1, 6. Is this normal? I’ve seen I have Apple TV and Plex server on my Mac , I put a 4k hdr movie in Plex , I have hdr turn off on my Apple TV , when I playthe4k hdr file , the server says direct play and it looks like sdr , my question is how do I know that tone mapping is working if it says direct play,is the Apple TV doing the transcoding not the server ? We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Dec 31, 2023 · I bought a Plex pass recently, in order to use HDR-to-SDR tone mapping on my Windows 11 client from my NVIDIA Shield TV Pro’s PMS. (deleted, redownloaded) Setup: Nvidia Shield Player > HDMI 1 > Sony A95K > HDMI 3 > Sonos Arc Configuration on Nvidia Shield Player: Passthrough: HDMI Refresh Rate Switching: Off Resolution Switching: Off Auto Play Countdown: 5 Sign up for a Plex Pass: http://lon. 0 or newer. HDR videos should be also transcoded via hardware transcoding. Mar 24, 2022 · Unfortunately from the links below, it seems the Plex team recommends using Ubuntu 20. The only solution that i have found was to roll back my Official PMS Docker container back to 1. HDR tone mapping and hardware transcoding was working just fine a few weeks ago. Needless to say, on this CPU, this does not go well . My last server lasted 5 years, so thats probably the time frame I’m looking at. I am not a Plex subscriber (I intend to buy Plex Lifetime if and once they fix the fast-forward/rewind issues that have plagued their clients for years , but am holding out on principle The recent PMS update that supports HDR tone mapping sounded great and thought I’d give it a try on my 8th gen Intel NUC running Windows 10. 4516) hardware decoding of 10bit HEVC HDR content seems to work for me. 5999 May 28, 2021 · I moved quiet a while ago to Docker Plex (Linuxserver) to enable HDR Tone Mapping (hw transcoded) on my sinology NAS (DS920+). The physical GPU now has 7 vGPU PCIe devices. All 4K tvs will have basic HDR, HDR10. Apr 28, 2023 · I’m trying to figure out which generation of Intel CPU is required to do hardware HDR tone mapping when transcoding and am finding conflicting information: Wikipedia says HDR10 Tone Mapping was added in Ice Lake (10th gen), Plex say Kaby Lake (7th gen) and I’ve seen multiple user posts suggesting Coffee Lake (8th gen) is the minimum. Could buy the 5800X or 5900X, but they’re both sold out and $$$. (HW tone mapping was previously not supported on native Synology installs, but has been supported natively since PMS 1. I view tone mapping as an add-on feature that doesn't need any extra computing power from before. 04 (server) with Linux 6. 5 should mean at least 50% CPU usage. Jan 19, 2023 · Server Version#: 1. 12900k hw transcoding is perfect and has been for a good long time. Enable HDR tone mapping 3. Environment. Plex can magically transform HDR content into SDR format. 1191 (74c193cc) I am having some issues with Tone Mapping on movies recently, that have previously been fine. I’m using a Intel 8 NUC with i5-8259u, Ubuntu 20. And despite folks asking Plex for 5+ years now to add HDR to SDR tone mapping. As I’ve been using GPU transcoding for a long time (on my 8086k integrated GPU) I figured I’d just dump all Aug 9, 2024 · Server Version#: 1. I was testing the waters and noticed that when I enable HDR to SDR tonemapping and try to transcode the 4K file, it refuses to use Intel Quick Sync and instead goes to software transcode. Restart Plex After deleting my older Drivers folder, Plex recreated the folder with the correct Intel drivers and tone mapping worked wonderfully including indicating [hw] during . so is coffee lake really fully supported Jun 21, 2024 · If I disable HDR Tone Mapping, (hw) is shown and CPU is free again (also playback is nice) but it looks washed out on non HDR TVs, obviously. 7468-07e0d4a7e I did tried to progressively downgrade untill to 1. Some TVs will try to map the different formats as they are super close in implementation some will need Plex to do it through the “hdr to sdr color mapping option”. Add the /dev/dri device to the container 2. I have a new Samsung Plex can't transcode HDR to HDR, so transcoding will always result in SDR, regardless of the tone mapping setting. plex. Hardware transcoding works Optimize all 4K HDR movies. When someone is trying to watch a 4k HDR file on say an iPad, and plex tries to transcode it, my CPU goes to 100% and it cannot keep up and starts to buffer. The issue is however, that on all devices that I tried the resulting video looks very washed out. Plex tonemapping HDR to SDR should be the last and least used option. With HDR tone mapping enabled, transcoding falls back to software. This page is community-driven and not run by or affiliated with Plex, Inc. Jan 8, 2023 · Server Version#: 1. Transcoding 4K HDR without tone mapping can be done on the P2000 alone but when you add the tone mapping that is done by the CPU and processing a single 4K HDR movie on 3700X would use 10% of the CPU if using Linux or 40% if Windows, based on reports on the Plex forums. Your system will struggle to transcode and tone map 4K HDR media. Suggested: Depending on your setup Most HDR content will be in 4K resolution. While I upgrade this, it seems like it makes sense to optimize for HW transcoding. Transcoding one 4k HDR movie down to 1080p SDR takes up about 25% of CPU usage. 