diff --git a/docker/faq/plex.md b/docker/faq/plex.md index 0a55704..7cb4508 100644 --- a/docker/faq/plex.md +++ b/docker/faq/plex.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ **Q3.** How do I configure Plex to use my GPU for encoding/decoding (sometimes referred to as hardware transcoding)? -**A3.** To enable GPU encoding/decoding within Plex you need to install the 'Nvidia Driver' Plugin and then configure the Plex container as follows:- +**A3.1** NVIDIA: To enable GPU encoding/decoding within Plex you need to install the 'Nvidia Driver' Plugin and then configure the Plex container as follows:- 1. Go to Community Applications in the unRAID web ui and search for Plugin 'Nvidia Driver' and install it, then reboot host. 2. Go to unRAID web ui/Plugins/Nvidia Driver and make a note of the GPU device, it should look something like this:- ```GPU-02ff3633-4f22-c4d6-2c15-654ff33a321e``` @@ -61,8 +61,25 @@ 7. Go to variable named 'NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES' and set the value to the GPU device found in step 2. 8. Start Plex container. +**A3.2** Intel HD Graphics: To enable GPU encoding/decoding within Plex you need to install the 'Nvidia Driver' Plugin and then configure the Plex container as follows:- + +1. Go to Community Applications in the unRAID web ui and search for Plugin 'Intel GPU TOP' and install it, then reboot host. +2. Go to unRAID web ui/Docker tab/left click Plex container and select 'edit'. +3. Click on the toggle for 'advanced view'. +4. Go to 'Extra Parameters:' and set it to ```--device='/dev/dri``` +5. Start Plex container. + **Notes**
-It is possible that the variables mentioned above do not exist in your template, if this is the case then please create them by doing the following:- +1) GPU-Selection: You may have to select the corresponding GPU inside your Plex server settings. + +1. Go to unRAID web ui/Docker tab/left click Plex container and select 'WebGUI'. +2. Inside the left menu under 'Settings', click on the menu entry 'Transcoder'. +3. Scroll to the most-bottom. +4. At 'Device for Hardware-Transcoding', activate the dropdown menu and select your GPU (e.g. ```HD Graphics 630```). + +If set to ```Auto```, it may primarily utilize your devices CPU instead of the GPU. + +2) Template Variables: It is possible that the variables mentioned above do not exist in your template, if this is the case then please create them by doing the following:- 1. Go to unRAID web ui/Docker tab/left click Plex container and select 'edit' 2. Click on the toggle for 'advanced view'