Install instructions with NVENC-enabled ffmpeg

[anubious2k18 0]

I got everything working just the way I wanted via the steps below. I hope this helps someone

Install some dependencies:

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apt-get update
apt-get -y upgrade
apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl \
software-properties-common nfs-common portmap \
apache2-utils gnutls-*

Modify GRUB so that nouveau is disabled. Making a modprobe conf file didn't work for me:

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echo "" > /etc/default/grub
cat <<EOF | tee /etc/default/grub
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0 maybe-ubiquity"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
EOF

 

 

Update your initramfs:

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update-initramfs -u

OPTIONAL: Install docker for 80/443 reverse proxy and ssl cert (Clouflare DNS challenge):

Install docker:

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curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic stable"
apt update
apt-cache policy docker-ce
apt install docker-ce docker-compose

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systemctl restart docker
systemctl enable docker

 

Enable Ipv6 on docker. I had to do this a while ago and I've never stopped:

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rm -rf /etc/docker/daemon.json
mkdir -p /etc/docker
touch /etc/docker/daemon.json
cat <<EOF | tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
{
"ipv6": true,
"fixed-cidr-v6": "2001:db8:1::/64"
}
EOF

Create nginx (reverse proxy) volumes for predictability:

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docker volume create nginx-data
docker volume create nginx-logs

Create letsencrypt and dnsrobocert directories:

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rm -rf /opt/docker/letsencrypt/
mkdir -p /opt/docker/letsencrypt/
chmod -R 755 /opt/docker
mkdir -p /opt/docker/dnsrobocert
touch /opt/docker/dnsrobocert/config.yml
rm -rf /opt/docker/dnsrobocert/config.yml

Create a dnsrobocert config file:

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cat <<EOF | tee /opt/docker/dnsrobocert/config.yml
draft: false
acme:
  email_account: <YOUR EMAIL FROM CF WEBSITE>
  directory_url: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
  crontab_renew: 12 01,13 * * *se
profiles:
- name: cf_profile
  provider: cloudflare
  provider_options:
    auth_username: <YOUR EMAIL FROM CF WEBSITE>
    auth_token: <YOUR AUTH TOKEN FROM CF WEBSITE>
certificates:
- domains:
  - emby.domain.cx
  profile: cf_profile
EOF

Spinup  dnsrobocert:

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docker rm -f certbot-dns
docker run -d \
  --name certbot-dns \
  -h certbot.foundry.cx \
  --env 'LEXICON_PROVIDER=cloudflare' \
  --restart always \
  -v /opt/docker/dnsrobocert:/etc/dnsrobocert \
  -v /opt/docker/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt \
  --net=host \
adferrand/dnsrobocert

Make sure dnsrobocert is restarted once a week:

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(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 0 * * 0 docker restart certbot-dns") | crontab -

 

Spinup the reverse proxy:

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docker pull nginx:latest
docker run -d \
    --name rproxy \
    --restart always \
    --volume nginx-data:/etc/nginx \
    --volume nginx-logs:/var/log/nginx \
    --volume /opt/docker/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt \
    --net=host \
    nginx:latest

 

Configure nginx for reverse proxy:
 

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certtool --generate-dh-params --outfile /opt/docker/letsencrypt/dh.pem

rm -rf /var/lib/docker/volumes/nginx-data/_data/conf.d/default.conf
touch /var/lib/docker/volumes/nginx-data/_data/conf.d/emby.foundry.cx.conf
cat <<EOF | tee /var/lib/docker/volumes/nginx-data/_data/conf.d/emby.foundry.cx.conf
server {
   listen 80;
   listen [::]:80;
   return 301 https://\$host\$request_uri;
}

server {
   listen       443 ssl http2;
   server_name  emby.foundry.cx;
   ssl_certificate      /etc/letsencrypt/live/emby.foundry.cx/cert.pem;
   ssl_certificate_key  /etc/letsencrypt/live/emby.foundry.cx/privkey.pem;
   ssl_session_timeout  5m;
   ssl_protocols  TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
   ssl_ciphers ECDH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:DH+3DES:!ADH:!AECDH:!MD5;
   ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;

   location / {
     proxy_pass http://localhost:8096;
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP \$remote_addr;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For \$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
     proxy_set_header Host \$http_host;
     proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
     # Enables WS support
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
     proxy_set_header Upgrade \$http_upgrade;
     proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
     proxy_redirect off;
    }
}
EOF

docker restart rproxy

 

 

Install NVIDIA related dependencies group 1:

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dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update
apt-get -y install build-essential git yasm unzip wget sysstat nasm libc6:i386 \
libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev pkgconf g++ freeglut3-dev apache2-utils \
libx11-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev build-essential  gnutls-bin \
autoconf automake cmake checkinstall libtool git libcunit1 libcunit1-doc libcunit1-dev zlib1g-dev

Make a temporary directory:

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mkdir ffmpegtemp
cd ffmpegtemp

Download the graphics driver for your hardware from NVIDIA Driver Downloads.  

