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_64/460.67/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.67.run
   bash ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.67.run --silent --install-libglvnd
   

5. Install the X Acceleration Codec.

   wget http://ftp.xaccel-codec.com/releases/xaccel-codec-4.3.19.sh
   bash ./xaccel-codec-4.3.19.sh -i
   

6. Open the browser and enter http://server for login to the panel. default username and password are: admin. Go to the Servers > Manage Servers tab, click the second icon at settings column for open the license page, and activate you license key.

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_64/460.67/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.67.run
   bash ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.67.run --silent --install-libglvnd
   

4. Install the X Acceleration Codec.

   wget http://ftp.xaccel-codec.com/releases/xaccel-codec-4.3.19.sh
   bash ./xaccel-codec-4.3.19.sh -i
   

5. Open the browser and enter http://IP for login to the panel. default username and password are: admin.Go to the Servers > Manage Servers tab, click the second icon at settings column for open the license page, and activate you license key.