tbonedude420 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) Hi all, sorry if this isn't the right spot...please move accordingly! It seems HW transcoding has come along way, and I am ready to jump in with recently decommissioned hardware from work, woohoo! GPU : Quadro m2000 4gb, based on the elpamsoft list, it should be able to do h265. I believe its as straight forward as adding support, and... viola? I am using a quadro, so no issues there... right?! Also I see the linuxserver.io plugin and another from ich777, is there a difference? I think I just need the first plugin And one last question, since I've got a dual cpu server, does it matter if I put the gpu on cpu0 or cpu1? Edited August 3, 2020 by tbonedude420 solved Quote Link to comment
testdasi Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, tbonedude420 said: Hi all, sorry if this isn't the right spot...please move accordingly! It seems HW transcoding has come along way, and I am ready to jump in with recently decommissioned hardware from work, woohoo! GPU : Quadro m2000 4gb, based on the elpamsoft list, it should be able to do h265. I believe its as straight forward as adding support, and... viola? I am using a quadro, so no issues there... right?! Also I see the linuxserver.io plugin and another from ich777, is there a difference? I think I just need the first plugin And one last question, since I've got a dual cpu server, does it matter if I put the gpu on cpu0 or cpu1? Yes. Voila. But assuming you are not using some super exotic H265 profiles. The vast majority of things would work seamlessly. LSIO plugin will automate the installation of the Unraid Nvidia build that was built by the LSIO team. If your only intention is to use Unraid with Nvidia support then that probably is the easiest point to start. Note that after you install the plugin, you still have to go to Settings -> Unraid Nvidia to initial the download and install the custom build. ICH777 plugin is intended to use for anyone wanting to compile their own kernel (i.e. in conjunction with the ICH777 custom kernel compile docker) with things beyond just Nvidia drivers. It doesn't automate the installation of the kernel so you will have to do it manually. With both, it's critical to note that you should NOT update Unraid using the official GUI. You basically have to wait till the appropriate custom build has been released. It matters in a sense. Your docker should pin the cores corresponding to the cpu to which the card is connected. Edited August 3, 2020 by testdasi Quote Link to comment
tbonedude420 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 "With both, it's critical to note that you should NOT update Unraid using the official GUI. You basically have to wait till the appropriate custom build has been released." Important note, got it. I am on 6.9 beta, should I drop back to stable first ? I ran 6.8 a long time its very stable with my setup. Just wanted to play around with 6.9 though. Sidenote: I blame spaceinvaderone! Quote Link to comment
testdasi Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, tbonedude420 said: Important note, got it. I am on 6.9 beta, should I drop back to stable first ? I ran 6.8 a long time its very stable with my setup. Just wanted to play around with 6.9 though. Sidenote: I blame spaceinvaderone! You can but you don't have to. There are 6.9.0 beta builds already released for Unraid Nvidia (and ICH777-compiled build over in the ICH777 plugin support topic). I vaguely remember beta22 or beta24 has an old Nvidia driver that didn't work but I'm pretty sure beta25 has the latest driver that should work. 1 Quote Link to comment
tbonedude420 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) Awesome, and thanks for quick responses! It appears I have more homework to-do. I am okay with building a kernel, assuming there is an idiot 101 guide for special ol' me. I will test out the plugin, this setup currently is not mission critical, I am open to failure and learning. I have a primary system for everything else. EDIT :: -N- :: UPDATE I hurried home, as fast as I could! Alright, so far so good. Oh boy, were getting somewhere! Yay!!! Success! Thanks again to @testdasi, it truly was a Viola'! moment on beta 25, took less then 10 minutes including shutdown, and restarting of the server. !! Edited August 3, 2020 by tbonedude420 updates Quote Link to comment
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