Make the driver installation package executable:
 

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chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-*

Run the driver installation package:
 

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./NVIDIA-Linux-*

During the installation, acknowledge the following prompts as follows:
 
Accept: License Agreement  
Yes: Install NVIDIA 32-bit compatibility OpenGL libraries  
Yes: Run nvidia-xconfig utility  
OK: Configuration successfully updated

 

 

Then reboot:

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reboot

 

Install SDK samples:

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wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/dejelt1gvt6hiir/Video_Codec_SDK_9.1.23.zip?dl=0
mv Video_Codec_SDK_9.1.23.zip?dl=0 Video_Codec_SDK_9.1.23.zip
unzip Video_Codec_SDK_9.1.23.zip
cp Video_Codec_SDK_9.1.23/Samples/common.mk /usr/local/include/

 

Install NVIDIA related dependencies group 2. I was too lazy to see what should be installed by this point:

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apt-get -y install build-essential autoconf automake cmake libtool git \
checkinstall nasm yasm libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libsdl2-dev p11-kit \
libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-shm0-dev \
libxcb-xfixes0-dev pkg-config texinfo wget zlib1g-dev libchromaprint-dev \
frei0r-plugins-dev gnutls-dev ladspa-sdk libcaca-dev libcdio-paranoia-dev \
libcodec2-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libfribidi-dev libgme-dev \
libgsm1-dev libjack-dev libmodplug-dev libmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev \
libopencore-amrwb-dev libopenjp2-7-dev libopenmpt-dev libopus-dev \
libpulse-dev librsvg2-dev librubberband-dev librtmp-dev libshine-dev \
libsmbclient-dev libsnappy-dev libsoxr-dev libspeex-dev libssh-dev \
libtesseract-dev libtheora-dev libtwolame-dev libv4l-dev libvo-amrwbenc-dev \
libvorbis-dev libvpx-dev libwavpack-dev libwebp-dev libx264-dev libx265-dev \
libxvidcore-dev libxml2-dev libzmq3-dev libzvbi-dev liblilv-dev \
libopenal-dev opencl-dev libjack-dev libbluray-dev libfdk-aac-dev libdrm-common \
libdrm-dev libaom-dev aom-tools libmysofa libmysofa-dev

 

Install CUDA (MAKE SURE YOU GET THE LATEST VERSION):

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wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.0.1/local_installers/cuda_11.0.1_450.36.06_linux.run
sh cuda_11.0.1_450.36.06_linux.run

 Permanantly set environment for toolkit usage

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rm -rf /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh
touch /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh

cat <<EOF | tee /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh
export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/cuda-11.0/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda-11.0/lib64
export CUDADIR=/usr/local/cuda-11.0
EOF

source /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh

touch /etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda.conf
echo "/usr/local/cuda/lib64" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda.conf
ldconfig

 

 

# Time to build more dependencies for NVENC goodness

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git clone https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git
cd nv-codec-headers
make && checkinstall -y --deldoc=yes --pkgversion=1.0.0
cd ~/ffmpegtemp

 

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git clone https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264.git
cd x264/
./configure --disable-cli --enable-static --enable-shared --enable-strip
make -j 16 && checkinstall -y --deldoc=yes --pkgversion=1.0.0
ldconfig
cd ~/ffmpegtemp

 

Now we configure and build ffmpeg:

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git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
cd ffmpeg/

./configure --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-static \
--enable-shared --enable-small --enable-chromaprint \
--enable-frei0r --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa \
--enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio \
--enable-libcodec2 --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype \
--enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack \
--enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb \
--enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopencore-amrwb \
--enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse \
--enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-librtmp --enable-libshine \
--enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex \
--enable-libssh --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora \
--enable-libtwolame --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvo-amrwbenc \
--enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp \
--enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libxml2 \
--enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-libmysofa \
--enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-libdrm \
--enable-nonfree --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libbluray --enable-nvenc \
--enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-cuda-nvcc
make -j 16  && checkinstall -y --deldoc=yes --pkgversion=10:4.2.1

ldconfig

 

# To check NVENC support in FFmpeg:
 

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ffmpeg -codecs | grep nvenc

 

Install emby:

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wget https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/download/4.5.4.0/emby-server-deb_4.5.4.0_amd64.deb

dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.5.4.0_amd64.deb

 

 

Enable emby:

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systemctl enable emby-server
systemctl restart emby-server

 

Don't forget to open 80,443, and 8096 TCP via ufw.

Thanks and I hope I did not break any forum rules by posting this. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 14, 2021 by anubious2k18
added steps

[Luke 42078]

Hi, Emby embeds it's own ffmpeg build. Are you sure yours is actually being used?

[anubious2k18 0]

I read somewhere that ffmpeg had to be compiled with nvenc support. This was a few emby builds ago. I could not get transcoding to work until I built my own ffmpeg. Maybe it's changed. FYSA, I use a P4000.

 

 

Edit: Here's the link:

 

Edited January 15, 2021 by anubious2k18

[Luke 42078]

Can you attach an ffmpeg log example from the server? We'll be able to find out from that.