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AMD improves video encoding yet again! This time with Pre-Analysis

AMD made some impressive quality jumps a few months ago when they re-introduced B-frames to their H.264/AVC hardware encoder. Now they went and did it again with AMF 1.4.26 by adding temporal Pre-Analysis, which detects scene changes and can better insert index frames where needed. While...

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AMD Hardware Encoding in 2021 (VCE / VCN)

It’s 2021 and there still isn’t a lot of good info about AMD’s VCN hardware encoder for consumers. To that end, I will present my own take on the current “war” between software and hardware encoders, then go into quick details of how to best use...

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