What render node for VA API?

[bennynas 0]

Hi,

I just noticed that on my Emby Server hardware transcoding is off (I remeber it was on, probably last update?). When I try to select VA API it asks me to fill the "VA API device" field, I don't remember I filed it the first time I tried to use VAAPI, probably it was autocompleted, but now it's empty and I really don't know what to insert. 

 

Any suggestion is appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[Luke 42077]

Hi, what version of Emby Server?

[bennynas 0]

Hi, what version of Emby Server?

Hi Luke,

it's 3.5.3.0

[Luke 42077]

What model QNAP?

[bennynas 0]

I'm sorry Luke, I should've been more specific in my first post: model is TS-253A

[Luke 42077]

Ok, well it should be populated with a default. I'm not sure what happened there. But please try:

/dev/dri/renderD128

Thanks.

[bennynas 0]

Thank you Luke, I remember that field was populated, I don't know what's happened. Your suggestion works, but I notice high CPU usage when transcoding, something I didn't experienced before. What could it be?

[Luke 42077]

The current 3.5.3 release supports VAAPI encoding only, not decoding. And even then, the command lines are not well optimized for VAAPI.

 

The upcoming 3.6 will have dramatically improved support for hardware acceleration:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/64534-36058-hardware-acceleration-settings/

 

Thanks.

[bennynas 0]

Thanks Luke, I'll wait for next release then Enjoy your holidays!

[Luke 42077]

Thanks, you too !