2262. 7639 Player Version#: 1. tv Can anyone confirm if HDR Tonemapping has been fixed in 1. 1. 5 (thus I’m running the 5. 40. When the HDR Tone Mapping feature launched it was "not on Windows", and since AMD hardware acceleration seems to work only on Windows they didn't even mention it. 75R635 with Roku. tv This feature allows Plex Media Server to maintain high visual fidelity of content, by applying tone mapping to convert it to SDR when transcoding HDR content. HDR tone mapping was also never a problem. 34 and plex 1. Also its really nice for being able to centrally manage, update and maintain all of your services without worrying about each individually. Is this even possible, bad will this allow the Nvidia GPU to HDR tone map? Sep 4, 2023 · Server Version#: 1. How Plex HDR Tone Mapping Works on Non-HDR TVs. 28. I have no issues with hardware transcoding of non-HDR material, but HDR media reverts to using CPU only (big no go for 4K HDR). I just recently noticed (I can’t state exactly from which version) that tone mapping (hw) stopped working Jul 1, 2024 · Subject: Hardware Transcoding with Tone Mapping Fails on Intel Arc A380 - Plex Transcoder Segfault Details: Plex Media Server Version: 1. I have Enable HDR tone mapping selected in the server settings. Hardware transcoding works well for all content that doesn't need Tone Mapping. so, you can leave it enabled (or not, if your server cannot handle the extra load), it will not affect anything that is direct played. The GPU, per intel_gpu_top, is all over the place. If it was, this would be simple. Other users reply with suggestions, tips and questions about Plex's transcoding and direct playing capabilities. Dolby Vision, is an entirely other mess I converted a few things to 1080p HDR and the transcoding worked fine for those without an HDR tv so, the tone mapping should be used for anything that's encoded with HDR data but is being played on a standard color screen. Tip!: We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 6244 when using an Intel iGPU? I still running 1. 8829 Player Version#: 10. io's container and upgrading from a 6th gen i3 to a 7th gen i3. Your media player more than likely would do the tone mapping, if you're lucky your TV will do the tone mapping. bmbsucks. 2 (but doesn’t really matter, since it’s the same issue on all clients) CPU: Intel i3-12100T No extra GPU installed Unraid Version 6. Running PMS in Your media player or your TV would be the best option to do the tonemapping. If in the LXC config I use the following config then HDR tone mapping (and HW transcoding) works: Dec 15, 2020 · The recent PMS update that supports HDR tone mapping sounded great and thought I’d give it a try on my 8th gen Intel NUC running Windows 10. In looks as though quicksync support for this on windows currently has performance issues, as per the support article: https://support. 19. I have LG C1 and I was looking for recommendations for picture settings to get the best image possible. If someone could give input on what to do to make it transcode, I’d greatly appreciate it. However, it seems that when performing tone mapping in the transcode together with burn-in subtitles, the transcoder seem to be transcoding much slower, not utilizing available resources. (Requires an active Plex Pass subscription for the server owner account. I use an NVD 1050 for transcoding if required as I set the clients to direct stream. A couple of days ago I upgraded to Proxmox 8, and I also setup Intel vGPU using DKMS. 17 kernel) Docker Image: plexinc/pms-docker:latest /dev/dri is mounted into the container transcode temp directory is a mounted directory from the host Option As mentioned in my post, hw acceleration is working and tone mapping is working. Currently, Plex only supports client-side tone mapping on the Plex Home Theater Computer app, and on the experimental player on I have a TCL 4K TV. 8 - same result, as well as Ubuntu 24. The first 4 ‘rules’ generally are no longer as important as they once were, but may still be a good thing to bear in mind. 8555 Player Version#: 10. 