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--- plex:tesla_p4_transcoding_in_windows_server_2022 [2023/09/13 18:02] – 10.69.10.66
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+**Install Plex media server and update to the latest version if desired.**
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+**Install the Tesla P4 Datacenter driver**
+I chose to install the datacenter version of the driver (537.13-data-center), as the GRID driver was causing me issues; This may also mean PCI-e pass-through is the only option for the GPU, and vGPU won't work.
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+**Execute the following registry hack so the GPU is recognized by software (Task manager, Plex)**
 Original Post on github (for Tesla P40): JingShing/How-to-use-tesla-p40: A manual for helping using tesla p40 gpu (github.com)
-Seems you need to make some registry setting changes:
 After installing the driver, you may notice that the Tesla P4 graphics card is not detected in the Task Manager. Therefore, you need to modify the registry.
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 After modifying the registry, you can choose to restart or disable and enable P40 in the device manager to see that P40 has been successfully called in the Task Manager.
+I am using the Dacacenter drivers, the GRID drivers did make it also "happen" (show the GPU in task manager), yet plex is not able to use HW encoding.
+With the settings above I was able to get plex to transcode
-I am using the Dacacenter drivers, the GRID drivers did make it also "happen" (show the GPU in task manager), yet plex is not able to use HW encoding.
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+**Run Plex as a service**
+https://github.com/cjmurph/PmsService/releases/tag/v1.2.1
-With the settings above I was able to get plex to transcode
+Use a new local user "Plex" with a strong password.