Supported profile and entrypoints
Encoder HEVC NVENC
Encoder hevc_nvenc [NVIDIA NVENC hevc encoder]:
General capabilities: delay
Threading capabilities: none
Supported pixel formats: yuv420p nv12 p010le yuv444p p016le yuv444p16le bgr0 rgb0 cuda
hevc_nvenc AVOptions:
-preset E..V..... Set the encoding preset (from 0 to 11) (default medium)
default E..V.....
slow E..V..... hq 2 passes
medium E..V..... hq 1 pass
fast E..V..... hp 1 pass
hp E..V.....
hq E..V.....
bd E..V.....
ll E..V..... low latency
llhq E..V..... low latency hq
llhp E..V..... low latency hp
lossless E..V..... lossless
losslesshp E..V..... lossless hp
-profile E..V..... Set the encoding profile (from 0 to 4) (default main)
main E..V.....
main10 E..V.....
rext E..V.....
-level E..V..... Set the encoding level restriction (from 0 to 186) (default auto)
auto E..V.....
1 E..V.....
1.0 E..V.....
2 E..V.....
2.0 E..V.....
2.1 E..V.....
3 E..V.....
3.0 E..V.....
3.1 E..V.....
4 E..V.....
4.0 E..V.....
4.1 E..V.....
5 E..V.....
5.0 E..V.....
5.1 E..V.....
5.2 E..V.....
6 E..V.....
6.0 E..V.....
6.1 E..V.....
6.2 E..V.....
-tier E..V..... Set the encoding tier (from 0 to 1) (default main)
main E..V.....
high E..V.....
-rc E..V..... Override the preset rate-control (from -1 to INT_MAX) (default -1)
constqp E..V..... Constant QP mode
vbr E..V..... Variable bitrate mode
cbr E..V..... Constant bitrate mode
vbr_minqp E..V..... Variable bitrate mode with MinQP (deprecated)
ll_2pass_quality E..V..... Multi-pass optimized for image quality (deprecated)
ll_2pass_size E..V..... Multi-pass optimized for constant frame size (deprecated)
vbr_2pass E..V..... Multi-pass variable bitrate mode (deprecated)
cbr_ld_hq E..V..... Constant bitrate low delay high quality mode
cbr_hq E..V..... Constant bitrate high quality mode
vbr_hq E..V..... Variable bitrate high quality mode
-rc-lookahead E..V..... Number of frames to look ahead for rate-control (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-surfaces E..V..... Number of concurrent surfaces (from 0 to 64) (default 0)
-cbr E..V..... Use cbr encoding mode (default false)
-2pass E..V..... Use 2pass encoding mode (default auto)
-gpu E..V..... Selects which NVENC capable GPU to use. First GPU is 0, second is 1, and so on. (from -2 to INT_MAX) (default any)
any E..V..... Pick the first device available
list E..V..... List the available devices
-delay E..V..... Delay frame output by the given amount of frames (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default INT_MAX)
-no-scenecut E..V..... When lookahead is enabled, set this to 1 to disable adaptive I-frame insertion at scene cuts (default false)
-forced-idr E..V..... If forcing keyframes, force them as IDR frames. (default false)
-spatial_aq E..V..... set to 1 to enable Spatial AQ (default false)
-temporal_aq E..V..... set to 1 to enable Temporal AQ (default false)
-zerolatency E..V..... Set 1 to indicate zero latency operation (no reordering delay) (default false)
-nonref_p E..V..... Set this to 1 to enable automatic insertion of non-reference P-frames (default false)
-strict_gop E..V..... Set 1 to minimize GOP-to-GOP rate fluctuations (default false)
-aq-strength E..V..... When Spatial AQ is enabled, this field is used to specify AQ strength. AQ strength scale is from 1 (low) - 15 (aggressive) (from 1 to 15) (default 8)
-cq E..V..... Set target quality level (0 to 51, 0 means automatic) for constant quality mode in VBR rate control (from 0 to 51) (default 0)
-aud E..V..... Use access unit delimiters (default false)
-bluray-compat E..V..... Bluray compatibility workarounds (default false)
-init_qpP E..V..... Initial QP value for P frame (from -1 to 51) (default -1)
-init_qpB E..V..... Initial QP value for B frame (from -1 to 51) (default -1)
-init_qpI E..V..... Initial QP value for I frame (from -1 to 51) (default -1)
-qp E..V..... Constant quantization parameter rate control method (from -1 to 51) (default -1)
-weighted_pred E..V..... Set 1 to enable weighted prediction (from 0 to 1) (default 0)
Encoder H264 NVENC
Encoder h264_nvenc [NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder]:
General capabilities: delay
Threading capabilities: none
Supported pixel formats: yuv420p nv12 p010le yuv444p p016le yuv444p16le bgr0 rgb0 cuda
h264_nvenc AVOptions:
-preset E..V..... Set the encoding preset (from 0 to 11) (default medium)
default E..V.....
