OBS Studio 29 Beta Brings AV1 Encode For AMD & Intel GPUs

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OBS Studio 29 Beta Brings AV1 Encode For AMD & Intel CPUs

OBS Studio 29 Beta 1 has been released as the newest test version for this widely-used, cross-platform open-source software for screen-casting and screen-recording purposes. OBS Studio 29 most notably is adding AV1 hardware-accelerated encoding for Intel Arc Graphics and AMD Radeon GPUs...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/OBS-Studio-29-Beta-1

[ernstp]

Is it Windows only perhaps... ?

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Is it Windows only perhaps... ?

Nope. Scroll to the bottom of the github page at the end of the article, and you'll also find mac images & source code

[ernstp]

Nope. Scroll to the bottom of the github page at the end of the article, and you'll also find mac images & source code

No no, I mean that I don't think any of the changes mentioned in the article applies to the Linux version, the changes are Windows only...

For example supported with AMD AMF on Windows and not with Linux VAAPI.

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

No no, I mean that I don't think any of the changes mentioned in the article applies to the Linux version, the changes are Windows only...

For example supported with AMD AMF on Windows and not with Linux VAAPI.

Oh. I see what you mean now.

[Berniyh]

No no, I mean that I don't think any of the changes mentioned in the article applies to the Linux version, the changes are Windows only...

For example supported with AMD AMF on Windows and not with Linux VAAPI.

Are you sure about that? OBS seems to support AMD hardware encoders using ffmpeg?

[pete910]

No no, I mean that I don't think any of the changes mentioned in the article applies to the Linux version, the changes are Windows only...

For example supported with AMD AMF on Windows and not with Linux VAAPI.

Use the linux AMF encoder, vastly better than VAAPI anyway. Downside is you need to install vulkan pro.

No mention of native support for the AMF encoder yet from what I see so will need to use a custom build or add the streamfx pluggin to use it.

[ernstp]

Use the linux AMF encoder, vastly better than VAAPI anyway. Downside is you need to install vulkan pro.

I get the impression that it shouldn't be too hard for the Mesa RADV developers to add whatever interface is needed to work with the AMF library. Still, someone needs to figure it out and do it... But hey, they added support for Radeon Raytracing Analyzer so why not?!

[pete910]

I get the impression that it shouldn't be too hard for the Mesa RADV developers to add whatever interface is needed to work with the AMF library. Still, someone needs to figure it out and do it... But hey, they added support for Radeon Raytracing Analyzer so why not?!

Indeed, I guess it needs a closed library or some such which may be whats holding it up.

[mikelpr]

I don't understand this push against VAAPI and in favour of vendor specific APIs for hardware encoding and decoding. I liked it when everything that was not VAAPI a bridge was made.