LeTiver 0 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Hi folks, I am new to this forum and Emby. Here the gist of a question/problem that I have not been able to resolve: Environment: Host Ubuntu Server (18.04) QEMU/KVM configuration 50TB (3 ZFS Pools) | Multiple VMs Passthrough NVIDIA 750ti to VM (Guest A) Guest A Ubuntu 20.04 - Passthrough NVIDIA 750ti (nvidia-smi -> OK) - Docker Docker Emby Server Questions: Although I have spent a good 2 days configuring things, reading posts, articles -- etc. I have not been able to find clear answers to the following basic questions. I kindly ask for your insight and/or specific links with specific answers to these questions: Quote Some logs attached (Playing a movie I encoded to mpeg2 to ensure 750ti supports it. -- Log #2) 1. hardware_detection 2. Mpeg2 Movie: ffmpeg-transcode-7a1f 3. HVEC LDMovie:ffmpeg-transcode-LDMOVIE_4k In short: Is emby not using HW to transcode content because of configuration or GPU capability issues? Other questions: 1. How do I know when/if emby is leveraging the video card for transcoding? The log is confusing to me (just learning about all this). Some sections show UseHWcodecs=true -> Then it uses a SW encoder >>>>>> FindVideoEncoder - Media: h264, UseHardwareCodecs: True, Mode: Custom Info Checking: 'libx264 Software Encoder' Info Check successful - selecting 'libx264 Software Encoder' 2. It appears emby recognized that HW is available/capable but then it is not used (lack of HW codecs)? 3. How do I know what is SW vs HW in the following lines? 16:51:30.397 Stream mapping: 16:51:30.397 Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (mpeg2video (native) -> h264 (libx264)) 16:51:30.397 Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy) I truly appreciate your help, hardware_detection-63777948584.txt ffmpeg-transcode-7a1f26b1-5881-4197-9360-8e3cca20a4f5_1.txt ffmpeg-transcode-LDMOVIE_4k_a18a5662-fe1b-4052-88ef-216c28ab7742_1.txt Edited January 17, 2022 by LeTiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3326 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 @LeTiver - do you have an active Emby Premiere subscription? hw acceleration doesn't work without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTiver 0 Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 I see. No, I don't have a Premiere subscription. Thanks for the quick response, let me see if I can sort that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTiver 0 Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, softworkz said: @LeTiver - do you have an active Emby Premiere subscription? hw acceleration doesn't work without it. No, I don't. I will look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3326 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 We should really display a message about this in the config UI, to avoid letting users work with the configuration and wondering why it doesn't work. Sorry for the inconvenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8242 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, softworkz said: We should really display a message about this in the config UI, to avoid letting users work with the configuration and wondering why it doesn't work. Sorry for the inconvenience. The page does have this. But may need a bigger note and color or a different position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTiver 0 Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, softworkz said: We should really display a message about this in the config UI, to avoid letting users work with the configuration and wondering why it doesn't work. Sorry for the inconvenience. Frankly, it is a must. Also, although the logs are helpful, it takes time for someone new to understand what is relevant. either a one pager explaining how to read the logs or adjusting logging entries. I would have rather spend more time on other areas I am working on instead of guessing on matrix configurations... Edited January 17, 2022 by LeTiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3326 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Happy2Play said: The page does have this. Yes, but it's static and never changes. 2 minutes ago, Happy2Play said: But may need a bigger note and color or a different position. No, I think it should not even allow you to save a configuration with hwa when you don't have Premiere. (or show a warning message on save at least) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3326 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, LeTiver said: Frankly, it is a must. Also, although the logs are helpful, it takes time for someone new to understand what is relevant. either a one pager explaining how to read the logs or adjusting logging entries. I would have rather spend more time on other areas I am working on instead on guessing sometimes... We have added appropriate log output for this a while ago, so the beta has it meanwhile.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTiver 0 Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Happy2Play said: The page does have this. But may need a bigger note and color or a different position. This might be just my perspective, but it seems a 'small print attempt' for something quite important. I suggest adding that line at the very top, no need of a red disclaimer but merely a good attempt to pinpoint a basic check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8242 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, softworkz said: Yes, but it's static and never changes. No, I think it should not even allow you to save a configuration with hwa when you don't have Premiere. (or show a warning message on save at least) True since the server knows one's status it should not be that hard to enable/disable or hide options per server status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8242 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, softworkz said: We have added appropriate log output for this a while ago, so the beta has it meanwhile.... Thought this was logged but appears to only be in 4.7 Warning: Hardware acceleration is not available as it requires a valid Premiere Subscription Edited January 17, 2022 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3326 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Yes, it's in the beta since October 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8242 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, softworkz said: Yes, it's in the beta since October 21 True our longest split release beta cycle as some when into 4.6.7.0 and some did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3326 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 The next beta will provide an even more clear overview of available and chosen codecs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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