen to do 10-bit transcoding. Not really, the needed hardware is already in Kaby Lake CPUs I tried the jellyfish video again jellyfish-400-mbps-4k-uhd-hevc-10bit.mkv (audio only though) and I could transcode without issues to 1080p 10mbit for remote playback (not at home) with only about 4x25% cpu utilization 19 minutes ago, jang430 said: I'm using Core i3-7100, kaby lake. I believe this is sufficient? Though I don't want to subscribe to Plex Pass It should be. My research made me get the G4620 as its a bit cheaper than the i3 for only a 200MHz less clock speed and the lack of some instructions you don't need on a server/NAS (My opinion) You might want to try Emby out then, as the free version does support HW accelerated transcoding via VAAPI which we discussed above. Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Oh, yes, 7th and 8th gen, my apologies. Quote Link to comment
whipdancer Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 1 hour ago, jang430 said: I'm using Core i3-7100, kaby lake. I believe this is sufficient? Though I don't want to subscribe to Plex Pass Plex works better than Kodi ever did for me. I happily gave Plex a one time payment for my lifetime subscription. Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 2 hours ago, jang430 said: I'm using Core i3-7100, kaby lake. I believe this is sufficient? Though I don't want to subscribe to Plex Pass Plex regularly offers Plex Pass lifetime subscriptions for $75 either via a direct email offer to Plex users or to the general public less frequently on special sales. I wouldn't pay the $4.99 a month for a monthly subscription (other than to trial Plex Pass for one month to see if it offers enough to entice me to buy a lifetime subscription), but it does offer enough that, in my opinion, it was worth the $75 lifetime subscription price. Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) @ken-ji, by using Emby, you mean Emby in the backed? What about the front end? Do you have to install Emby addon on Kodi? I would much prefer if the backend detects the streamer to be a raspberry pi 3, and adjust accordingly, rather than still open an app. That's how it goes for me with Plex, have to download app addon on kodi, and turn it on to be able to stream 8-bit for now. I bought my i3-7100 second hand Btw, following another forum servethehome, and they are showing a very good deal for Xeon D 1541, 8 core/ 16 thread. I always liked the Xeon D boards, low power, high core count. The thing that's stopping me is I believe it's not capable to play hevc 10-bit. @whipdancer, when you say Plex works better than Kodi for you, Is there any Plex OS on Raspberry Pi? I primarily use Raspberry Pi 3 as my streamer. I use Plex on laptops, and cellphones though. @Hoopster, currently, not a lot of shows yet that is so high quality. Am futureproofing Though there's the other argument to get a new SBC (single board computer) that actually supports hevc 10-bit. Edited May 17, 2018 by jang430 Quote Link to comment
ken-ji Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Sorry, been away from home for an extended period of time, so my current streamer is Emby Mobile (Web client) or android phone app. Was able to try it with a Roku device - seemed fairly good. There's 2 emby addons to kodi, but I haven't tried it. Emby has native clients for ios/tvos/windows - all require premium access though... Never liked Plex, not really sure why not. Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 Sorry, been away from home for an extended period of time, so my current streamer is Emby Mobile (Web client) or android phone app. Was able to try it with a Roku device - seemed fairly good. There's 2 emby addons to kodi, but I haven't tried it. Emby has native clients for ios/tvos/windows - all require premium access though... Never liked Plex, not really sure why not.Emby for kodi is free? And streaming from Emby server on Unraid to Emby on Kodi ( installed to a raspberry pi) is free?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 16 minutes ago, ken-ji said: Never liked Plex, not really sure why not. For me, it's a reliance on 3rd party servers and logins. I like that you can use emby with local access only if you wish. Maybe I haven't given plex enough research, but when I was making my decision several years ago, I couldn't figure out a way to use plex without signing up for an account. Emby just worked, and since then I have enjoyed emby enough to purchase the "lifetime" premiere key for my server. While writing this, I googled plex offline, and apparently it's possible, but kind of a pain, and seems to get broken every so often where you can't skip the login. I'll pass, and keep using emby quite happily for now. Quote Link to comment
ken-ji Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 2 hours ago, jang430 said: Emby for kodi is free? And streaming from Emby server on Unraid to Emby on Kodi ( installed to a raspberry pi) is free? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yep. there are two plugins - one is a video source addon in the Kodi repo the other is a application that takes over Kodi and downloaded from the Emby site 2 hours ago, jonathanm said: For me, it's a reliance on 3rd party servers and logins. I like that you can use emby with local access only if you wish. Maybe I haven't given plex enough research, but when I was making my decision several years ago, I couldn't figure out a way to use plex without signing up for an account. Emby just worked, and since then I have enjoyed emby enough to purchase the "lifetime" premiere key for my server. While writing this, I googled plex offline, and apparently it's possible, but kind of a pain, and seems to get broken every so often where you can't skip the login. I'll pass, and keep using emby quite happily for now. oh yeah. This is probably it. There is no need to login to a third party service or provide details about your emby server. Since I have a domain and dynamic DNS, I can login to my emby server from anywhere online and watch stuff. Emby does have a service to simplify remote sign-on but I've never used it. Quote Link to comment
