From 3a9bfe9f6e907ac8a53943b111b8cab01764dec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vladislav Yarmak Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 21:17:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update templates --- README.md | 2 +- .../templates/linux_readme_master.tmpl | 30 +++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b948820..edae422 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ NVENC and NvFBC patches for Nvidia drivers ========================================== -![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/keylase/nvidia-patch.svg) ![Latest version](https://img.shields.io/badge/latest%20linux%20driver%20version-470.74-brightgreen.svg) +![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/keylase/nvidia-patch.svg) ![Latest version](https://img.shields.io/badge/latest%20linux%20driver%20version-495.29.05-brightgreen.svg) [NVENC patch](patch.sh) removes restriction on maximum number of simultaneous NVENC video encoding sessions imposed by Nvidia to consumer-grade GPUs. diff --git a/tools/readme-autogen/templates/linux_readme_master.tmpl b/tools/readme-autogen/templates/linux_readme_master.tmpl index 4d2d331..d72ed0e 100644 --- a/tools/readme-autogen/templates/linux_readme_master.tmpl +++ b/tools/readme-autogen/templates/linux_readme_master.tmpl @@ -11,12 +11,7 @@ Main target operating system is **GNU/Linux**, but for **Windows** support see [ --- -:heart: :heart: :heart: - -You can say thanks to the author and support ongoing efforts with donations to these wallets: - -- BTC: `1Q9uQAFNviHZEW7yT5sNsi4MJnxaL2tvvK` -- ETH: `0xE55e48b116D0dd4d26adafB65B92e74F0ac73636` +**Project is looking for a maintainer.** --- @@ -48,7 +43,7 @@ $version_list # bash ./patch.sh -h SYNOPSIS - patch.sh [-s] [-r|-h|-c VERSION|-l] + patch.sh [-s] [-r|-h|-c VERSION|-l|-f] DESCRIPTION The patch for Nvidia drivers to remove NVENC session limit @@ -61,6 +56,7 @@ DESCRIPTION -l List supported driver versions -d VERSION Use VERSION driver version when looking for libraries instead of using nvidia-smi to detect it. + -f Enable support for Flatpak NVIDIA drivers. ``` @@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ DESCRIPTION # bash ./patch-fbc.sh -h SYNOPSIS - patch-fbc.sh [-s] [-r|-h|-c VERSION|-l] + patch-fbc.sh [-s] [-r|-h|-c VERSION|-l|-f] DESCRIPTION The patch for Nvidia drivers to allow FBC on consumer devices @@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ DESCRIPTION -l List supported driver versions -d VERSION Use VERSION driver version when looking for libraries instead of using nvidia-smi to detect it. - + -f Enable support for Flatpak NVIDIA drivers. ``` @@ -139,6 +135,22 @@ Essentially all you need to do during build is: `docker-entrypoint.sh` script does on-the-fly patching by means of manipulating dynamic linker to workaround read-only mount of Nvidia runtime. Finally it passes original docker command to shell, like if entrypoint was not restricted by `ENTRYPOINT` directive. So `docker run --runtime=nvidia -it mycontainer echo 123` will print `123`. Also it can be just invoked from your entrypoint script, if you have any. +## Flatpak support + +If you use a Flatpak app that uses NVENC/NvFBC (e.g. OBS Studio, Kdenlive), it's recommended that you patch the NVIDIA drivers for Flatpak as well. To do so, just pass the `-f` parameter to either `patch.sh` or `patch-fbc.sh`, like so: + +```bash +bash ./patch.sh -f +bash ./patch-fbc.sh -f +``` + +In case something goes wrong, you can restore the original Flatpak drivers by adding the `-r` paramater: + +``` +bash ./patch.sh -f -r +bash ./patch-fbc.sh -f -r +``` + ## Benchmarks * [Plex Media Server: nVidia Hardware Transcoding Calculator for Plex Estimates](https://www.elpamsoft.com/?p=Plex-Hardware-Transcoding) - useful benchmark of achieved simultaneous transcodes with various stream quality and hardware with patched drivers.