tdarr-lxc-intel-arc

Documentation to use Intel ARC gpu in Proxmox with the tdarr lxc

Install driver on Proxmox host

Important

First make sure that you at least have Proxmox 8.3!

apt install intel-media-va-driver vainfo

• Check if av1 support is enabled using the command vainfo

Install tdarr LXC

• execute following command in the Proxmox terminal and follow the on-screen instructions

bash -c "$(wget -qLO - https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/ct/tdarr.sh)"

Configure tdarr LXC

Install HandBrake

apt remove handbrake-cli
apt install flatpak

wget https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/download/1.8.2/HandBrake-1.8.2-x86_64.flatpak
wget https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/download/1.8.2/HandBrake.Plugin.IntelMediaSDK-1.8.2-x86_64.flatpak

flatpak install HandBrake-1.8.2-x86_64.flatpak
flatpak install HandBrake.Plugin.IntelMediaSDK-1.8.2-x86_64.flatpak

Wrapper

1. Create a new wrapper script

nano /opt/tdarr/handbroken

2. Add the following content to the file:

#!/usr/bin/bash
flatpak run --command=HandBrakeCLI fr.handbrake.ghb "$@"

3. Make the script executable

chmod +x /opt/tdarr/handbroken

Tdarr configuration

1. Edit the Tdarr_Node_Config.json file:

nano /opt/tdarr/configs/Tdarr_Node_Config.json

• Press Ctrl+X y to exit.

2. Update the handbrakePath field to point to the wrapper:

"handbrakePath": "/opt/tdarr/handbroken",

• Press Ctrl+X y to exit.

3. Reboot tdarr

# This spawns a new extra node, not sure how to do this correctly
systemctl restart tdarr-node.service

# Reboot, the easy way
reboot now

• Check if handbrake is correctly installed using HandBrakeCLI --version

  Tdarr config

• Add the plugin Tdarr_Plugin_075a_Transcode_Customisable Video Transcode Customisable

• Inputs

Option	Value
codecs_to_exclude	av1
cli	handbrake
transcode_arguments	-Z "AV1 QSV 2160p 4K" --all-subtitles --all-audio
output_container	.mkv