The release of NVIDIA Video Codec SDK 13.0 marks a significant upgrade, adding support for the latest-generation NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. This version brings a wealth of improvements aimed at elevating both video encoding and decoding capabilities. From enhanced compression efficiency to better throughput and encoding quality, SDK 13.0 addresses the ever-evolving demands of the video ecosystem.
]]>NVIDIA announces the implementation of Multi-View High Efficiency Video Coding (MV-HEVC) encoder in the latest NVIDIA Video Codec SDK release, version 13.0. This significant update marks a major leap forward in hardware-accelerated, multi-view video compression. It offers enhanced compression efficiency and quality for stereoscopic and 3D video applications as compared to simulcast encoding.
]]>NVIDIA Video Codec SDK provides a comprehensive set of APIs for hardware-accelerated video encode and decode on Windows and Linux. The 12.2 release improves video quality for high-efficiency video coding (HEVC). It offers a significant reduction in bit rates, particularly for natural video content. This post details the following new features: The lookahead level can help analyze…
]]>Video quality metrics are used to evaluate the fidelity of video content. They provide a consistent quantitative measurement to assess the performance of the encoder. VMAF combines human vision modeling with machine learning techniques that are continuously evolving, enabling it to adapt to new content. VMAF excels in aligning with human visual perception by combining detailed analysis…
]]>For over a decade, NVIDIA GPUs have been built with dedicated encoders and decoders called NVENC and NVDEC. They have a highly parallelized architecture, support popular codec formats, and provide direct access to GPU memory for optimized encode and decode operations. GPU-accelerated video means offloading your video processing to NVENCs and NVDECs, reducing CPU cycles and harnessing the more…
]]>AV1 is the new gold standard video format, with superior efficiency and quality compared to older H.264 and H.265 formats. It is the most recent royalty-free, efficient video encoder standardized by the Alliance for Open Media. NVIDIA Ampere architecture introduced hardware-accelerated AV1 decoding. NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture supports both AV1 encoding and decoding.
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