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      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: RE: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out ...

    TheDreadPirate Wrote: (2026-07-09, 10:09 PM) -- Run this command and share the output. Code: -- id jellyfin sudo grep i915 /var/log/dmesg* > /tmp/i915.log -- -- Code: -- ➜  ~ id jellyfin ...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-09, 11:37 PM
      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: RE: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out ...

    TheDreadPirate Wrote: (2026-07-09, 04:57 PM) -- Something weird is going on with your setup.  I see this regularly and I am pretty sure it is related. Code: -- [2026-07-09 05:55:43.491 -07:00] ...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-09, 09:52 PM
      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: RE: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out ...

    TheDreadPirate Wrote: (2026-07-09, 10:31 AM) -- One of our devs looked at your ffmpeg log and noticed that the MediaStreams field in the ffmpeg log is empty, which it should contain the codec informa...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-09, 04:30 PM
      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: RE: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out ...

    TheDreadPirate Wrote: (2026-07-08, 09:13 PM) -- Some transcoding recommendations.  I don't think these will fix the problem, but you'll be better off when we do with these settings. - At the top, UN...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-09, 07:02 AM
      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: RE: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out ...

    TheDreadPirate Wrote: (2026-07-08, 08:12 PM) -- I think I see the problem, I don't know why it is happening.  Tell me if you spot the problem. Code: -- /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -analyzed...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-08, 09:00 PM
      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: RE: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out ...

    Some additional details: Confirmed there is only one GPU detected: Code: -- ➜  ~ ls -l /dev/dri total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root        80 Jul  8 10:33 by-path crw-rw---- 1 root video  226,  1 J...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-08, 07:49 PM
      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: RE: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out ...

    TheDreadPirate Wrote: (2026-07-08, 06:11 PM) -- You need to enable low power encoding.  It is a requirement for Arc. Like this (I also have an Arc GPU). Make sure your OS has all the needed...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-08, 07:42 PM
      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: RE: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out ...

    ArneR Wrote: (2026-07-08, 12:02 AM) -- It's no wonder your cpu is working overtime, Jellyfin is not using intel quicksync. Look at the first log, locate stream mapping: Code: -- Stream mapping...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-08, 05:41 PM
      Thread: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to transcode some files
    Post: Help understanding why CPU is being maxed out to t...

    Im running Jellyfish 10.11.11 on a dedicated ubuntu server with an I5-6500 with the integrated graphics disabled in bios, and an Intel A380 GPU configured for transcoding. For 99% of my library it use...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 19 393 2026-07-07, 11:22 PM
      Thread: Can't get intel a380 working properly
    Post: RE: Can't get intel a380 working properly

    Turns out the final bit of it was a PEBKAC issue. I started trying other content from my library and comparing. The particular video that was still struggling was HEVC 10-bit and when toggling the set...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 9 5,243 2024-05-20, 11:20 PM
      Thread: Can't get intel a380 working properly
    Post: RE: Can't get intel a380 working properly

    TheDreadPirate Wrote: (2024-05-20, 09:39 PM) -- Enable low power encoding.  Also, HDR is a bit weird.  Mine tops out at about 60 FPS, but having multiple HDR transcodes doesn't slow it down much. -- ...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 9 5,243 2024-05-20, 09:58 PM
      Thread: Can't get intel a380 working properly
    Post: RE: Can't get intel a380 working properly

    TheDreadPirate Wrote: (2024-05-20, 08:19 PM) -- I had to disable the iGPU in the BIOS to get Jellyfin/ffmpeg to select my Arc GPU. Also, Ubuntu 24.04's kernel is unaffected by the i915 driver issu...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 9 5,243 2024-05-20, 08:55 PM
      Thread: Can't get intel a380 working properly
    Post: RE: Can't get intel a380 working properly

    I can confirm that I the jellyfin user is in the render group. As for the tone mapping bug, I don't have any tone mapping enabled. Is it possible that it could still be causing problems being on the n...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 9 5,243 2024-05-20, 08:27 PM
      Thread: Can't get intel a380 working properly
    Post: Can't get intel a380 working properly

    I bought and installed the intel Arc A380 on some old rig I had lying around but I cannot seem to get hardware transcoding working correctly. When selecting QSV it defaults to using the integrated gra...
    mrrichardcranium Troubleshooting 9 5,243 2024-05-20, 07:51 PM
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