H265 hardware decoding won’t work on my Celeron G3930 nas

[jang430 10]

Hi. Installed Emby server docker app on Unraid. I have the processor that is capable of 10-bit hevc transcoding. My cpu works at 100% though during streaming from kodi.

 

I have emby set at advanced in settings/ transcoding. I can see vaapi on h264, h265.

 

Any suggestions?

[Luke 42085]

Hi there @@jang430, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. thanks.

[jang430 10]

I hope this is it.  I am trying to achieve h265 playback, using my Intel Celeron G3930 processor.

ffmpeg-transcode-5748ee62-3e43-49ff-9d9b-3df23f46b44c_1.txt

[Luke 42085]

@@jang430, have you verified that it supports decoding hevc? Have you checked out our hardware acceleration setup guide?

[jang430 10]

I am using Unraid.  I assume I should be looking for Intel Quicksync.  Since it's not available as an option, I'm using Vaapi

[Luke 42085]

Can you attach the emby server log as well? Also can you update to Emby Server 4.3.1? Thanks.

[jang430 10]

sure, will do this as soon as I get access to lit later.

[jang430 10]

Checked for updates in apps page on my Unraid, it shows my container is up to date.  Though in Emby settings, it does show there's a newer version available.  I'm afraid to upgrade the emby server for fear it may break the whole emby docker container.

embyserver.txt

[jang430 10]

Hi.  Any help on this?  Thanks

[jang430 10]

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[DoeBoye 1]

Hi Jang430,

 

Even though Kaby Lake cpus supports h265 decoding, I think you're asking too much of a dual core CPU to run unraid, whatever other plugins/dockers you have, as well as decode and stream h265 content.

 

Have you looked at getting a dedicated nVidia card and using the nVidia Unraid Plugin? It works really well and frees up your cpu to take care of the rest of the unraid tasks.

 

Here's a link to the nvidia matrix that shows what cards support h265 decoding: https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-decode-gpu-support-matrix