whipdancer Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 On 5/16/2018 at 7:30 PM, jang430 said: when you say Plex works better than Kodi for you, Is there any Plex OS on Raspberry Pi? I primarily use Raspberry Pi 3 as my streamer. I use Plex on laptops, and cellphones though. I don't use RPi for streaming. I use a Roku box (and have used several other Rokus, ATV - new and old, XBOne and more). But that completely misses the point. My point was that I gladly pay for Plex because it adds value to my Movie & TV watching experience. It's so ridiculously simply to use that my technology avoiding aunt can even work it and it is nearly completely hands off for me. Win, win. Yes, I will happily support the hard work that created that product. /rant-off Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 19, 2018 Author Share Posted May 19, 2018 Hey guys, where do I put Extra Parameters "-device /dev/dri:/dev/dri" in Emby docker? I already added lines to my go file. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
ken-ji Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 If you haven't found it: Click on the Basic/Advanced toggle on the upper right corner The Fill out the Extra Parameters Field Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 @ken-ji, thanks for pointing that out. I forgot about the advanced mode. BTW, what exactly shall I put in Extra Parameters? "-device /dev/dri:/dev/dri" only? Why are yours showing different? Quote Link to comment
ken-ji Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 To achieve your goal just --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri * note the double dash I've added other stuff for vanity naming of the container and a restart option in case the entire container dies for some reason. as I was testing the beta for a short bit Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 I will just copy and paste :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 Hi @ken-ji, can I seek some clarification? I'm still getting above 90% cpu utilization. These are my settings: 1. Go file #!/bin/bash # Start the Management Utility /usr/local/sbin/emhttp & #Setup drivers for hardware transcoding in Plex modprobe i915 chown -R nobody:users /dev/dri chmod -R 777 /dev/dri 2. See attached Please advise. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
ken-ji Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, jang430 said: 1. Go file #!/bin/bash # Start the Management Utility /usr/local/sbin/emhttp & #Setup drivers for hardware transcoding in Plex modprobe i915 chown -R nobody:users /dev/dri chmod -R 777 /dev/dri I think you need to change your go file. Try placing the stuff for transcoding before the emhttp line as this will set things up before the docker has a chance to start. #!/bin/bash #Setup drivers for hardware transcoding in Plex modprobe i915 chown -R nobody:users /dev/dri chmod -R 777 /dev/dri # Start the Management Utility /usr/local/sbin/emhttp & Currently with you setup, restarting the container should allow HW transcoding to work already. Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 I think you need to change your go file. Try placing the stuff for transcoding before the emhttp line as this will set things up before the docker has a chance to start.#!/bin/bash#Setup drivers for hardware transcoding in Plexmodprobe i915chown -R nobody:users /dev/drichmod -R 777 /dev/dri# Start the Management Utility/usr/local/sbin/emhttp & Currently with you setup, restarting the container should allow HW transcoding to work already. Thanks. Makes sense.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 This method of modprobing i915 and passing that to Emby/Plex doesn't work on Coffeelake. I can't get it working on my i5-8400 at all. I'm likely going to shift back to my i5-6500T, and use the i5-8400 in my HTPC (to benefit from the better GPU). Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, HellDiverUK said: This method of modprobing i915 and passing that to Emby/Plex doesn't work on Coffeelake. I can't get it working on my i5-8400 at all. I'm likely going to shift back to my i5-6500T, and use the i5-8400 in my HTPC (to benefit from the better GPU). I believe with the Coffee Lake chips you have to enable alpha support in syslinux.cfg in addition to the other modifications. label unRAID OS menu default kernel /bzimage append initrd=/bzroot i915.alpha_support=1 It worked for several unRAID users as seen in this discussion: Edited May 23, 2018 by Hoopster 1 Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 I believe with the Coffee Lake chips you have to enable alpha support in syslinux.cfg label unRAID OS menu default kernel /bzimage append initrd=/bzroot i915.alpha_support=1 See this discussion: Just want to report suggestion by @ken-ji didn't work. I don't know why. Will try restarting the whole NAS later.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
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