Transcode doesn't work on Raspberry Pi 4 4Gb
nimamahmoudi opened this issue · 5 comments
Problem/Motivation
Transcode doesn't work on Raspberry Pi 4, it creates the folder
/share/transcode/Transcode/Sessions, but doesn't create anything in it. The video fails to play on the browser with 404 errors for/transcodepaths.
Expected behavior
Playing the video
Actual behavior
Gave a series of 404 errors and doesn't create any transcode files.
Steps to reproduce
Run the add-on on Raspberry Pi 4 4Gb
Proposed changes
No proposed changes. I have no idea why this is happening.
Please provide relevant logs, also for expectations, transcoding is a CPU intensive task, I doubt that running on a Pi (while running other services) will meet your requirements.
It doesn't generate any relevant logs, even though I have set the log level to debug:
[s6-init] making user provided files available at /var/run/s6/etc...exited 0.
[s6-init] ensuring user provided files have correct perms...exited 0.
[fix-attrs.d] applying ownership & permissions fixes...
[fix-attrs.d] done.
[cont-init.d] executing container initialization scripts...
[cont-init.d] 00-banner.sh: executing...
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Add-on: Plex Media Server
Recorded media, live TV, online news, and podcasts ready to stream.
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Add-on version: 2.6.1
You are running the latest version of this add-on.
System: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (armv7 / raspberrypi4)
Home Assistant Core: 2021.6.6
Home Assistant Supervisor: 2021.06.8
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[cont-init.d] 00-banner.sh: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] 01-log-level.sh: executing...
Log level is set to DEBUG
[cont-init.d] 01-log-level.sh: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] plex.sh: executing...
[cont-init.d] plex.sh: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] webtools.sh: executing...
[cont-init.d] webtools.sh: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] done.
[services.d] starting services
[services.d] done.
[13:16:38] INFO: Starting the Plex Media Server...
I actually don't need transcoding if I can use the direct play on the web. This is an option that is available in the applications (I use the Android app and the Roku TV app and both work fine) but isn't available in the web version of plex.
However, I also think that RPi 4 should have enough computational power to support only one stream from 1080p to 1080p (again, I would rather use direct play, but it isn't available here). I am using the same settings on a cloud-based VM and it uses 5-10% CPU usage while running for a single stream, but I would rather host this in my house.
but isn't available in the web version of plex
Not sure what we can do about that, the addon wraps Plex itself.
I am using the same settings on a cloud-based VM
And is that ARM based?, not trying to sound off, but there are certain expectations you need for running on the platform you have.
@sinclairpaul: Regarding the VM, it is not ARM-based, but I was assuming that 100% of a 4-core ARM-based CPU should beat 10% of a 2-core shared Intel CPU. However, the problem might be on the plex side.
I think your assumption maybe slightly incorrect. I am going to close this out, its likely a performance issue.