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My odyssey with a new server with Intel A40 Pro. - Itow - 2024-10-11

Hello, I would like to share my experience building a new server for Jellyfin.

Server specifications:

OS:

Debian Bookworm (DietPi)

Kernel:

6.11.3-x64v3-xanmod1

Jellyfin:

Docker Linuxserver.io latest with OpenCL-Intel

Power consumption (measured at the UPS) :

Idle ~50 Watt
Transcoding of multiple streams 4k>1080p ~80Watt

First problem: temperatures

The X550 chip easily reaches temperatures above 100°C and the chipset above 70°C, while the CPU reaches 55°C in idle mode and 80°C under load.

After modifying the chassis and adding fans:
[Image: roaq7hs.jpeg]

Second problem: server crashes after a few minutes of transcoding

This was really a problem and I could not find the culprit. I ran stress test on cpu and memtest86 for hours without any problem.
For gpu I was not able to find an easy to use stresstest.

I found that the HuC and GuC firmware were not compatible with the GPU, so I installed the Intel firmware from backports, which solved the problem.
I was only able to solve the crashes that occurred after a few minutes of transcoding when I disabled ASPM for the GPU in the BIOS.

The only thing that still doesn't work is AV1 encoding.

Log:

Code:
[matroska,webm @ 0x644887cf5000] sub2video: using 3840x2160 canvas

libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0

libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0

libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0

libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0

libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

[av1_qsv @ 0x64488ebce040] Current profile is unsupported

[av1_qsv @ 0x64488ebce040] Selected ratecontrol mode is unsupported

[av1_qsv @ 0x64488ebce040] Current frame rate is unsupported

[av1_qsv @ 0x64488ebce040] Current picture structure is unsupported

[av1_qsv @ 0x64488ebce040] Current resolution is unsupported

[av1_qsv @ 0x64488ebce040] Current pixel format is unsupported

[av1_qsv @ 0x64488ebce040] some encoding parameters are not supported by the QSV runtime. Please double check the input parameters.

[vost#0:0/av1_qsv @ 0x644887ed8980] Error initializing output stream: Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height

[libfdk_aac @ 0x644887e62980] 2 frames left in the queue on closing

Conversion failed!

At the moment I'm happy that the server is lightning fast and stable, but AV1 would be the cherry on top.

RE: My odyssey with a new server with Intel A40 Pro. - nyanmisaka - 2024-10-11

Arc A40 Pro should be no different from Arc A380 in hardware transcoding capabilities.

Some firmware or kernel options not enabled may cause AV1 encoding failures.
But your CPU contains an iGPU that doesn't support AV1 encoding. Make sure jellyfin is using the dGPU instead of the iGPU.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/intel/#arc-gpu-support

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/intel/#configure-and-verify-lp-mode-on-linux

RE: My odyssey with a new server with Intel A40 Pro. - Itow - 2024-10-11

Thank you for your answer.

For renderD128 i get:

Code:
root@b24c045e1aef:/# /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/vainfo --display drm --device /dev/dri/renderD128

Trying display: drm

libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0

libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

vainfo: VA-API version: 1.22 (libva 2.22.0)

vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 24.2.5 (12561f6)

vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints

      VAProfileNone                  : VAEntrypointVideoProc

      VAProfileNone                  : VAEntrypointStats

      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileH264Main              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileH264Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileH264Main              : VAEntrypointFEI

      VAProfileH264Main              : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileH264High              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileH264High              : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileH264High              : VAEntrypointFEI

      VAProfileH264High              : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileJPEGBaseline          : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileJPEGBaseline          : VAEntrypointEncPicture

      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointFEI

      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain              : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileHEVCMain              : VAEntrypointFEI

      VAProfileHEVCMain              : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain10            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain10            : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileHEVCMain10            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVP9Profile1            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVP9Profile1            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVP9Profile2            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVP9Profile2            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVP9Profile3            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVP9Profile3            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain12            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain12            : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileHEVCMain422_10        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain422_10        : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileHEVCMain422_12        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain422_12        : VAEntrypointEncSlice

      VAProfileHEVCMain444            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain444            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain444_10        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain444_10        : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain444_12        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain10          : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain10          : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444        : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileAV1Profile0            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10      : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10      : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

root@b24c045e1aef:/# /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -v verbose -init_hw_device vaapi=va:/dev/dri/renderD128 -init_hw_device opencl@va

ffmpeg version 6.0.1-Jellyfin Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers

  built with gcc 13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-23ubuntu4)

  configuration: --prefix=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg --target-os=linux --extra-version=Jellyfin --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-ptx-compression --disable-static --disable-libxcb --disable-sdl2 --disable-xlib --enable-lto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-chromaprint --enable-opencl --enable-libdrm --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libdav1d --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg --enable-libfdk-aac --arch=amd64 --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-vulkan --enable-vaapi --enable-amf --enable-libvpl --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc

  libavutil      58.  2.100 / 58.  2.100

  libavcodec    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100

  libavformat    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100

  libavdevice    60.  1.100 / 60.  1.100

  libavfilter    9.  3.100 /  9.  3.100

  libswscale      7.  1.100 /  7.  1.100

  libswresample  4. 10.100 /  4. 10.100

  libpostproc    57.  1.100 / 57.  1.100

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c300] libva: VA-API version 1.22.0

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c300] libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c300] libva: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c300] libva: va_openDriver() returns 0

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c300] Initialised VAAPI connection: version 1.22

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c300] VAAPI driver: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 24.2.5 (12561f6).

