Are you sure? I would expect AMD to have their own download & install instructions that could be used on any distro

Oh you don’t have to do anything like that for everything else, because it is just in the kernel and in mesa… This “pro” driver comes with some custom stuff like apparently their proprietary encoders, but I read multiple times that it has just terrible performance for everything else so don’t bother…

By rips, do you mean your source media is already in a container, like a .mkv or .mp4 file?

yes mkv files

you might take a look at MVKToolNix

I will :)

HandBrake supports AMD VCN hardware video encoding

yes, but that is not viable as the amdgpu-pro drivers are only available on LTS releases and on a few selected distros

You haven’t said what source material you’re encoding

Mostly BluRay rips, so movies and TV-Shows

Are you aware of Vulkan Video?

I actually was not. Is it any good? But Handbrake does not support that either, does it?

you might consider investing some time in learning ffmpeg commands.

I am, but for anything involving multiple audio and subtitle streams and stream selection in general it is not an option for me…

Never heard of it, but it looks very intimidating 😅

With handling all the subtitles and audio streams I really prefer a GUI especially since it is not a one size fits all with the files I am dealing with

I used to use OnlyOffice, but switched to Nextcloud office because I like the UI and the documentserver better. Easier administering and the official solution

I second that :D

So these are the log messages right after the device failed:

Jan 21 11:20:41 fedora pipewire[2460]: spa.alsa: set_hw_params: Protokollfehler Jan 21 11:20:41 fedora pipewire[2460]: pw.link: 0x55db4830afa0: one of the nodes is in error out:error in:suspended Jan 21 11:20:41 fedora pipewire[2460]: pw.link: 0x55db485f9360: one of the nodes is in error out:error in:suspended Jan 21 11:20:44 fedora pipewire[2460]: spa.alsa: set_hw_params: Protokollfehler Jan 21 11:20:44 fedora pipewire[2460]: spa.alsa: set_hw_params: Protokollfehler Jan 21 11:20:44 fedora pipewire[2460]: spa.alsa: set_hw_params: Protokollfehler Jan 21 11:20:44 fedora pipewire[2460]: pw.link: 0x55db48355240: one of the nodes is in error out:suspended in:error Jan 21 11:20:44 fedora pipewire[2460]: pw.node: (alsa_output.usb-MOTU_M2_M2MT15188F-00.Direct__Direct__sink-56) suspended -> error ((null)) Jan 21 11:20:44 fedora pipewire[2460]: pw.link: 0x55db482bdca0: one of the nodes is in error out:idle in:error Jan 21 11:20:44 fedora pipewire[2460]: pw.link: 0x55db47b39140: one of the nodes is in error out:idle in:error

I have no idea how to unsuspend the device after it errored, nor do I know why it errored. Like I said in the OP I’ve tried turning it off and on again, but the only solution I have found is to reboot which sucks… I changed the sampling rate from 41k to 48k but that didn’t change anything. I have no idea how to change the bit depth of the device though. I applied the fixes from the repo you linked, but I am not able to install the version of alsa they referenced in there. Fedore 41 only comes with the 2 most recent versions it seems…

I will look into that, thanks for your help, time and effort ❤️

A small capture of the log (these errors were repeating multiple times):

Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:47 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: set_hw_params: Protocol error Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: ‘front:3’: capture open failed: The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: ‘front:3’: capture open failed: The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.audioadapter: params Spa:Enum:ParamId:EnumFormat: 1:0 (follower format) The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: pw.node: (alsa_output.usb-MOTU_M2_M2MT15188F-00.HiFi__Line1__sink-55) suspended -> error ((null)) Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: ‘front:3’: capture open failed: The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: ‘front:3’: capture open failed: The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.audioadapter: params Spa:Enum:ParamId:EnumFormat: 1:0 (follower format) The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: set_hw_params: Protocol error Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:50 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: set_hw_params: Protocol error Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:50 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: pw.node: (alsa_input.usb-046d_Logitech_Webcam_C925e_AE792FAF-02.analog-stereo-60) suspended -> error ((null)) Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:50 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: ‘front:3’: capture open failed: The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:50 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: ‘front:3’: capture open failed: The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:50 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.audioadapter: params Spa:Enum:ParamId:EnumFormat: 1:0 (follower format) The device or resource is busy/occupied Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:50 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: spa.alsa: set_hw_params: Protocol error

I translated the error messages, because they were in German.

I think the most important line might be this one as this is the audio device I am actually using:

Wed 2025-01-15 15:09:49 CET fedora user@1000.service/pipewire.service[2482]: pw.node: (alsa_output.usb-MOTU_M2_M2MT15188F-00.HiFi__Line1__sink-55) suspended -> error ((null))

Since they are started with the user session these services do only exist there. If you try to restart them without the flag they just don’t exist.

The journal would be a nice way to look for sure, but the command you posted throws an error for me:

Using --boot or --list-boots with --merge is not supported.

No I have not tried that, though pw-top still worked, in general pipewire still worked, I just didn’t get any sound anymore…

The --user flag commands come from this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/v3g2w9/is_there_a_cli_command_to_restart_pipewire/

very nice. I will give it a try as well (after the holidays though)

I don’t really understand the readme. Is the creation done in a cli or in the jellyfin UI?

I was missing this feature in jellyfin and this would be really great (I switched from plex which has it and I used it a lot 😅)