0 beta 35 or newer, and Jul 30, 2023 · Will Plex ever support HDR Tone mapping in windows and actually utilize the GPU in hardware acceleration? When i Turn this feature off i can run 3 4k transcodes simultaneously, but my footage looks so terrible. AMD is the bastard child of the hardware acceleration world for Plex. Closer to how I expect HDR content to look—super rich and bright. Can you discuss the rationale behind updating the base Ubuntu image here? Straightforward answer from Plex dev Another reference Jun 26, 2023 · I’m on Unraid 6. Plex would just rather play with their fucking DVR than fix actual problems its users are having. If I force transcoding (converting to 1080p within the native Plex client on the Hisense) the picture is MUCH brighter and more colorful. I would like to know if tone mapping is required to play HDR content, even in HDR display. Any content that requires tone mapping won't hardware transcode. 1080P Dell 24" U2415 monitor (actually dual monitors). 3616 Player Version#: 4. 04 (the LXC OS) and Alder Lake 2) Plex Media Server (PMS) built-in media drivers that support your specific GPU. It seems like the most current thing I can optimize for is 4k Transcoding with HDR Tone Mapping. now, when i run a hdr movie in browser to force tonemapping to sdr i see pretty high cpu load. Transcoded HDR content will appear highly dimmed and desaturated with this disabled. 29. 2 2021-04-07 (docker repo is set with :plexpass) CPU: I5-11400 It took me way to long to figure out the reason my HW transcoding wouldn’t play videos on my 4K HDR files was because of this HDR Tone Mapping setting. But when I play one, the image don't seems to be HDR. Add the /dev/dri device to the container; Enable HDR tone mapping in settings; Play something with HDR and force it to transcode; Environment Jan 12, 2024 · Server Version#: 1. When I disable tone mapping, it works fine. When it comes to tone mapping for playback of 4K HDR content on a non 4K TV, is the tone mapping process exactly the same between Plex and Emby? Trying to evaluate best bang for the buck. Nov 26, 2021 · Hello, I run a single server that I use to run my NAS and also Plex Media Server and the hardware is showing signs of age. What Dec 31, 2023 · I bought a Plex pass recently, in order to use HDR-to-SDR tone mapping on my Windows 11 client from my NVIDIA Shield TV Pro’s PMS. A lowly and older celeron can do that. I am wondering if I would be able to use hardware transcoding with the Intel graphcis and if it would be powerful enough to transcode 1 4k movie at a time and do HDR to SDR tone mapping as well? Majority of my movie are 35mpbs or under in bitrate. Mar 27, 2022 · Server Version#: 1. 32. If I uncheck HDR Tone mapping then it HW transcodes fine. Unfortunately I’ve had major performance issues with this (takes over a minute… Hey all, after waiting for what has seemed like ages for Plex to enable hardware (NVIDIA based) transcoding for HDR to SDR tone mapping on Windows Plex Server, I noticed that they finally updated their support article stating that this should now work on the 64-bit version of the Windows server. No amount of adjustments on Plex Server or TV helps. Apr 23, 2023 · As the subject indicates, when trying to play HDR media on the Plex web app on a Windows PC (rarely my use case luckily) with ‘HDR Tone Mapping’ enabled, the video does not play. 8. Not sure if there's any benchmarks for GPU tone mapping, but according to this site the M2000 has more transcoding capabilities than the P600. Wiki says that generation's qsv has full 10-bit HEVC (aka h. Nov 23, 2020 · Plex Pass users rejoice: we now support HDR to SDR tone mapping in hardware & software. 1, and it still isn’t working with 1. Hardware transcoding is working and works well. In today's Plex video, I show you the BEST way to watch 4K UHD HDR BluRay Rips in PLEX - with NO transcoding required, AND they are tonemapped to SDR for you We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Using an i5-1137G7 with Iris Xe graphics. 6. Unfortunately I’ve had major performance issues with this (takes over a minute to start the transcode). This was 100% working before upgrading, tried with the same player and movie (also with Kodi and Plex Kodi Connect). This is without hardware acceleration or tone-mapping. For HDR Tone Mapping, it's most likely a hard no. Intel, and I'm fairly certain this includes their discrete GPUs, doesn't handle Plex's HDR Tone Mapping in hardware for Windows servers. I had nothing but problems with the “official” Plex container suffering with issues from poor performance to fully corrupt and unrecoverable databases which required me to redo my entire container about 2-3 times a year. I tried this on Plex Web App (Safari) Android Client on a Nexus 10 iOS Client on iPad Air 2 iOS Client on iPhone X tvOS Client on Apple TV 4 Chromecast Steam While I May 5, 2021 · Player Version#: Plex for Windows 1. Currently doing that, but annoying to keep 2 copies of every movie. Nov 23, 2020 · Mediaserversoftware Plex krijgt ondersteuning voor tonemapping, zodat gebruikers hdr-video's met mooi beeld kunnen afspelen op apparaten zonder hdr-schermen. 