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Running Live Transcoder without GPU

If your instance doesn't feature Nvidia GPU, you may still run Live Transcoder with pipelines which don't involve GPU processing.

The following use cases can be used without a GPU:

Use caseInputOutput
MPEG-TS UDP, RTP, SRT - Video passthroughH.262, H.264, H.265, JPEG2000, JPEG-XSH.262, H.264, H.265, JPEG2000, JPEG-XS
MPEG-TS UDP, RTP, SRT - Framerate conversionH.262, H.264, JPEG-XSH.262, H.264, JPEG-XS

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Recommended instance type for AWS EC2 c5a.16xlarge

To enable CPU-only run, the docker-compose.yml must be changed this way:

  1. Open docker-compose.yml with a text editor:
    vim docker-compose.yml
    or
    nano docker-compose.yml
  2. Delete or comment out (# ) the following lines:
deploy:
  resources:
    reservations:
      devices:
        - driver: nvidia
          count: all
          capabilities: [gpu]

and:

- NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all
  1. Save the file (in the vim editor press <esc> key, then :wg + <enter>; in the nano editor press <ctrl> + X and confirm by pressing Y, then <enter>)