Immich•2y ago

Hardware Transcoding config using docker-compose.yml file - Nvidia

How can I modify the current docker-compose.yml file to accommodate hardware transcoding features as well? I tried the following (based on a similar discord discussion for Intel quicksync), but it seems to be using by CPU. If you need more information on something, let me know.

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Alex Tran•2y ago

You can find more information in this post https://discord.com/channels/979116623879368755/1137893039197651055

radhOP•2y ago

Yeap. That was the discussion I was referring to in my question. The solution that worked for that OP was adding the config directly to the docker-compose.yml instead of using the hwaccel.yml. That post was related to Intel QuickSync, so I thought I might create a separate thread for Nvidia. Would you like me to continue my questions there?

Alex Tran•2y ago

pinging @sogan

sogan•2y ago

Did you set the hardware transcoding setting to NVENC in the admin page? It will still use the CPU if not.

Allram•2y ago

Are you using UnRaid? If so you might need to add runtime=Nvidia as an environment variable

radhOP•2y ago

Yes, I did. Looking at the logs, it says - Provided device doesn't support required NVENC features - 10 bit encode not supported. I guess that is my hardware is not capable (I have NVIDIA Quadro P600)?

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sogan•2y ago

lol that issue is actually an open pr at the moment https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/3577

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fix(server): convert to nv12 before using nvenc by mertalev · Pull ...

Description This is a small fix for NVENC accel. It's missing format=nv12, so HDR content will fail and fallback to software transcoding. With this change, they'll be converted to the forma...

Mavor•2y ago

I have similar problem my nVidia P4 doesn't support B frames for HVEC

[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Using input frames context (format cuda) with hevc_nvenc encoder.
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Loaded Nvenc version 12.0
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Nvenc initialized successfully
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Max B-frames 3 exceed 0
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Provided device doesn't support required NVENC features
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Nvenc unloaded

[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Using input frames context (format cuda) with hevc_nvenc encoder.
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Loaded Nvenc version 12.0
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Nvenc initialized successfully
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Max B-frames 3 exceed 0
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Provided device doesn't support required NVENC features
[hevc_nvenc @ 0x32db2a17580] Nvenc unloaded

How do I turn those off?

Mavor•2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVENC - see GP104 column

Nvidia NVENC

Nvidia NVENC (short for Nvidia Encoder) is a feature in Nvidia graphics cards that performs video encoding, offloading this compute-intensive task from the CPU to a dedicated part of the GPU. It was introduced with the Kepler-based GeForce 600 series in March 2012.The encoder is supported in many livestreaming and recording programs, such as vMi...

sogan•2y ago

this is a separate issue but for both, using vaapi should work. but nvenc should also work for sdr content in @radh 's case

radhOP•2y ago

Just to clarify: The new PR should fix this for my case?

sogan•2y ago

yep

radhOP•2y ago

Thanks a lot. This is beautiful work you guys are doing!

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