6999-91e1e2e2c, still same problem, not tried older versions Player Version#: chrome web I’m experiencing exactly this bug, HW transcoding is not working if tone mapping is enabled, it works if tonemapping is disabled Media info: > * Codec HEVC > * Bitrate 20794 kbps > * Lingua Inglese > * Language 🔥These links support my madness🔥💲 NordVPN: http://www. Any ideas on how I can fix this? I pulled the hard drive from the “old” N5105 build (where HDT tonemapping was working), popped it into the new N100 build, ran some updates. Following this guide to passthrough iGPU, I am able to do it May 16, 2021 · I have bounced around between Plex and Emby for quite some time. I don't think you know what tone mapping is. I see no performance change on my system, but again, GPU transcode. 0, I can have HDR tone mapping on, and the server CPU is < 15%. That’s right, it’s all about bringing you the crème de la crème of viewing experiences. 23. Any ideas on what is causing this? Or how to fix it? i7-14700k Plex Hdr Tone Mapping Chris Sanders High Dynamic Range Video Frédéric Dufaux,Patrick Le Callet,Rafal Mantiuk,Marta Mrak,2016-04-27 At the time of rapid technological progress and uptake of High Dynamic Range (HDR) video content in numerous sectors, this book We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 2 also, same result) running Plex on docker (linux server version). Review the HDR to SDR Tone Mapping article for more details. All other types of media correctly use HW transcoding; also HEVC 10 bit media use correctly HW transcoding if I turn off HDR tone mapping. 5663 Player Version#: 4. 842 (Android TV, but also others) So I’ve recently upgraded to the latest stable DSM7 version (and later tried the beta too, same problem on both). Everything involved, decode, HDR mapping to SDR, encoding, is going through Quick Sync. 0 and newer, with software support on all formats. GuC/HuC are loaded successfully, if that’s in question: Enable HDR tone mapping, unchecked, otherwise will fall back to software transcoding Use hardware acceleration when available, checked -----my observations----- GPU install: It is surprisingly easy, and trouble free. But, if So I bought a Plex pass specifically for HDR Tone mapping and hardware acceleration thinking it would solve the issue but it seems that it's not working. The option can be found in the transcoder settings of the Plex Media Server version 1. I just recently noticed (I can’t state exactly from which version) that tone mapping (hw) stopped working, meaning when I transcode (4K->1080p) with tone mapping enabled the CPU usage goes up to >80%. This results in extremely slow transcoding on hardware that should be able to keep up using hardware acceleration. I did some research about HDR Tone Mapping as a feature and is little confused to know quite a few calibrators and professionals like Vincent from HDTV Test, AVS Forum etc recommends the feature to be tuned off on our sets. 265) encode and decode capability. It worked on a previous version (sadly I don’t know in which version I was, it’s been a couple It's great that plex recently rolled out wider hw transcoding support for HDR tone mapping in a PMS update. The Plex Media Server is smart software that makes playing Movies, TV Shows and other media on your computer simple. This can be bad memory (part of your ram is reserved as video memory, hdr content will use more memory than non hdr, so you might only hit the bad chips when doing hdr), or a defective gpu (hdr requires more power, so extra cores could be active, or running at higher frequency). 1402 Player Version#: Version 1. Delete the Drivers folder found in Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server 2. Profiles are a DV concept. I have a JVC X790R (4K eShift, no tone mapping), fed by a Shield Pro pulling content from a PC-based PLEX server. Make sure Disable video stream transcoding is unchecked. This works on Plex Media Server 1. Now that the screenshot is up: this is image corruption, not awful tonemapping. It does mention this, however: Log your plex server in and go to your settings -> transcoder settings. but with it enabled i cannot run even 1 4k transcode. The colors are not HDR after the conversion obviously, but they are no longer washed out and look terrible. Jun 26, 2023 · I had an Intel i5-1240P Proxmox 7. What I got it working after switching from Binhex's Plex container (confirmed on the Unraid forums that hdr-sdr tone mapping with qsv did not work at the time on binhex-plex, link) to Linuxserver. De functie zit in de nieuwe versie Dec 4, 2023 · Plex isn’t one to shy away from the heavy hitters and supports a range of HDR formats, including Dolby Vision. 