Giving hosted handbrake access to graphics card?
reddit / selfhosted

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notabot-i-promise · 2023-09-26 19:16

I'm looking to use https://github.com/jlesage/docker-handbrake. I'd
like to batch convert some of my videos. However, I don't see any way
to expose the container to my graphics card. How would I do that?

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kn915 · 2023-09-26 19:27

You can enable gpu pass through on docker following the docs here

[Docker docs](https://docs.docker.com/compose/gpu-support/)

But basically is adding a device flag on the docker run command or the
compose file

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Lupine_Wonse · 2023-09-26 19:33

I do not think it is possible with containers/docker. The docker is
lightweight virtualization, typically containers do not have direct
access to the hardware (so no direct access to disks, networks and
other hardware) on the host machine. You need to map network ports (in
order to interact with the containerized app) and volumes (in order to
provide persistent storage for the containerized app).

If you want to have handbrake to use your graphics card you need to
install in on the host machine, or use virtualization with PCI pass
through (so that the guest os can access the graphics card)

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notabot-i-promise · 2023-09-26 19:36

Thank you. This is super helpful. I was looking at the project docs
when I should have been looking at the docker docs. You saved me tons
of time!