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Looking back, this should have likely been two videos, but its too late now. All in this one post, we're going to install Plex into a ProxMox virtual machine, configure ProxMox for PCIe passthrough, configure our virtual machine to allow the nVidia drivers to install, and setup hardware encoding in Plex.

But first... What am I drinking???

Ft. George (Astoria, OR) Magnanimous (completely been saying it wrong all these years...) A 7% Winter-inspired IPA. This is an annual release for Ft. George, and this year the flavor is ever so slightly different. Still solid, but less 'Christmas Tree-y', and a little hint of lemon. Still delicious, but not quite the same as years' past.

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Sources:

Plex Repository:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/2359...

Reddit Walkthrough:   / the_ultimate_beginners_guide_to_gpu_passth...  

nVidia NVENC Complete List: https://developer.nvidia.com/video-en...

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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:46 - Plex Install
06:20 - Plex Mount Network Share
09:22 - CPU Transcoding
11:19 - PCIe Passthrough - ProxMox settings
16:37 - PCIe Passthrough - VM Settings
22:24 - Hardware Transcode Results / Outro