2262-74fdc6b7 PMS version: 1. I made sure that my hardware was compatible with what the website says: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12450H. Following this guide to passthrough iGPU, I am able to do it 3 days ago · Most operating systems running Plex Media Server have the ability to select which tone mapping algorithm is used (except on windows intel) to convert from HDR to SDR. Jan 26, 2021 · Hi! I’m unable to transcode a single 4k HDR to 1080p SDR with tone mapping enabled. Intel currently still can't handle it in hardware on Windows servers. 6316. 875-b7362913 I can see that Windows HDR is on top priority list How can I check during video playback if HDR or tonemapping is used? Impressive! Tone mapping works fine here. Play something with HDR and force it to transcode. TONE MAPPING only applies to HDR as it removes the color spectrum and makes it SDR, standard dynamic rage. Nov 8, 2022 · Transcoder not using hardware again when HDR Tone Mapping is on. Also I can see 1940785 downloads of PLEX Synology APP and I think it’s not fair to abandon these PLEX users. 87. see also @ Plex Support HDR to SDR Tone Mapping | Plex Support. This caused the playback to buffer every couple seconds. You can try downgrading the kernel to see if it resolves your issue. Plex in 1080P HD works fine on it. According to the plex's support page the follwoing packages are required to turn this capability on in linux: ocl-icd-libopencl1 beignet-opencl-icd, does It's probably going to struggle. 0 and briefly again with 1. Yesterday, I was prompted with a new notification about how HDR tone mapping was going to be applied. question is, when i read the specs i should be fine with my coffee lake i7 8700 with a igpu 630. There is no virtual machine, container, or other abstraction involved here. Likely the HDR format your video is encoded with, the HDR format your player thinks it can support, and the HDR format your actual TV can support has some mismatch. 10. 43. So no transcoding, no tone mapping. Does Plex Server for windows not support HDR-SDR tone mapping with Intel's processor graphics at all? It's not supported and it's not paywalled (I'd call it a current Plex limitation). 25. Until it is and one creates a way to map between DV and hdr10 or sdr, it won't happen. OS: Ubuntu 20. If you wan We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Jun 21, 2024 · Server Version#: 1. Aug 6, 2024 · For some reason, although Plex supports hardware-accelerated HDR tone mapping, Plex decides not to use it when subtitles need to be burned in. 0. On Windows based systems, Intel graphics are not supported for hardware accelerated tone mapping (and no support for tone mapping with AMD graphics on any operating system). Aug 31, 2019 · Server Version#: Version 1. 80-100 Mbps each. But that really only comes into play when transcoding 4k HDR files to 1080p SDR. 9. However, when playing 4K content with HDR, I often get very dark screens and all details are lost. If I go back to 1. I played with the new Plex server build that has added the tone mapping, and it works pretty well with my 2060 GPU doing the transcoding. You either need an Nvidia GPU and a 64 bit Plex server or switch to Linux to have a working tonemapping feature. 1 (web player) Unraid Version: 6. 1 (the early builds). For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. Feb 19, 2019 · NOTE: for 2022 – Plex has come a long way since this FAQ was originally written, HW transcoding has become more available and more stable, and tone mapping was recently added to address the hdr/sdr color conversion issues. May 28, 2021 · Server Version#:1. Dec 15, 2020 · The recent PMS update that supports HDR tone mapping sounded great and thought I’d give it a try on my 8th gen Intel NUC running Windows 10. Additional driver components may be needed to support hardware transcoding with this feature enabled. Make sure Enable HDR tone mapping, Use hardware acceleration when available and Use hardware-accelerated video encoding are checked. 8555 Operating System: Bare Metal Ubuntu 22. 4 (tried with 6. Jun 22, 2023 · I have recently purchased an Arc 770 16GB LE specifically for it's video transcoding options to allow me & my family to watch my video library when on the go, unfortunately whenever the HDR Tone Mapping is enabled in Plex Media Server it reverts to Software transcoding, this is obviously an extremely heavy burden on the CPU. 5TB). Steps To Reproduce. 2 LTS with an Alder Lake and Linux kernel 5. 6562 Player Version#: Plex web 4. Our Living Room TV runs off a Roku Stick far Sep 1, 2023 · I can’t seem to get HW HDR Tonemapping working on my new N100 server. 