slow E..V..... hq 2 passes
medium E..V..... hq 1 pass
fast E..V..... hp 1 pass
hp E..V.....
hq E..V.....
bd E..V.....
ll E..V..... low latency
llhq E..V..... low latency hq
llhp E..V..... low latency hp
lossless E..V.....
losslesshp E..V.....
-profile E..V..... Set the encoding profile (from 0 to 3) (default main)
baseline E..V.....
main E..V.....
high E..V.....
high444p E..V.....
-level E..V..... Set the encoding level restriction (from 0 to 51) (default auto)
auto E..V.....
1 E..V.....
1.0 E..V.....
1b E..V.....
1.0b E..V.....
1.1 E..V.....
1.2 E..V.....
1.3 E..V.....
2 E..V.....
2.0 E..V.....
2.1 E..V.....
2.2 E..V.....
3 E..V.....
3.0 E..V.....
3.1 E..V.....
3.2 E..V.....
4 E..V.....
4.0 E..V.....
4.1 E..V.....
4.2 E..V.....
5 E..V.....
5.0 E..V.....
5.1 E..V.....
-rc E..V..... Override the preset rate-control (from -1 to INT_MAX) (default -1)
constqp E..V..... Constant QP mode
vbr E..V..... Variable bitrate mode
cbr E..V..... Constant bitrate mode
vbr_minqp E..V..... Variable bitrate mode with MinQP (deprecated)
ll_2pass_quality E..V..... Multi-pass optimized for image quality (deprecated)
ll_2pass_size E..V..... Multi-pass optimized for constant frame size (deprecated)
vbr_2pass E..V..... Multi-pass variable bitrate mode (deprecated)
cbr_ld_hq E..V..... Constant bitrate low delay high quality mode
cbr_hq E..V..... Constant bitrate high quality mode
vbr_hq E..V..... Variable bitrate high quality mode
-rc-lookahead E..V..... Number of frames to look ahead for rate-control (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-surfaces E..V..... Number of concurrent surfaces (from 0 to 64) (default 0)
-cbr E..V..... Use cbr encoding mode (default false)
-2pass E..V..... Use 2pass encoding mode (default auto)
-gpu E..V..... Selects which NVENC capable GPU to use. First GPU is 0, second is 1, and so on. (from -2 to INT_MAX) (default any)
any E..V..... Pick the first device available
list E..V..... List the available devices
-delay E..V..... Delay frame output by the given amount of frames (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default INT_MAX)
-no-scenecut E..V..... When lookahead is enabled, set this to 1 to disable adaptive I-frame insertion at scene cuts (default false)
-forced-idr E..V..... If forcing keyframes, force them as IDR frames. (default false)
-b_adapt E..V..... When lookahead is enabled, set this to 0 to disable adaptive B-frame decision (default true)
-spatial-aq E..V..... set to 1 to enable Spatial AQ (default false)
-temporal-aq E..V..... set to 1 to enable Temporal AQ (default false)
-zerolatency E..V..... Set 1 to indicate zero latency operation (no reordering delay) (default false)
-nonref_p E..V..... Set this to 1 to enable automatic insertion of non-reference P-frames (default false)
-strict_gop E..V..... Set 1 to minimize GOP-to-GOP rate fluctuations (default false)
-aq-strength E..V..... When Spatial AQ is enabled, this field is used to specify AQ strength. AQ strength scale is from 1 (low) - 15 (aggressive) (from 1 to 15) (default 8)
-cq E..V..... Set target quality level (0 to 51, 0 means automatic) for constant quality mode in VBR rate control (from 0 to 51) (default 0)
-aud E..V..... Use access unit delimiters (default false)
-bluray-compat E..V..... Bluray compatibility workarounds (default false)
-init_qpP E..V..... Initial QP value for P frame (from -1 to 51) (default -1)
-init_qpB E..V..... Initial QP value for B frame (from -1 to 51) (default -1)
-init_qpI E..V..... Initial QP value for I frame (from -1 to 51) (default -1)
-qp E..V..... Constant quantization parameter rate control method (from -1 to 51) (default -1)
-weighted_pred E..V..... Set 1 to enable weighted prediction (from 0 to 1) (default 0)
-coder E..V..... Coder type (from -1 to 2) (default default)
default E..V.....
