VAAPI initialize error

[keith2045 7]

Hello,

I'm currently running emby server on docker on debian 9 i believe. I'm in the process of moving most of my docker containers over to kubernetes. I've got emby running on my kubernetes cluster (debian 10), i've noticed that it is a bit sluggish at times and often times i have frequent pauses in playback. Reviewing the logs on both servers i noticed this in the hardware log.

Failed to initialize VA /dev/dri/renderD128. Error -1

I added the GID to the GIDLIST. I'm assuming that fixing this problem might (hopefully) help with the playback issues. Attached are some logs

Thanks

Keith

embyserver.txt hardware_detection-63775544696.txt

[Luke 42077]

HI, try removing the statistics and autoorganize plugins, then restart the server and see if that helps it perform better. thanks.

[keith2045 7]

Thanks. I'll try that

[Luke 42077]

Let us know how you get on. Thanks.

[keith2045 7]

So this worked for a while, now i'm getting playback issues (stuttering).

Dont have a ffserver log, but attached is the emby server log

embyserver(2).txt

[Luke 42077]

16 hours ago, keith2045 said:

So this worked for a while, now i'm getting playback issues (stuttering).

Dont have a ffserver log, but attached is the emby server log

embyserver(2).txt 354.92 kB · 1 download

@keith2045 can you provide a copy of the media info from the web app detail screen of what you were trying to play? Thanks.

[keith2045 7]

Here is the info @Luke

 

videocamVideo

Title1080p H264

CodecH264

AVCYes

ProfileHigh

Level41

Resolution1920x1080

Aspect Ratio16:9

InterlacedNo

Framerate23.976

Bitrate28,579 kbps

Bit Depth8 bit

Pixel Formatyuv420p

Reference Frames1

audiotrackAudio

TitleEnglish Surround 7.1

Embedded TitleSurround 7.1

LanguageEnglish

CodecTRUEHD

Layout7.1

Channels8 ch

Sample Rate48,000 Hz

Bit Depth24 bit

DefaultYes

closed_captionSubtitle

TitleEnglish (SRT)

LanguageEnglish

CodecSRT

DefaultNo

ForcedNo

ExternalYes

FileThe Walking Dead - 04x13 - Alone.eng.srt

 

Thanks

[Luke 42077]

@keith2045 what Emby app are you playing this from?

[keith2045 7]

The FireTV app

[keith2045 7]

any suggestions @Luke? Not sure if it helps but it seems to play back fine on SD content, just HD doesnt seem to want to play

[keith2045 7]

I believe i've figured out the issue. The issue was a bug in my setup. More specifically i'm running my emby server in a kubernetes cluster running on a debian 10 host. A bug exists in the iptables package shipped with debian 10 which created thousands of duplicate iptables rules. This would cause lots of IRQ requests, slowing down the system. More info https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/issues/3117

[Luke 42077]

6 hours ago, keith2045 said:

I believe i've figured out the issue. The issue was a bug in my setup. More specifically i'm running my emby server in a kubernetes cluster running on a debian 10 host. A bug exists in the iptables package shipped with debian 10 which created thousands of duplicate iptables rules. This would cause lots of IRQ requests, slowing down the system. More info https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/issues/3117

Hi, that's interesting, thanks for the update !