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have you plug-in the monitor when using transcoding? there has an issue with the loader 1.03a2 , and plz unplug the monitor when transcoding.

you can show the process with ps aux | grep [VideoStation | Emby | Plex] then you can find the process with VA API words as the process has been marked "D" i think there were some bugs when playing the movies that frozen the iGPU process when second play time since last reboot.

crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 0 Aug 19 01:34 card0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 64 Aug 19 01:34 controlD64 crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 128 Aug 19 01:34 renderD128 and i have the Plex Pass and i am sure the Plex has also used VA-API and not Quicksync that can show in shell process list. like i said, all the functions (incloude QuickConnect) was running correctly except hardware transcoding.

i have installed DSM 6.2 with 918+ loader. and i have use valid SN and MAC to active all the functions except the hardware transcode. i have try to use hardware transcode function by VideoStation / EMBY / Plex and none of them can do that normally. the hardware transcode function could be run only once success before next reboot. all other functions seens to be running normally.(like QuickConnect and PhotoStation) so, where is the problem? loader? my NAS info: J3455 4G ram 1.03a2 loader + 918 DSM6.2

i play the movie by using the web browser like chrome. just i open the movie that play well as default codec(source codec) then i have forced to change the codec level like 720p-3m to 480p-1m the movie has been frozen that waitting for contiune to play , display a buffer logo like a ring just waitting and waitting and no ending. however, when i have change back the codec level to the default source codec, the movie has been played very well. the server side and client side has not any crash or auto-close. ps/ i can only play the MP4/MKV(H264) movie as well by default codec some type like AVI(mpeg4)/RMVB/RM all can not be played as default codec when enable hw-transcode function . i think that files need to transcoding by default.

i dont know. so i can only play the movie by using software transcoding by CPU resources. if my HDD or CPU resource has I/O problem, the software transcode function can not be running correctly. so i am confused.

it looks also can use hw-transcoding by VideoStation in correctly.

DI RI process was correct by hw-transcode function. my process has marked been "D" means (Uninterruptible sleep) , almost waitting for the resources like HDD,CPU and etc. so my processes was running incorrectly that why i can not do hardware transcoding action.

thank you for reply~ the hw-transcode function only can use once for me each reboot. the first time play movie by using hw-transcode will fine. the next time the movie has been forzen and can not play. then i use putty to ssh the DSM machine, then i can find the play process has marked "D" like below: root 20186 0.0 0.2 82864 9584 ? D 22:22 0:00 /var/packages/VideoStation/target/bin/ffmpeg -ss 0.000 -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -noautorotate -i /volume1/video/AAAA/Just Dance 2018 - Dj Got Us Fallin' In Love Again (Full Fanmade Fitted Gameplay).mp4 -vcodec h264_vaapi -vf format=nv12|vaapi,hwupload,setsar=sar=1,scale_vaapi=w=1280:h=720 -vsync 2 -bf 0 -vb 1000000 -acodec copy -f ssegment -segment_format mpegts -segment_list_type m3u8 -hls_seek_time 0 -segment_time 5 -segment_time_delta 0.000 -segment_start_number 00000 -avoid_negative_ts 0 -break_non_keyframes 1 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 /tmp/VideoStation/HLS/f1d75a150b0ddc68412cdf9d2f5a5c17_bL9Apy9s/slice-%05d.ts root 18421 0.0 0.2 82864 9356 ? D 22:20 0:00 /var/packages/VideoStation/target/bin/ffmpeg -ss 0.000 -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -noautorotate -i /volume1/video/AAAA/Just Dance 2018 - Dj Got Us Fallin' In Love Again (Full Fanmade Fitted Gameplay).mp4 -vcodec h264_vaapi -vf format=nv12|vaapi,hwupload,setsar=sar=1,scale_vaapi=w=848:h=464 -vsync 2 -bf 0 -vb 500000 -acodec copy -f ssegment -segment_format mpegts -segment_list_type m3u8 -hls_seek_time 0 -segment_time 5 -segment_time_delta 0.000 -segment_start_number 00000 -avoid_negative_ts 0 -break_non_keyframes 1 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 /tmp/VideoStation/HLS/f1d75a150b0ddc68412cdf9d2f5a5c17_z3b6NxWg/slice-%05d.ts each play time will do this action again then more and more process has been locked. (can not be killed) i have the plex pass and i have try these apps(Video Station/ EMBY / Plex) and all the same problem has found. i have change the bios setting like you except CSM setting because i made the loader-img burn to SSD disk. when i disable the CSM that the system can not be started normally.

Same to you. there will be many transcoding process has been marked "D" by using console(ps aux | grep vavpi) command to show. then the hw-transcoding function can not be useful before next roboot. the hw-transcoding function only be use once or twice usually. so confused.

- Outcome of the update: SUCCESSFUL - DSM version prior update: DSM 6.2-23739 - Loader version and model: JUN'S LOADER v1.03a2 - DS918+ - Using custom extra.lzma: NO - Installation type: BAREMETAL - ASROCK J3455-ITX - Additional comments: hardware transcoding does not work（with vaild SN/MAC） and reboot process is very slow

Loader version and type (918+): 1.03a2 DS918+ DSM version in use (including critical update): DSM 6.2-23739 Update 2 Using custom modules/ramdisk? If yes which one?: None Hardware details: Motherboard: ASRock J344-ITX; NIC: Realtek 8111GR SN/Mac valid PhotoStation work perfect VideoStation/Plex/EMBY all only can do software transcode (without VAAPI), seens like some issue with igpu driver. hope jun could update the loader soon.