A few pitfalls when using GPU for hardware transcoding

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Have been testing my APU and Nvidia GT 1030/1050/1060 for hardware encoding, although the official documentation only mentioned Intel Quick Sync.

Couple of pitfalls:

  • I actually didn’t know GT 1030 can only decode but not encode

  • Some APU or older generations of GPU might actually be capable of hardware transcoding

  • Better use the driver update from device manager itself. I find some versions of drivers might have issue.

  • Even using Windows 10 and disabled integrated GPU, my GT 1050/1060 will only hardware decode if connected to a screen (encode always work) Doesn’t matter whether screen is turned off or not though

  • I tested with most subtitles such as SRT / PGS / SSA, they shouldn’t affect hardware transcoding.

And one more finding when testing direct play from my stream device: Be aware of the combination of video + subtitle + audio when not direct playing

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