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 Re-introduces the B-frame!
We all know how import the B-frame can be for video encoding. At the launch of RDNA2 AMD promised to add it back into their Hardware Encoders for H.264, and finally on March 17th they did just that! The question is, will it actually make a...
Continue reading...Hardware Encoding 4K HDR10 Videos?
We are about to venture into a heated and abnormal world. Hardware encoders, designed for real-time encoding, may be reaching the point they can also be considered for video archival. The three common consumers options available that we will look at are: AMD’s VCN encoder (using...
Continue reading...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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