Benchmarking FFmpeg’s Hardware Codecs – Download Handout

Jan Ozer May 7, 2019 Blogs, Codecs, Encoding, FFmpeg Leave a comment 2,118 Views

Here’s the description; download handout here. SME-2019 – FFmpeg Hardware

VES101. Benchmarking FFmpeg’s Hardware Codecs

Tuesday, May 7: 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Hardware codecs in FFmpeg like those from Intel and NVIDIA deliver significant performance gains over x264/x265, but have a reputation for lower quality and use a completely different command set. This session benchmarks the performance and quality of these codecs and detail the FFmpeg command syntax. Attendees learn when and how to use these hardware codecs in your VOD and live encoding workflows.

Speaker:Jan Ozer, Principal, Streaming Learning Center and Contributing Editor, Streaming Media

 

About Jan Ozer

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I help companies train new technical hires in streaming media-related positions; I also help companies optimize their codec selections and encoding stacks and evaluate new encoders and codecs. I am a contributing editor to Streaming Media Magazine, writing about codecs and encoding tools. I have written multiple authoritative books on video encoding, including Video Encoding by the Numbers: Eliminate the Guesswork from your Streaming Video (https://amzn.to/3kV6R1j) and Learn to Produce Video with FFmpeg: In Thirty Minutes or Less (https://amzn.to/3ZJih7e). I have multiple courses relating to streaming media production, all available at https://bit.ly/slc_courses. I currently work as www.netint.com as a Senior Director in Marketing.

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