Installation

System Requirements

Most of Linux distributions are supported to install the X Acceleration Codec, But recommend you to use CentOS, RHEL, Fedora, Ubuntu or Debian. We are packing all required binaries and libraries in the software, so it won't break your system, all the software installation files are under /opt/xaccel-codec.

Here is the link for check the number of NVDEC/NVENC chips inside your Nvidia GPU: https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new

Notice

Please make sure you are the root user before start to install.

Install the required packages.

Ubuntu Debian

apt-get update
apt-get install systemd build-essential libdrm2 net-tools pciutils libxext* libxfixes* iproute2 libpciaccess* linux-headers-`uname -r` -y
apt-get purge nvidia-* -y
apt-get autoremove -y

CentOS RHEL Fedora

yum install wget pciutils net-tools libnsl iproute -y
yum groupinstall "Development tools" -y

Install the Nvidia Driver if the server has Nvidia GPU inside.

Ubuntu Debian

echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
echo "options nouveau modeset=0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
update-initramfs -u
reboot

service lightdm stop
nvidia-uninstall --silent
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.171.04/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.171.04.run
bash ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.171.04.run --silent --install-libglvnd

CentOS RHEL Fedora

echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
echo "options nouveau modeset=0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
dracut -f
reboot

systemctl stop gdm >/dev/null 2>&1
nvidia-uninstall --silent
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.171.04/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.171.04.run
bash ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.171.04.run --silent --install-libglvnd

Install the X Acceleration Codec panel.

wget http://ftp.xaccel-codec.com/releases/xaccel-codec-5.1.27.sh
bash ./xaccel-codec-5.1.27.sh -i

Open the browser and enter http://server for login to the panel. The default username and password are: admin. Then you can go to the Servers > Manage Servers tab, click the icon at settings column for open the license page, and activate the license key.

Tips

If you can not open the panel or failed to install, please send us a ticket or contact the Supports supports directly.