MP 1,1-5,1 Activate AMD hardware acceleration

[h9826790]

ok, I leave it so ... the risk is too high and I'm afraid of having serious problems.
Can I ask you one last thing?
I would like to check now that the GPU actually works well with both .h264 and hevc files .... because I know that the GPU does not always go to 100% but alternates moments of full load to moments of unloading.
jellyfish is reproduced very very fluidly.
But in FCPX, for example, when I export files, the GPU is not always 100% loaded, but it alternates moments with full and others not.
Can we do tests?

That's the expected behaviour.

For FCPX exporting, it's a mix load of compute and hardware decoding / encoding. The overall utilisation rate can fluctuate a lot.

 

[MacManu77]

That's the expected behaviour.

For FCPX exporting, it's a mix load of compute and hardware decoding / encoding. The overall utilisation rate can fluctuate a lot.

Thanks, let's see how this configuration will behave when the monitor 4k arrives, now I m on an apple display 20

One thing: If I had to put the rx580 Gpu that I haven't sold yet, can I do it plug and play or have to change something?
Just to make a comparison.
Thanks.

 

[h9826790]

Just realised that VideoProc now can show my graphic card's name correctly.

May I know if any of you also see the same thing?

 

[startergo]

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This is in Catalaina yours is in Mojave

 

[h9826790]

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This is in Catalaina yours is in Mojave

It seems not because of Mojave vs Catalina. I just check my old post, the Radeon VII ident wasn't there.

Activate AMD hardware acceleration

Just tested both 10.14.6 (18G3020) and 10.15.3 (19D76), nothing changed for OpenCore method. All H264, HEVC, hardware encode, hardware decode, DRM streaming still work as expected. [N.B. As precaution, my config.plist in post #594 does NOT provide OS update in Catalina. You can either update...

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It should be the latest OpenCore (settings) to make that happen.

 

[h9826790]

Just confirmed VideoProc can also show the correct GPU name in 10.15.3

 

[startergo]

Just confirmed VideoProc can also show the correct GPU name in 10.15.3

Does not work for my card. Is it really relevant? This piece of software is so misleading sometimes... That other method you proposed is more reliable for determining HEVC capabilities

 

[h9826790]

Does not work for my card. Is it really relevant? This piece of software is so misleading sometimes... That other method you proposed is more reliable for determining HEVC capabilities

OpenGL Driver Monitor is definitely a much better method to determine if HWAccel is really working.

I just wonder why my GPU ident suddenly show up in VideoProc.

 

[jhona83]

Still no HEVC capabilities on my Mac with the new "config" =-(

Even so the system (catalina) it's nice working

 

[h9826790]

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Still no HEVC capabilities on my Mac with the new "config" =-(

Even so the system (catalina) it's nice working

Please try

1) mount the EFI partition
2) completely remove the OC folder
3) reboot (make sure Catalina still working)
4) reset NVRAM (WARNING: This will remove the no compat check boot argument. You MUST have your method to recover from this situation)
5) boot recovery (or your Dosdude Catalina installer)
6) disable SIP
7) re-do that 13 steps

 

[MacManu77]

cdf just provided the fix for this issue.

I updated the Universal config.plist in post #594 already. You may download that, mount the EFI partition, replace the config.plist, and see if it helps.

With this updated file, can I install the Gpu in slot 2 instead of 1?

 

[mikeydeezy]

Is there something specific I have to do to successfully boot from NVME with the Boot Picker?

OpenCore works great booting into my cloned drive (plugged into a SATA drive bay) but when I select my NVME installation it hangs on this screen. Any help? Thanks.


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[startergo]

Is there something specific I have to do to successfully boot from NVME with the Boot Picker?

OpenCore works great booting into my cloned drive (plugged into a SATA drive bay) but when I select my NVME installation it hangs on this screen. Any help? Thanks.


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[mikeydeezy]

Ignore text in Graphics=Yes

Thanks.

The text is gone now however I’m still stuck at the Apple logo without a progress bar unable to boot into macOS on my NVME drive.

 

[startergo]

Thanks.

The text is gone now however I’m still stuck at the Apple logo without a progress bar unable to boot into macOS on my NVME drive.

