I try to follow the docs but somehow it doesn’t work as expected. How does your compose file look and what to choose in the settings?

My current setup: (Not working)

services:
  # original source: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/installation/container/
  jellyfin:
    image: docker.io/jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Berlin
      - JELLYFIN_PublishedServerUrl=https://my.url
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config:Z
      - ./cache:/cache:Z
      - ./media:/media:rw
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
# no need for https since reverse proxy and no local discovery
    restart: always
    device:
      - /dev/dri/:/dev/dri/:Z
      - /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128:Z
    group-add:
      - 105
    privileged: true

I do not want a privileged container but I’m experimenting.

  • VAAPI is selected
  • VA-API device: is set to /dev/dri/renderD128
  • enable hardware decoding for : H264, HEVC, HEVC 10bit and VP9 10 bit
  • enable hardware encoding
  • allow encoding in HEVC

to get the group I ran getent group render | cut -d: -f3 on the host which returned 105.

$ podman exec -it jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/vainfo
Trying display: drm
libva info: VA-API version 1.21.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_21
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.21 (libva 2.21.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 24.2.1 (0593864)
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints

This command returns VA-API does that mean I can only (or I should) select this method? Or is QSV also possible? What’s better?

podman exec -it jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -v verbose -init_hw_device vaapi=va -init_hw_device opencl@va
ffmpeg version 6.0.1-Jellyfin Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12 (Debian 12.2.0-14)
  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-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 @ 0x55ef07507480] Trying to use DRM render node for device 0.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55ef07507480] libva: VA-API version 1.21.0
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55ef07507480] libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55ef07507480] libva: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_21
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55ef07507480] libva: va_openDriver() returns 0
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55ef07507480] Initialised VAAPI connection: version 1.21
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55ef07507480] VAAPI driver: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 24.2.1 (0593864).
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55ef07507480] Driver not found in known nonstandard list, using standard behaviour.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55ef07538b40] Failed to get number of OpenCL platforms: -1001.
Device creation failed: -19.
Failed to set value 'opencl@va' for option 'init_hw_device': No such device
Error parsing global options: No such device

within the container:

# ls -l /dev/dri
total 0
crw-rw----+ 1 nobody nogroup 226,   1 May 17 13:22 card1
crw-rw-rw-. 1 nobody nogroup 226, 128 May 17 13:22 renderD128
# whoami
root
# 

$ getsebool container_use_dri_devices
container_use_dri_devices --> on

$ sudo lshw -c video | grep driver
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0

if privileged is set to false:

$ podman exec -u root -it jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -v debug -init_hw_device Device creation failed: -2.
Failed to set value 'drm=dr:/dev/dri/renderD128' for option 'init_hw_device': No such file or directory
Error parsing global options: No such file or directory

if privileged is true.

$ podman exec -u root -it jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -v debug -init_hw_device drm=dr:/dev/dri/renderD128 -init_hw_device vaapi=va@dr
ffmpeg version 6.0.1-Jellyfin Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12 (Debian 12.2.0-14)
  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-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
Splitting the commandline.
Reading option '-v' ... matched as option 'v' (set logging level) with argument 'debug'.
Reading option '-init_hw_device' ... matched as option 'init_hw_device' (initialise hardware device) with argument 'drm=dr:/dev/dri/renderD128'.
Reading option '-init_hw_device' ... matched as option 'init_hw_device' (initialise hardware device) with argument 'vaapi=va@dr'.
Finished splitting the commandline.
Parsing a group of options: global .
Applying option v (set logging level) with argument debug.
Applying option init_hw_device (initialise hardware device) with argument drm=dr:/dev/dri/renderD128.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b480] Opened DRM device /dev/dri/renderD128: driver i915 version 1.6.0.
Applying option init_hw_device (initialise hardware device) with argument vaapi=va@dr.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] libva: VA-API version 1.21.0
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] libva: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_21
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] libva: va_openDriver() returns 0
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Initialised VAAPI connection: version 1.21
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x41524742 -> bgra.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x42475241 -> argb.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x41424752 -> rgba.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x52474241 -> abgr.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x58524742 -> bgr0.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x42475258 -> 0rgb.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x58424752 -> rgb0.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x52474258 -> 0bgr.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30335241 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30334241 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30335258 -> x2rgb10le.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30334258 -> x2bgr10le.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x36314752 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x56555941 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x56555958 -> vuyx.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30303859 -> gray.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x3231564e -> nv12.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x3132564e -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x32595559 -> yuyv422.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x59565955 -> uyvy422.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x32315659 -> yuv420p.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30323449 -> yuv420p.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x50313134 -> yuv411p.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x48323234 -> yuv422p.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x56323234 -> yuv440p.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x50343434 -> yuv444p.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x33434d49 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30313050 -> p010le.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x32313050 -> p012le.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x36313050 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30313259 -> y210le.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x32313259 -> y212le.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x36313259 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x30313459 -> xv30le.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x32313459 -> xv36le.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x36313459 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x50424752 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Format 0x50524742 -> unknown.
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] VAAPI driver: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 24.2.1 (0593864).
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x55e56e90b8c0] Driver not found in known nonstandard list, using standard behaviour.
Successfully parsed a group of options.
Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...
  • @[email protected]English
    1•7 months ago

    Have you tried verifying it’s not the group permissions? You could preliminarily temporarily set permissions with chmod 666 /dev/dri/render128

    My older Skylake processor has a bit worse video quality (occasional artifacts) with QuicSync.

    • @swoooshOPEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      chmod 666 /dev/dri/render128

      thx, it does not change anything.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•7 months ago

        Hmm. I mean now reading your first output in privileged mode properly, I don’t see any errors, or am I missing something… Seems it loaded vaapi sucessfully?!

        • @swoooshOPEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          I should not need to run a container in privileged mode. What’s the container good for then?

          Yes, there is no error, yet I was not able to transcode. I had rranscode to x265 and av1 enabled. Ever since disabling av1 it works, yet I have to check again. Meaning, probably the problem was that it tried to encode to av1 and that failed. Yet I still need to run it in privileged mode.

          • @[email protected]English
            2•7 months ago

            Hmm. I wasn’t trying to recommend privileged or non-privileged mode, just trying to use that to single in on the actual issue.

            Alright, if it’s just av1, maybe try to use a tool like vainfo to find the supported codecs. I think ffmpeg fails if an unsupported codec is explicitly specified. But take care if Encoding is mentioned. Some hardware has decoding capabilities only.

            It’s a complicated topic. And it also took me 2 whole evenings to get the permissions and everything right. I’m using systemd-nspawn, so my experience doesn’t directly translate. And it’s not any easier than docker.

            For video acceleration I found the Arch wiki somewhat helpful. But it’s lots of info and not specific to Docker. Maybe it helps anyways: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      Do not use 666 as that is completely open permissions. The proper way is to add your user to the render group.