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Microsoft adds H265 and H264 video encoders to the DirectX12 API for graphics cards.
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on: 12/09/2021 02:27 PM | source: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/announcing-new-directx-12-feature-video-encoding/ |
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Microsoft has announced new DirectX12 API compatibility for Windows which will offer a new way for apps to efficiently encode video using the GPU.
The Video Encode API can be used by third-party apps and is built into Windows 11. It can quickly encode video in the H264 and HEVC formats. Using this API, the user can change a lot of things about how the encoding process works, like how many slices are split into, how active or passive rate control is set, how many codec blocks and transforms are used, and how many motion vectors can be used. These are just a few of the things the API lets the user change.
People who make games can use this API in the DirectX 12 Agility SDK, which is version 1.700.10-preview or later. It also has a minimum hardware platform and driver version for vendors. The Video Encode API is included as part of Windows 11 and can also be found in the DirectX 12 Agility SDK (version 1.700.10-preview or newer). Please see below the list of hardware platforms that currently have support for Video Encode for both H264 and HEVC codecs and their minimum driver version requirements.
| Vendor | Supported platforms | Minimum video driver version |
| AMD |
|
In development – ETA Q2 ‘2022 |
| Intel |
|
v30.0.100.9955 |
| NVIDIA |
|
v471.41 |
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#5971566 Posted on: 12/09/2021 03:53 PM
Great another excuse for Star Citizen to be in the "development stage" for another 6 years.
Great another excuse for Star Citizen to be in the "development stage" for another 6 years.
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#5971577 Posted on: 12/09/2021 04:17 PM
you invested didn't you.
Great another excuse for Star Citizen to be in the "development stage" for another 6 years.
you invested didn't you.
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#5971586 Posted on: 12/09/2021 04:30 PM
Shocked to see that AMD will not add this feature to Radeon Vega series but will add it to their Ryzen APUs which essentially have the same Vega architecture.
AMD graphics division keeps on proving that they are a second grade graphics card manufacturer.
It's such old architecture. Why don't you go shopping for a brand new card?
Shocked to see that AMD will not add this feature to Radeon Vega series but will add it to their Ryzen APUs which essentially have the same Vega architecture.
AMD graphics division keeps on proving that they are a second grade graphics card manufacturer.
It's such old architecture. Why don't you go shopping for a brand new card?
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#5971587 Posted on: 12/09/2021 04:32 PM
If this matter, why they did not do this things years ago?
What about that DirectStorage API for DX, i was promised long time ago.
If this matter, why they did not do this things years ago?
What about that DirectStorage API for DX, i was promised long time ago.
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Shocked to see that AMD will not add this feature to Radeon Vega series but will add it to their Ryzen APUs which essentially have the same Vega architecture.
AMD graphics division keeps on proving that they are a second grade graphics card manufacturer.