@victorwynne I actually do all of my transcoding on a Windows PC. 😱 🤣
Because it allows me to have access to Nvidia hardware video encoders as well as Intel QSV.
Also, the new SVT-AV1 software encoder works best x86-64 CPUs at the moment because it's not yet tuned for ARM or Apple Silicon. 🤷♀️
@kjstillabower For the software SVT-AV1 encoder, a beefy x86-64 CPU is your best bet because it's not tuned for ARM yet.
I can get more than 50 fps on my Windows PC. 🤷♀️
For hardware AV1 encoders, you're better off with a Series 40 Nvidia GPU or newer Intel silicon, some of which has it built in.
But keep in mind that I haven't seen any samples from hardware AV1 encoders yet. So I have no idea what the quality is like.
@donmelton saw this video today. The Netflix framework says it’s not the same quality as the software codec but still early days and better than h264 and as good or better than 265.
Although intel showed it directly on their Arc launch materials. Not to pass shade on someone I don’t know but may not be truly independent. Still an interesting watch.
@kjstillabower Oh neat! I'll take a look at that shortly. 👍
And I'm sure it's not as good as the software encoder because the silicon for the hardware must have been frozen early last year so it won't have the recent quality fixes and new features.
Don Melton
KJ Stillabower