Transcoding (Intel QuickSync) on Virtual Machine

[KiraCreedeth 1]

Hey, I have setup a host machine running Debian 11 and with couple Virtual Machines on Virtualbox. One of them is Emby Server and it is using Windows Server 2019 as quest operating system.

I have enabled "advanced" options on hardware transcoding, but I can't see Intel QuickSync. I should have known this coming as this  is a quest OS, but I figured to ask if anyone has successfully made it. CPU used is i5-10400. Feel free to ask any questions I might have missed here. Thanks for answers in advance!

[Luke 42080]

Hi there, have you checked out our hardware accelerations setup guide?

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001160207-hardware-acceleration-on-linux

[caffeineshock 18]

because there is no quick-sync device present in your vm. youre missing the intel uhd gpu in your vm

its not that easy. what you want is to pass a pcie device through to the guest (yes, the integrated intelHD is a pcie device)

how to do it? well depends on your os, your hypervisor and some options you have to enable in the bios

BUT i dont think (correct me if im wrong) you cant passthrough pcie devices using virtual box since virtual box is a type2 hypervisor and has no direct access to the hardware

what you need is a type1 hypervisor, like for example vmware vsphere esxi or microsoft hyper-v, which i use. ive got a rtx3070 which i can "share" between multiple vms at once (gpu-partition). maybe you have a look into it. i think KVM is also capable of pcie-passthrough but im not 100% sure

Edited November 28, 2022 by caffeineshock