A new way of encoding??

amsyar ZeRo

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Hello!Today I actually found something that really helped me...

I'm using x264 at first,but then it raises up my CPU this day(even though bitrate was 2000).Then I read about Quick sync,tried to search for it in OBS and I got this.

Apple VT H264 Hardware Encoder
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There are actually two versions:Software and Hardware.But I prefer using Hardware as Software lags the recording.

It actually amazed me,as it was faster than x264 and I can record with bitrate 2500 with low CPU similarly to using x264 with bitrate 2000(Meaning,quality is the best!!!)

So,the question is,what is actually Apple VideoToolbox H264 Hardware Encoder?And is it an alternative to Quicksync?

Log file:https://gist.github.com/d101fdd537e5fb9e6b3a

Video recorded using the encoder(note that the recording uses the same encoder as streaming and I'm using Game Capture):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQEBTsMiF_g

Hope that Jim/dodgepong/Osiris/any dev puts this up as an alternative to reduce CPU:]
 
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