GPU-accelerated video processing with ffmpeg

Question

I want to use ffmpeg to accelerate video encode and decode with an NVIDIA GPU.

From NVIDIA\'s website:

NVIDIA GPUs contain one or more hardwa

Answer 1

FFmpeg provides a subsystem for hardware acceleration, which includes NVIDIA: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro

In order to enable support for GPU-assisted encoding with an NVIDIA GPU, you need:

• A ​supported GPU
• Supported drivers for your operating system
• The NVIDIA Codec SDK
• ffmpeg configured with --enable-nvenc (default if the drivers are detected while configuring)