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		fisf on Feb 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Khronos Releases AV1 Decode in Vulkan Video with S... I am pretty sure that does not activate the hardware encoder. https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro

cm2187 on Feb 2, 2024 [–]

We are talking about decoding here. You meant decoder? I can certainly see the hardware decoder being busy in task manager.

snnn on Feb 3, 2024 | [–]

I think you should use nvdec instead of cuda. GPU itself is not a hardware decoder, the special decoder unit inside of it is.

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