Question / Help Intel Quick Sync streaming in linux OBS

[Miroslav]

Hello, is possible stream with intel graphics with Intel Quicksync? ffmpeg should support it right now.

 

[014]

I don't know how, but I'm going to follow this thread!

 

[Radzaquiel]

As of today...not yet.
I think QuickSync encoding is not officially integrated in FFmpeg yet (there seems to be a patch running on some forums but nothing official)
Hardware encoders (NVENC, QuickSync,...) are an OBS feature therefore it will be included in OBS MultiPlatform, so...be patient ! ;)

 

[David Cooper]

@Radzaquiel is there a patch for this for the ffmpeg plugin?

 

[john5788]

FFMpeg does work with QuickSync: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro#IntelQSV

I haven't tested this against OBS since it seems to be a pain in the ass to get working. It requires outdated and heavily patched libraries. Additionally requires specific and outdated kernel versions to apply patches.

Another way to take advantage of the iGPU VA-API, but I believe the support in OBS is not there yet. Someone did fork the project and start some footwork though:

https://gitlab.com/m.schmidt/obs-studio/tree/vaapi-h264