Intel iGPU passthrough possible?

[IamSpartacus]

Does anyone know if Intel's QuickSync is supported in a virtualized environment? That is, will the vCPU's you assign to a VM on an QS supported Intel CPU be able to make use of this feature? Mainly interested in doing this in VMware but I'm curious regardless.

 

[Rand__]

You should be able to pass through iGPU in ESX 6.5 (new feature), but dunno whether this will include QS...

 

[Netwerkz101]

I am playing with Intel GPU pass-through (currently XenServer 7, but open to trying ESXi 6.5).
I just don't have any of the apps Intel says are compatible to test and unsure of how to test otherwise:

Intel® Quick Sync Video

Are there any test tools/utilities I can run instead of those apps?
If anyone knows, I'd like to try them out.

 

[Rand__]

Didn't plex add QS support in a recent version?

 

[Patrick]

Just a thought: Intel Xeon E3-1500 V5 - Video and Virtualization CPUs Launched

 

[IamSpartacus]

Didn't plex add QS support in a recent version?

Yes, which is what has peaked my interest. The bugs are still being worked out but it's definitely coming.

Just a thought: Intel Xeon E3-1500 V5 - Video and Virtualization CPUs Launched

Yup, this is the CPU I'm looking at @Patrick but if I can't pass through the iGPU to a VM it would be useless for me.

 

[nitrobass24]

Going to revive this old thread
@IamSpartacus did you ever get this working? I am looking for a new platform for my plex server, but would prefer to keep it on VMware.

 

[IamSpartacus]

Going to revive this old thread
@IamSpartacus did you ever get this working? I am looking for a new platform for my plex server, but would prefer to keep it on VMware.

I never purchased the CPU because I couldn't find anyone who could confirm it one way or the other. I'm still running an all Xeon-D cluster.

 

[K D]

I don't know about that particular CPU but iGPu pass through works in esxi 6.5. Tired it with and e3-1275.

E3 Xeon Motherboard with Transcoding and IPMI?

 

[K D]

Also, I haven't tried the alpha version of plex that uses gpu transcoding. But can confirm that emby uses the igpu if the setting is enabled. Cpu utilization doesn't go past 30% with 2 streams. It is a windows VM with 2 vcpu and 4gb ram running plex and Emby.