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c300] Driver not found in known nonstandard list, using standard behaviour.

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c7c0] 1.0: Intel(R) OpenCL Graphics / Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c7c0] Intel QSV to OpenCL mapping function found (clCreateFromVA_APIMediaSurfaceINTEL).

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c7c0] Intel QSV in OpenCL acquire function found (clEnqueueAcquireVA_APIMediaSurfacesINTEL).

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x58e18273c7c0] Intel QSV in OpenCL release function found (clEnqueueReleaseVA_APIMediaSurfacesINTEL).

Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder

usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...

Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'

and for renderD129:

Code:
root@b24c045e1aef:/# /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/vainfo --display drm --device /dev/dri/renderD129

Trying display: drm

libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0

libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

vainfo: VA-API version: 1.22 (libva 2.22.0)

vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 24.2.5 (12561f6)

vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints

      VAProfileNone                  : VAEntrypointVideoProc

      VAProfileNone                  : VAEntrypointStats

      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileH264Main              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileH264Main              : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileH264High              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileH264High              : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileJPEGBaseline          : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileJPEGBaseline          : VAEntrypointEncPicture

      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain              : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain              : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain10            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain10            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVP9Profile1            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVP9Profile1            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVP9Profile2            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVP9Profile2            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileVP9Profile3            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileVP9Profile3            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain12            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain422_10        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain422_10        : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain422_12        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain444            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain444            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain444_10        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCMain444_10        : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCMain444_12        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain10          : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain10          : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444        : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444        : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileAV1Profile0            : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileAV1Profile0            : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10      : VAEntrypointVLD

      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10      : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

root@b24c045e1aef:/# /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -v verbose -init_hw_device vaapi=va:/dev/dri/renderD129 -init_hw_device opencl@va

ffmpeg version 6.0.1-Jellyfin Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers

  built with gcc 13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-23ubuntu4)

  configuration: --prefix=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg --target-os=linux --extra-version=Jellyfin --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-ptx-compression --disable-static --disable-libxcb --disable-sdl2 --disable-xlib --enable-lto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-chromaprint --enable-opencl --enable-libdrm --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libdav1d --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg --enable-libfdk-aac --arch=amd64 --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-vulkan --enable-vaapi --enable-amf --enable-libvpl --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc

  libavutil      58.  2.100 / 58.  2.100

  libavcodec    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100

  libavformat    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100

  libavdevice    60.  1.100 / 60.  1.100

  libavfilter    9.  3.100 /  9.  3.100

  libswscale      7.  1.100 /  7.  1.100

  libswresample  4. 10.100 /  4. 10.100

  libpostproc    57.  1.100 / 57.  1.100

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae95300] libva: VA-API version 1.22.0

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae95300] libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae95300] libva: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae95300] libva: va_openDriver() returns 0

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae95300] Initialised VAAPI connection: version 1.22

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae95300] VAAPI driver: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 24.2.5 (12561f6).

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae95300] Driver not found in known nonstandard list, using standard behaviour.

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae957c0] 0.0: Intel(R) OpenCL Graphics / Intel(R) Arc(TM) Pro A40/A50 Graphics

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae957c0] Intel QSV to OpenCL mapping function found (clCreateFromVA_APIMediaSurfaceINTEL).

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae957c0] Intel QSV in OpenCL acquire function found (clEnqueueAcquireVA_APIMediaSurfacesINTEL).

[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x65379ae957c0] Intel QSV in OpenCL release function found (clEnqueueReleaseVA_APIMediaSurfacesINTEL).

Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder

usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...

Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'

RenderD129 seems to be the Intel A40 Pro.

How do I force Intel QuickSync (QSV) to use renderD129?

I can do that if I use VAAPI, but as far as I know QSV is better suited for modern hardware.

Thanks for helping out.

---edit

Tested VAAPI with renderD129:

Code:
Stream mapping:

  Stream #0:0 (hevc) -> setparams:default (graph 0)

  Stream #0:3 (pgssub) -> scale:default (graph 0)

  hwupload_vaapi:default (graph 0) -> Stream #0:0 (av1_vaapi)

  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (dts (dca) -> aac (libfdk_aac))

Press [q] to stop, [?] for help

[matroska,webm @ 0x63b94a739e80] sub2video: using 3840x2160 canvas

[av1_vaapi @ 0x63b94ba5e1c0] No usable encoding entrypoint found for profile VAProfileAV1Profile0 (32).

[vost#0:0/av1_vaapi @ 0x63b94ba739c0] Error initializing output stream: Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height

[libfdk_aac @ 0x63b94ba6fd00] 2 frames left in the queue on closing

Conversion failed!

RE: My odyssey with a new server with Intel A40 Pro. - nyanmisaka - 2024-10-11

Currently you can achieve this by passing only the specific GPU to docker.

Code:
/dev/dri/renderD129:/dev/dri/renderD129

RE: My odyssey with a new server with Intel A40 Pro. - Itow - 2024-10-11

Thank you, I will try it out right away.

RE: My odyssey with a new server with Intel A40 Pro. - Itow - 2024-10-11

Your awesome Thank you; it is working now.

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But I will leave ASPM deactivated for fear of instability.