Unraid: HW transcoding not working (?)

[Coxeroni 27]

Emby Version 4.9.3.0 - Unraid 7.3.2

CPU is Intel® Xeon® CPU E3-1225 v6 @ 3.30GHz, which was working well with Plex before.

I have Premiere lifetime if that is of interest:


Recently I started converting some recorded TV episodes to a more "friendly" format, when I realised high CPU usage and very slow progress. Does it mean that HW transcoding is not working?

 
It should state the encoders, shouldn't it?

I forwarded /dev/dri in unraid

...and I can also see the device inside the Emby container:


When I force transcode a playback, I don't seem to have any kind of HW transcoding indication either:

What am I missing here?

Edit: Just fired up my Plex container on the same system, and iGPU/QuickSync transcoding works fine there...

Edit2: Same on Version 4.10.0.5 beta

hardware_detection-63908664531.txt

Edited Monday at 01:52 PM by Coxeroni

[Neminem 1580]

Hmm this is odd, the only difference I see from your setup and mine is, that I have a trailing / 

Don't think that should be it.

Edited 1 hour ago by Neminem

[seanbuff 1344]

6 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Hmm this is odd, the only difference I see from your setup and mine is, that I have a trailing / 

Don't think that should be it.

Mine does not have the trailing slash, and HW acceleration works fine in 4.10.0.5

On 09/03/2026 at 23:28, Coxeroni said:

Emby Version 4.9.3.0 - Unraid 7.3.2

Did you mean Unraid 7.2.3 ?

And you confirmed you have installed the Intel GPU Top plugin?

[Coxeroni 27]

@seanbuffYes Unraid 7.2.3

I have IGPU Top installed and it shows no action for emby, but works fine for Plex. I even installed Jellyfin to see if it also works there, and it does. So it's Emby exclusive not working.

Can it be a licence issue? Transcoding is a paid feature, right? I have a really old emby lifetime licence. Can I nuke the licence and reapply somehow?