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docs: note the render group for vaapi and qsv decoding
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Isaac Connor authored and GitHub committed 2026-08-30 11:18:10 -04:00
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docs/installationguide/debian.rst
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@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ but if you installed from source or the group was not added, run:
sudo adduser www-data video
If you plan to use hardware accelerated decoding (``DecoderHWAccelName`` set to
``vaapi`` or ``qsv``), the web server user also needs the ``render`` group. The
render node ``/dev/dri/renderD*`` belongs to ``render`` rather than ``video``,
and without it ZoneMinder logs ``Failed to create hwaccel device``:
::
sudo adduser www-data render
**Step 7:** Tweak Apache configuration
::
@@ -211,6 +220,15 @@ but if you installed from source or the group was not added, run:
sudo adduser www-data video
If you plan to use hardware accelerated decoding (``DecoderHWAccelName`` set to
``vaapi`` or ``qsv``), the web server user also needs the ``render`` group. The
render node ``/dev/dri/renderD*`` belongs to ``render`` rather than ``video``,
and without it ZoneMinder logs ``Failed to create hwaccel device``:
::
sudo adduser www-data render
**Step 7:** Tweak Apache configuration
::
docs/installationguide/ubuntu.rst
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@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ automatically, but if you installed from source or the group was not added, run:
sudo adduser www-data video
If you plan to use hardware accelerated decoding (``DecoderHWAccelName`` set to
``vaapi`` or ``qsv``), the web server user also needs the ``render`` group. The
render node ``/dev/dri/renderD*`` belongs to ``render`` rather than ``video``,
and without it ZoneMinder logs ``Failed to create hwaccel device``:
::
sudo adduser www-data render
You will need to restart ZoneMinder (or reboot) for the group change to take effect.
**Step 7:** Configure Apache correctly:
@@ -214,6 +223,15 @@ user to the ``video`` group:
sudo adduser www-data video
If you plan to use hardware accelerated decoding (``DecoderHWAccelName`` set to
``vaapi`` or ``qsv``), the web server user also needs the ``render`` group. The
render node ``/dev/dri/renderD*`` belongs to ``render`` rather than ``video``,
and without it ZoneMinder logs ``Failed to create hwaccel device``:
::
sudo adduser www-data render
**Step 7:** Configure Apache correctly:
::