UVD-Based HEVC Video Encoding Main Now Supported In Mesa 18.1

[Royi]

How does it compare to Intel QuickSync?

[Nille_kungen]

agd5f explained this r(oughly a month or more back) to me, at the same question, I just need to dig it out here in the forums... aaah...

But the newer UVDs aren't so unsimilar in en/de-code operation for some codecs so you can kind of use it backwards. (in my simple words)
This is also a reason why the newest GPUs/APUs do no longer have UVD+VCE but rather VCN (video core next).
So yes, AMD uses a unit that is called DE-coder also for a few EN-condings.

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/open-source-amd-linux/981960-amd-packs-in-more-amdgpu-features-for-linux-4-15?p=981996#post981996

[agd5f]

This only works on UVD 6.3+ hw. See:

https://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/

[Jumbotron]

No need to wait, those changes can be in the Oibaf Mesa git ppa already, see the changes file of mesa. Use the ~agd5f/linux/log/?h=drm-next-4.17-wip kernel. My distribution uses both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJ-IatUfis

Yeah...I know about those but got screwed by Oibaf one too many times. Padoka stable PPA for me now. Sweetness and light. Same for the kernel. I use Ubuntu Kernel Update Utility and only install new Mainline kernels. I don't mind leading edge. But bleeding edge.....yeah....I can wait.