04) GPU: Intel Arc A380 CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 Drivers: Tried with intel-media-va-driver-non-free Nov 27, 2017 · With the new Plex Media Server Release Today (1. Definitely still curious what happens though! Apr 18, 2023 · Getting Plex hardware transcoding and HDR tone mapping to work requires two components: 1) The Plex LXC GPU drivers for your Proxmox host GPU. A couple of days ago I upgraded to Proxmox 8, and I also setup Int… Nov 26, 2021 · Hello, I run a single server that I use to run my NAS and also Plex Media Server and the hardware is showing signs of age. Except ffmpeg does support it now. Playback device is a Windows 11 PC - i7-13700KF CPU, 32GB RAM, 3070Ti GPU. I've recently upgraded from free plex to plex pass, so I've started to fiddle around with hardware transcoding and hdr -> sdr tone mapping feature. This worked with 1. Hello guys, I would like to know how the HDR tone mapping working. 2. When HDR tone mapping is enabled, software transcode is used. Plex pass would be assumed. 15 and everything is working great. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 04 as a base, and that no 21. The image is sharper with 4k because there is more pixels to push and a much higher bitrate. I have attached a screenshot from DSM. Upgrade CPU. Feb 18, 2024 · Hello Plexians, We have finally added HDR tone mapping support for compatible Intel iGPUs on Windows platforms, and could use your help testing it out before we add it to an official release! A user asks why a 4k HDR video looks pale on an HDR TV via Chromecast when Plex's HDR Tone Mapping feature is off. Mar 11, 2024 · Enable HDR tone mapping. I've seen a few posts where people have issues with HW transcoding and tone mapping after updating to the latest Linux kernel. Tone mapping is where you take an HDR video and convert the colors to SDR. HDR Tone Mapping should still use hardware transcode. When I play a 4k HDR file, it Direct Plays by default. 69. ly/bmbmembers💯These are my other Socials💯 I have a bunch of 4K HDR Movies. I modified the LXC config to map my selected vGPU PCIe device to card0 renderD128. I have a non-HDR 4k display in my house, and I'd like to play media on there maintaining the 4k resolution. 31. As far as I can tell, everything in my hardware is supposed to support this feature. There are however a select few clients that are able to tone map on-device, most popularly Nvidia Shield Pro. 30. 15 and 6. Also, from the plex help page regarding HDR tone mapping: "If using Plex Media Server on Unraid with Docker, and you wish to use NVIDIA hardware transcoding and tone mapping, you will need to be running Unraid OS version 6. 21. 11. Sep 4, 2023 · Without HDR tone mapping enabled, HW accelerated transcoding works as expected. 1 CPU architecture: x86_64 How docker Jul 6, 2023 · Linux version 6. May 2, 2023 · The recent PMS update that supports HDR tone mapping sounded great and thought I’d give it a try on my 8th gen Intel NUC running Windows 10. 4 (tested in browser) (File removed) 1st, thanks alot for this feature, so far looking nice to see the progress. And most likely it won't be Plex that makes it happen, it would be someone else figuring it out, getting it into ffmpeg or the tone mapping kit and Plex basically getting it for free. 4571 Player Version#: 1. Is a plex pass still required or will the TV take over the HDR tone mapping? I notice it still plays 4K movies with DV and HDR but the HDR indicator doesn’t come on. But, if Oct 5, 2022 · To get Plex to recognize the Intel drivers that support tone mapping I had to: 1. Plex HDR Tone Mapping Question Help So I currently have Plex & all the arrs on a Truenas server, but I'm trying to move all my programs onto a smaller NUC and just leaving my Truenas server as storage only. Blu-rays all already 1080p SDR so NO tone mapping is needed Jun 26, 2023 · I’m on Unraid 6. Running PMS in In this video, I explore Plex's new feature, HDR to SDR tone mapping, and compare it against Kodi native tone mapping and Kodi DSPlayer with MadVR. I've tested a hew 4k HDR -> 1080p SDR transcodes through Plex on my server and the CPU is sitting at around 5% while also transcoding audio. Basically, hardware transcoding is not working anymore if “HDR Tone Mapping” is enabled. com💲 Members-Only Punishment: https://bit. 875-b7362913 I can see that Windows HDR is on top priority list How can I check during video playback if HDR or tonemapping is used? Sep 6, 2022 · Hey all, I've been running Plex for a long time, but just recently added a GPU into the mix for hardware acceleration, and mainly to free up some CPU resource (thanks GPU price crash!). In my case, Intel GPU drivers for Ubuntu 22. Pretty neat, right? Hello, I recently upgraded my Plex server and heard that the newest versions of Plex Media Server beta had limited support for 4k HDR tonemapping. Hello people. When we're talking about HDR-to-SDR tone mapping, is this maintaining the HDR quality image delivered in an SDR signal, or is this crushing the dynamic range to SDR quality for viewing