Immich•4mo ago

VAAPI-WSL fails to transcode video w/ Intel iGPU (resolved)

Hi, I'm having issues getting immich to transcode video with vaapi-wsl. Here are the relevant files:

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres

# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
TZ=[REMOVED]

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
DB_PASSWORD=[REMOVED]

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres

# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
TZ=[REMOVED]

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
DB_PASSWORD=[REMOVED]

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

And here is the log of the failure from the immich-server container:

fail_log.txt

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Immich•4mo ago

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Immich•4mo ago

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Immich•4mo ago

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BahaaOP•4mo ago

#
# WARNING: Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.
#

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    extends:
      file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
      service: vaapi-wsl # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - '2283:2283'
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, openvino] to the image tag.
    # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-openvino
    extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
      file: hwaccel.ml.yml
      service: openvino-wsl # set to one of [armnn, cuda, openvino, openvino-wsl] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:905c4ee67b8e0aa955331960d2aa745781e6bd89afc44a8584bfd13bc890f0ae
    healthcheck:
      test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: docker.io/tensorchord/pgvecto-rs:pg14-v0.2.0@sha256:90724186f0a3517cf6914295b5ab410db9ce23190a2d9d0b9dd6463e3fa298f0
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    healthcheck:
      test: >-
        pg_isready --dbname="$${POSTGRES_DB}" --username="$${POSTGRES_USER}" || exit 1;
        Chksum="$$(psql --dbname="$${POSTGRES_DB}" --username="$${POSTGRES_USER}" --tuples-only --no-align
        --command='SELECT COALESCE(SUM(checksum_failures), 0) FROM pg_stat_database')";
        echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum";
        [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
      interval: 5m
      start_interval: 30s
      start_period: 5m
    command: >-
      postgres
      -c shared_preload_libraries=vectors.so
      -c 'search_path="$$user", public, vectors'
      -c logging_collector=on
      -c max_wal_size=2GB
      -c shared_buffers=512MB
      -c wal_compression=on
    restart: always

volumes:
  model-cache:

#
# WARNING: Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.
#

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    extends:
      file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
      service: vaapi-wsl # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - '2283:2283'
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, openvino] to the image tag.
    # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-openvino
    extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
      file: hwaccel.ml.yml
      service: openvino-wsl # set to one of [armnn, cuda, openvino, openvino-wsl] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/redis:6.2-alpine@sha256:905c4ee67b8e0aa955331960d2aa745781e6bd89afc44a8584bfd13bc890f0ae
    healthcheck:
      test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: docker.io/tensorchord/pgvecto-rs:pg14-v0.2.0@sha256:90724186f0a3517cf6914295b5ab410db9ce23190a2d9d0b9dd6463e3fa298f0
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    healthcheck:
      test: >-
        pg_isready --dbname="$${POSTGRES_DB}" --username="$${POSTGRES_USER}" || exit 1;
        Chksum="$$(psql --dbname="$${POSTGRES_DB}" --username="$${POSTGRES_USER}" --tuples-only --no-align
        --command='SELECT COALESCE(SUM(checksum_failures), 0) FROM pg_stat_database')";
        echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum";
        [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
      interval: 5m
      start_interval: 30s
      start_period: 5m
    command: >-
      postgres
      -c shared_preload_libraries=vectors.so
      -c 'search_path="$$user", public, vectors'
      -c logging_collector=on
      -c max_wal_size=2GB
      -c shared_buffers=512MB
      -c wal_compression=on
    restart: always

volumes:
  model-cache:

(I appreciate your assistance and please ping if you reply!)

sogan•4mo ago

Try updating Docker Desktop to the latest

BahaaOP•4mo ago

It's currently latest -- for context: this is on a fresh windows install from yesterday on a new mini pc so immich configs, docker, windows etc. should be up to date as of yesterday

Mraedis•4mo ago

What kind of gpu is this?

BahaaOP•4mo ago

I'm a developer so I don't mind doing some digging or installing drivers in wsl if needed fyi integrated GPU in Intel N97 (Alder Lake)

Mraedis•4mo ago

@sogan does QSV work in WSL?

BahaaOP•4mo ago

actually that makes sense, QSV doesn't work in wsl but I assumed that vaapi-wsl would I guess accelerated transcode isn't supported in wsl for intel in general

Mraedis•4mo ago

I see QSV is indeed not supported

sogan•4mo ago

Nope, QSV doesn’t work. But I’m not sure about VAAPI

Mraedis•4mo ago

and I'm not sure VA-API is not supported but it's more than likely very finnicky to get working Been trying to help people out and I still have no clue as to what sticks and what doesnt >.>

Mraedis•4mo ago

Like this random comment on the jellyfin forums (we use jellyfin-ffmpeg and their ffmpeg/HWA config issues basically translate 1:1 to immich) https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-couldn-t-enable-hardware-acceleration-with-vaapi-on-wsl2?pid=38397#pid38397

Couldn't Enable Hardware Acceleration with VAAPI on WSL2

Hi, I discovered Jellyfin recently and loved it. But I've encountered with a problem that makes the software unusable for me so I would really appreciate if we can find a way to solve it. I use Window

Mraedis•4mo ago

dependencies shouldn't need to be installed

BahaaOP•4mo ago

That worked!

  vaapi-wsl: # use this for VAAPI if you're running Immich in WSL2
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
      - /dev/dxg:/dev/dxg # <<< added
    volumes:
      - /usr/lib/wsl:/usr/lib/wsl
    environment:
      - LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=d3d12
      - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/wsl/lib # <<< added

  vaapi-wsl: # use this for VAAPI if you're running Immich in WSL2
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
      - /dev/dxg:/dev/dxg # <<< added
    volumes:
      - /usr/lib/wsl:/usr/lib/wsl
    environment:
      - LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=d3d12
      - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/wsl/lib # <<< added

Unfortunately it couldn't encode in vp9 (it is supported by alder lake afaik) but the post mentioned being able to use h264 so I changed my immich settings and it now succeeds:

2025-01-28 09:48:17 [Nest] 8  - 01/28/2025, 10:48:17 AM     LOG [Microservices:MediaService] Transcoding video 3d386352-4132-4e8e-a452-2aea45dc7790 with VAAPI-accelerated encoding and decoding
2025-01-28 09:48:19 [Nest] 8  - 01/28/2025, 10:48:19 AM     LOG [Microservices:MediaService] Successfully encoded 3d386352-4132-4e8e-a452-2aea45dc7790

2025-01-28 09:48:17 [Nest] 8  - 01/28/2025, 10:48:17 AM     LOG [Microservices:MediaService] Transcoding video 3d386352-4132-4e8e-a452-2aea45dc7790 with VAAPI-accelerated encoding and decoding
2025-01-28 09:48:19 [Nest] 8  - 01/28/2025, 10:48:19 AM     LOG [Microservices:MediaService] Successfully encoded 3d386352-4132-4e8e-a452-2aea45dc7790

Mraedis•4mo ago

Ah sweet, thanks for reporting back

BahaaOP•4mo ago

nws, and for future reference in case it's useful, this is the failure log for vp9:

log.txt

sogan•4mo ago

Oh, interesting. I guess we can add that line to the config. fwiw the library line shouldn’t be needed We set it in the image itself along with certain other libraries

Mraedis•4mo ago

https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/15759

Immich•4mo ago

[Pull Request] fix(server): Update vaapi-wsl to include dxg (immich-app/immich#15759)

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