Bug#925941: nvenc not in ffmpeg

[Christian Marillat <marillat@free.fr>]

On 29 mai 2020 10:44, nurupo <nurupocontributions@gmail.com> wrote:

> Interestingly enough, ffmpeg package in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has NVENC enabled:
>
>>ffmpeg (7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium
>>
>>  * Build with external nv-codec-headers for NVENC accelerated video
>>    encoding. (LP: #1810649)
>>    - debian/control:
>>      + Add B-D libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
>>    - debian/rules:
>>      + Add --enable-nvenc for amd64 only
>>
>> -- Martin Wimpress <martin.wimpress@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 07 Mar 2020 08:39:35 +0000
>
> Looks like they have created libffmpeg-nvenc-dev package for this too.
>
> Link to the referenced LP:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/+bug/1810649

And also is dmo package since at least 4.1-dmo2 :

,----
| $ ffmpeg -encoders | grep -i nvenc
| 
| [...]
| 
|  V..... h264_nvenc           NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
|  V..... nvenc                NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
|  V..... nvenc_h264           NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
|  V..... nvenc_hevc           NVIDIA NVENC hevc encoder (codec hevc)
|  V..... hevc_nvenc           NVIDIA NVENC hevc encoder (codec hevc)
`----

Christian