AMF Option for Hardware Acceleration

[NikoofDeath]

Given that the UI has support for Nvidia-only API's, could AMD's alternative (AMF) be added to the HW Accel dropdown? Maybe also adding a tooltip about the GPU requirements for each.

[MattMcManis]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/8eirp4/ffmpeg_40_released_includes_amf_hardware_encoding/

It looks like FFmpeg has the option, but do you know if it requires compiling it from source with certain flags enabled for it to work? I will plan on adding the option in case you have a custom FFmpeg.

You can try this for now, generate a script for a normal mp4/mkv with x264/x265, that will give you a framework to use. Then manually change the -c:v libx264 to -c:v h264_amf or -c:v hevc_amf and press run. (If using 2 Pass, make sure to change it in pass 1 and pass 2. I recommend CRF over 2 Pass.)

[NikoofDeath]

The official builds have it, and, as you suggest, I've been changing to -c:v h264_amf manually successfully.

[panther7]

Same problem for nvidia cards, for HW accel you need: -c:v hevc_nvenc or -c:v h264_nvenc.

I am for it, dropdown for AMD/Nvidia HW encoder accel.

[forart]

...and what about Intel QuickSynch ?

[MattMcManis]

@NikoofDeath @panther7

It's taken a while to get to this, but I've released an update with some new options:

• HW Accel Decode and Transcode menus.
• HW Accel Decode option auto.
• HW Accel Transcode option AMD AMF for x264/x265.
• Video Tab has new Sub Tabs, Encoding, Color, Size, to reduce the vertical scrolling height.

These changes could introduce new bugs, you will have to test it out and let me know how it works. Certain HW Accel options may need the required Intel/Nvidia/AMD hardware.
Some HW Accel Transcode codecs are only available for x264/x265.

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