[HN Gopher] Vulkan Video Extensions for Accelerated H.264 and H.... ___________________________________________________________________ Vulkan Video Extensions for Accelerated H.264 and H.265 Encode Author : mshachkov Score : 36 points Date : 2023-12-19 21:21 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.khronos.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.khronos.org) | shmerl wrote: | _> In addition, given the high industry demand for AV1 codec | support, an AV1 decode extension release is imminent, with an AV1 | encode extension development also underway._ | | That's good. | | By the way, mpv already supports Vulkan video decoding: | | https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/11739 | | Now we need OBS and Firefox supporting Vulkan video too. | dist-epoch wrote: | On Windows/Mac Firefox uses the system hardware video decoding | APIs - DXVA and Video Toolbox. | shmerl wrote: | On Windows Vulkan video would work. But not on macOS (that | mpv thread mentions it). | | On Linux it should be a better option than VAAPI once drivers | will support it. Since Firefox is using ffmpeg anyway, it | probably shouldn't be too hard to make it an option. | jorvi wrote: | Why would it be a better option than VAAPI? | | Decoding h264/h265 in fixed (CPU) hardware is much more | efficient than on the GPU. | | Don't get me wrong, its still miles and miles better than | software decode. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-19 23:00 UTC)