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**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```
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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**<br/>
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'
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