on a non-HDR display? I am running a Plex server on an older Intel desktop with Ubuntu server. But you’ll need a 4K tv with at least HDR10. They are working on native support and as any other feature it's coming soon TM. I tested up to 10 4k remux transcodes on it, all of them were the heaviest stuff I had tho. Every time the question is posed to the plex developers they throw their hands in the air and say ffmpeg doesn't support it. When I build my server, PLEX wasn't great at HDR mapping, so I set up 2 instances of sonarr and radarr for FHD and another for 4k/HDR, my server basically keeps both files and I pick which resolution I want to watch it in (if it doesn't do it automatically). If you wan Jun 27, 2023 · However, I have a Plex LXC (built with tteck's Plex script), where HDR tone mapping produces constant errors in the Plex logs and the video stream is corrupted. I have the 4k and it looks washed up when I have tone mapping disabled in Plex, not sure how one would achieve this, unless its specific to the max? I use an HDMI matrix to feed my 4k HDR TV and 4k SDR downscaler to my 1080p projector and if I watch an HDR titles on Netflix on my SDR projector, it switches to an UHD SDR version. 4 host, with a LXC container for Plex. That should do it Apr 12, 2023 · When playing back HDR videos (and forcing a transcode) software transcoding is used. See the feedback and issues from users who tried the preview build and compare it with Nvidia GPUs and AMD GPUs. 5. It was the same performance for hardware accelerated transcoding before the tone mapping feature was introduced. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Enabling tone mapping just means that the HDR to SDR conversion doesn't result in extremely washed out colors. However, if I disable "Enable HDR tone mapping" on plex, then I see the (hw) on my dashboard when someone is transcoding a 4k HDR file. I tried to figure out how to run a docker and get nvidia working through wsl but that was a nightmare. Nov 29, 2021 · Question about this. I have the plex app installed on my 55FZ800 Panasonic TV and I would like to play 4k HDR content on it. Is simply configuring the playback device to 1080p SDR enough for the server to know Specific to plex you can do hardware HDR tone mapping which isn't really available on windows at the moment. From my understanding, the content has to be transcoding and not direct play, but when I check the playback info, it's always direct play, playing at original quality witch is 4k. It’s 2023 and theres tons Apr 28, 2023 · I’m trying to figure out which generation of Intel CPU is required to do hardware HDR tone mapping when transcoding and am finding conflicting information: Wikipedia says HDR10 Tone Mapping was added in Ice Lake (10th gen), Plex say Kaby Lake (7th gen) and I’ve seen multiple user posts suggesting Coffee Lake (8th gen) is the minimum. Hardware transcoding works for non HDR files. 41. There is no regular profile 5. . If there is not tone mapping the video will still play BUT the colors will still look washed out. Thanks, Feb 15, 2024 · HDR to SDR Tone Mapping Is the video transcoding? Monitor via Plex Dashboard → Now Playing + Expanded View. I ran out of gigabit bandwidth from the NAS Edit: not so impressive your screenshot reveals you aren't tone mapping. Plex can do tone mapping for HDR10 or DV profile 7, which contains a HDR10 base layer. After my recent update to Plex Server latest version, HW transcoding with Intel GPU stopped working for HDR tone mapping with HEVC 10 bit media. 4069-ff740b6d Relevant Server Specs: Windows 11 Pro / 64GB RAM / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti We have a chunk of 4K HDR HEVC movies, and sometimes we end up watching those movies on a standard HDTV if we’re just sitting the kids down in the living room as opposed to an actual rec room movie night. 1. 0-41-generic hwe (also tried Kernel 5. Jun 14, 2023 · How Plex HDR Tone Mapping Works on Non-HDR TVs If your TV doesn't support HDR content (whether that's Dolby Vision, HDR10+, or standard HDR10) Plex will attempt to convert this content to standard dynamic range (SDR) format. Feb 13, 2019 · Hi There, Whether this configuration has been and still is working perfectly well for my all the content of my plex / unraid server since a bit more than a year now, leveraging my intel UHD630 integrated GPU from my Intel Coffee Lake Core i5-9600K for transcoding 1080p flawlessly to whatever needed. Hopefully that is Nov 11, 2023 · It wasn’t until a few months ago I stumbled across their page with the support matrix for HW HDR tone mapping and realised my new server setup (specifically for Plex and related program) wasn’t using the iGPU Quicksync for tone mapping because that server didn’t have a dedicated GPU. May 11, 2023 · Trying to wrap my head around the world of HDR tone-mapping with JVC projectors. 