You will have to provide the boot log file from OC

 

[h9826790]

With this updated file, can I install the Gpu in slot 2 instead of 1?

Not tested, but should also work if GPU in slot 2

 

[w1z]

Not tested, but should also work if GPU in slot 2

Confirmed working in any slot just as long as -wegtree is used.

 

[mikeydeezy]

You will have to provide the boot log file from OC

I tried to Google how to do this (I'm a complete newbie at advanced stuff like this) but I couldn't find out how to generate the boot log file.

I'm wondering if perhaps it's an issue with my particular NVME drive. I did find information about some NVME drive not sending the right mount instructions to OC (or something like that).

 

[Ludacrisvp]

I tried to Google how to do this (I'm a complete newbie at advanced stuff like this) but I couldn't find out how to generate the boot log file.

I'm wondering if perhaps it's an issue with my particular NVME drive. I did find information about some NVME drive not sending the right mount instructions to OC (or something like that).

You need to use the debug build of OC, then if you have the correct options in the config.plist you will get a generated log file into the EFI partition that holds the OC install.

 

[imrazor]

I tried what I'll call the "kext method" - I installed Lilu and WhateverGreen on my MacPro5,1 with a single X5680, Vega 56 and Mojave 10.14.6 installed. On a test video export in DaVinci Resolve "Free" (11 minute 1080p 60fps h.264 video clip with a few subtitles and basic transitions) render time was cut from 24 minutes to 4 minutes. That's an insane improvement for a few minutes of effort. Thanks for this tip. Whoever discovered this 'hack' deserves a medal.

I should note that I am NOT using OpenCore. I used hackintoshes for a number of years, and they left a bad taste in my mouth. Too many incompatibilites, weird bugs and 'Play and Pray' OS X updates. Is there any advantage to using the OpenCore method when what I've got works so well?

 

[startergo]

Is there any advantage to using the OpenCore method when what I've got works so well?

Yes. You can get HEVC encoding as well + DRM playback.

 

[h9826790]

I tried what I'll call the "kext method" - I installed Lilu and WhateverGreen on my MacPro5,1 with a single X5680, Vega 56 and Mojave 10.14.6 installed. On a test video export in DaVinci Resolve "Free" (11 minute 1080p 60fps h.264 video clip with a few subtitles and basic transitions) render time was cut from 24 minutes to 4 minutes. That's an insane improvement for a few minutes of effort. Thanks for this tip. Whoever discovered this 'hack' deserves a medal.

I should note that I am NOT using OpenCore. I used hackintoshes for a number of years, and they left a bad taste in my mouth. Too many incompatibilites, weird bugs and 'Play and Pray' OS X updates. Is there any advantage to using the OpenCore method when what I've got works so well?

Hackintosh and cMP are completely different. We can install and run macOS on cMP natively. No compatibility issue.

If you have Hackintosh experience, you can open my shared config.plist and have a look. Apart from injecting the board-id or load Lilu / WEG to activate HWAccel, there is no extra setting touched.

I tested both Clover and OpenCore on my cMP. Very different result.

Clover mess up all PCIe info even I didn't inject anything.

But OpenCore just like transparent if I don't change any setting.

I use OpenCore on my cMP for few months now. Extremely happy with the stability / compatibility. Not a single issue yet.

Also, apart from DRM / HEVC hardware encode, you will also get boot screen for your Vega56 via OpenCore.

 

[MacManu77]

Sorry but with the universal file of the post 594 can I have the possibility to enter only in recovery mode?

 

[h9826790]

Sorry but with the universal file of the post 594 can I have the possibility to enter only in recovery mode?

I haven’t tested this, but most likely only work for Mojave.

 

[Cracticus]

Post #594 1->12 completed (mojave 10.14.6, SIPs disabled) ; however step 13) blessing after terminal entry ->
sudo bless --mount /Volumes/EFI --setBoot --file /Volumes/EFI/EFI/OC/OpenCore.efi
password request - then I get -> Can't statfs /Volumes/EFI/EFI/OC/OpenCore.efi


Volume EFI on /dev/disk0s1 mounted - afik my new EFI directory is correct - see attachment
what is the correct terminal response after step 13)? thanks...