auto E..V.....
cabac E..V.....
cavlc E..V.....
ac E..V.....
vlc E..V.....
-b_ref_mode E..V..... Use B frames as references (from 0 to 2) (default disabled)
disabled E..V..... B frames will not be used for reference
each E..V..... Each B frame will be used for reference
middle E..V..... Only (number of B frames)/2 will be used for reference
Encoder HEVC VAAPI
Encoder hevc_vaapi [H.265/HEVC (VAAPI)]:
General capabilities: delay
Threading capabilities: none
Supported pixel formats: vaapi_vld
h265_vaapi AVOptions:
-qp E..V..... Constant QP (for P-frames; scaled by qfactor/qoffset for I/B) (from 0 to 52) (default 25)
-aud E..V..... Include AUD (from 0 to 1) (default 0)
-profile E..V..... Set profile (general_profile_idc) (from 0 to 255) (default main)
main E..V.....
main10 E..V.....
-level E..V..... Set level (general_level_idc) (from 0 to 255) (default 5.1)
1 E..V.....
2 E..V.....
2.1 E..V.....
3 E..V.....
3.1 E..V.....
4 E..V.....
4.1 E..V.....
5 E..V.....
5.1 E..V.....
5.2 E..V.....
6 E..V.....
6.1 E..V.....
6.2 E..V.....
Encoder H264 VAAPI
Encoder h264_vaapi [H.264/AVC (VAAPI)]:
General capabilities: delay
Threading capabilities: none
Supported pixel formats: vaapi_vld
h264_vaapi AVOptions:
-qp E..V..... Constant QP (for P-frames; scaled by qfactor/qoffset for I/B) (from 0 to 52) (default 20)
-quality E..V..... Set encode quality (trades off against speed, higher is faster) (from 0 to 8) (default 0)
-low_power E..V..... Use low-power encoding mode (experimental: only supported on some platforms, does not support all features) (from 0 to 1) (default 0)
-coder E..V..... Entropy coder type (from 0 to 1) (default cabac)
cavlc E..V.....
cabac E..V.....
vlc E..V.....
ac E..V.....
-aud E..V..... Include AUD (from 0 to 1) (default 0)
-sei E..V..... Set SEI to include (default identifier+timing+recovery_point)
identifier E..V..... Include encoder version identifier
timing E..V..... Include timing parameters (buffering_period and pic_timing)
recovery_point E..V..... Include recovery points where appropriate
-profile E..V..... Set profile (profile_idc and constraint_set*_flag) (from 0 to 65535) (default high)
constrained_baseline E..V.....
main E..V.....
high E..V.....
-level E..V..... Set level (level_idc) (from 0 to 255) (default 5.1)
1 E..V.....
1.1 E..V.....
1.2 E..V.....
1.3 E..V.....
2 E..V.....
2.1 E..V.....
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4.1 E..V.....
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5.1 E..V.....
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6 E..V.....
6.1 E..V.....
6.2 E..V.....
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