7210 and if I try and play a 4K HEVC movie with Tone mapping enabled it wont Hardware transcode and will transcode using the CPU. However, HW transcoding works perfectly fine. As a side note I run Plex on Synology myself and there is no native hardware HDR tone mapping support yet meaning you would need to run Plex in Docker. Mar 26, 2021 · the hdr tone mapping only applies to HDR being transcoded. Steps to Reproduce. I've been tweaking settings today to find the sweet spot, and learned that HDR Tone Mapping actually still uses Oct 28, 2022 · So basically this allows for changing the HDR metadata which can be used an approach to manipulating the projector's built-in tone-mapping, right? I feel like the Sony in "reference" mode should be static enough that if fed the right metadata and maybe a few tweaks I should be able to hit my aims. Nov 23, 2020 · Server Version#: 1. Previously, no Windows based servers could run the HDR Tone Mapping task through hardware and they'd all struggle just like your is. Basically, how would the HDR on an older projector like the X9500 / RS620 / X970R compare to a newer NX5 or NX7 - provided the tone mapping was done externally on a Panasonic UB820 and an AppleTV with Infuse installed? Thanks in advance. Expected Behavior. I use both. 4571 (plexpass) within Docker (Linuxserver) System: Synology 920+ (DSM 6) I moved quiet a while ago to Docker Plex (Linuxserver) to enable HDR Tone Mapping (hw transcoded) on my sinology NAS (DS920+). 04. I only seem to be getting direct play, however; enabling tone mapping for the PMS through the client does not seem to do anything. 12. 1 Linux kernel 6. It stopped with later builds of 1. Feb 15, 2024 · Learn how to test HDR tone mapping support for compatible Intel iGPUs on Windows platforms with Plex Media Server. tv/plexpass - Plex recently made their home theater PC (HTPC) client official and we'll take a look at its features and s May 23, 2024 · I just built a new Unraid server. According to this Plex Support Article HDR HW transcoding should be supported inside docker. In this video, I explore Plex's new feature, HDR to SDR tone mapping, and compare it against Kodi native tone mapping and Kodi DSPlayer with MadVR. Sep 1, 2023 · I can’t seem to get HW HDR Tonemapping working on my new N100 server. Specifically, support for Nvidia GPU's to handle the HDR Tone Mapping task became available for Windows based servers. Jul 6, 2023 · Linux version 6. 6486 Player Version#: NA Until recently (today) I’ve kept 1080p SDR version of anything in my library that I also had in 4k HDR - as my library is rather large (60TB in total) this was a significant amount of space that was essentially wasted (about 1. ) So it's not a configuration issue. 16. What does this mean? When enabled, your HDR content will play anywhere you choose, without distorted colors ruining the vibe. Feb 13, 2019 · I also use Hotio's Plex container and am using the i7-10700k. Mar 29, 2021 · Hi guys, I'm planning to migrate from unraid to truenas scale and I would like to know if anyone got HDR to SDR tone mapping working in Plex. The problem I am running into now is that I can only decode 1 - max 2 transcodes on 1080p Nov 29, 2021 · When we're talking about HDR-to-SDR tone mapping, is this maintaining the HDR quality image delivered in an SDR signal, or is this crushing the dynamic range to SDR quality for viewing on a non-HDR display? Nov 24, 2020 · Give PLEX application available DMS Manager, I can’t install the ocl-icd-libopencl1 beignet-opencl-icd packages manually. With tone mapping enabled processor usage is around 40% and Tautulli shows transcode speed below 1, video buffers every few seconds. 3. 84. If I disable tone mapping processor usage drops to around 10% and transcode speed jumps to 5. If I deselect it and transcode the file to 1080p, it looks washed out (as Feb 5, 2024 · Things were working well with just my CPU, but Plex doesn’t support HDR Tone Mapping with integrated Intel graphics yet, and as my Plex server is getting more users from family and friends who have finally adopted it, I needed some extra hardware to offload CPU usage. What Plex cannot but Jellyfin can do now is to tone map DV profile 5, which is single layer and uses a non-standard color space. I can easily transcode a bunch of 4K HDR videos to 1080P *without the tone mapping checkbox enabled, however, as soon as I tell the server via Settings --> Transcoder --> Enable HDR tone mapping CPU usage spikes to 100% and then playback fails after a few seconds. Run Plex without Docker on Windows. My Plex server is on Ubuntu 22. Current Behavior. x version will permit hardware transcoding for HDR tone mapping. uwpr azmubhf zrcrsxk xdan bullj aictrld cbt xoei htdxwyku ohrvuw
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