X Acceleration Codec NVENC Version Installation Guide

Important

• Nvidia GPU with NVDEC and NVENC chip supports is required. You can found more details on here.
• PCIe x1/x4 speed slots has insufficient PCIe bandwidth and it will huge decrease the GPU transcoding performance.
• Dual channel memory motherboard supports maximum 2 GPUs only due to the insufficient memory bandwidth problem.
• Don't use any mining motherboard due to the insufficient PCIe bandwidth problem.
• Don't use any mining GPU due to they may not has NVDEC and NVENC chips inside.
• Make sure you are the root user before the installation.

Installation for Fedora, CentOS and RHEL

1. Install the development tools.

   yum groupinstall "Development tools" -y
   

2. Install the 4.x kernel.

   wget http://ftp.xaccel-codec.com/install/intel-mediasdk-19.2.1.tar.xz
   tar -xvf intel-mediasdk-19.2.1.tar.xz
   cd intel-mediasdk-19.2.1
   bash ./install.sh
   reboot
   

3. Disable the Nvidia nouveau open source driver.

   echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
   echo "options nouveau modeset=0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
   dracut -f
   reboot
   

4. Install the Nvidia driver.

   systemctl stop gdm >/dev/null 2>&1
   nvidia-uninstall --silent
   wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/450.57/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57.run
   bash ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57.run --silent --install-libglvnd
   

5. Install the X Acceleration Codec.

   wget http://ftp.xaccel-codec.com/releases/xaccel-codec-3.6.44~+nvenc.sh
   bash ./xaccel-codec-3.6.44~+nvenc.sh -i
   

6. Open the browser and enter http://server for login to the panel. default password is admin. Go to the About > License page for activate the license.

Installation for Ubuntu and Debian

1. Install the development tools.

   apt-get update
   apt-get install systemd build-essential -y
   apt-get purge nvidia-* -y
   apt-get autoremove -y
   

2. Disable the Nvidia nouveau open source driver.

   echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
   echo "options nouveau modeset=0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
   update-initramfs -u
   reboot
   

3. Install the Nvidia driver.

   service lightdm stop
   nvidia-uninstall --silent
   wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/450.57/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57.run
   bash ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57.run --silent --install-libglvnd
   

4. Install the X Acceleration Codec.

   wget http://ftp.xaccel-codec.com/releases/xaccel-codec-3.6.44~+nvenc.sh
   bash ./xaccel-codec-3.6.44~+nvenc.sh -i
   

5. Open the browser and enter http://IP for login to the panel. default password is admin. Go to the About > License page for activate the license.