From 83ee7b63cbc8ff0e51ed42bdf67bf7f495845209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Mowen Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 15:02:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Make it clear that ffmepg processes may not show when nvidia-smi is run inside the container --- docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md b/docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md index 477c574b3..3bd44fb1e 100644 --- a/docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md +++ b/docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md @@ -93,9 +93,15 @@ ffmpeg: ``` If everything is working correctly, you should see a significant improvement in performance. -Verify that hardware decoding is working by running `docker exec -it frigate nvidia-smi`, which should show the ffmpeg +Verify that hardware decoding is working by running `nvidia-smi`, which should show the ffmpeg processes: +:::note + +nvidia-smi may not show ffmpeg processes when run inside the container [due to docker limitations](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker/issues/179#issuecomment-645579458) + +::: + ``` +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 455.38 Driver Version: 455.38 CUDA Version: 11.1 |