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.
]]>Today, over 80% of internet traffic is video. This content is generated by and consumed across various devices, including IoT gadgets, smartphones, computers, and TVs. As pixel density and the number of connected devices grow, continued investment in fast, efficient, high-quality video encoding and decoding is essential. The latest NVIDIA data center GPUs, such as the NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA…
]]>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…
]]>The NVIDIA Optical Flow Accelerator (NVOFA) is a dedicated hardware unit on newer NVIDIA GPUs for computing optical flow between a pair of images at high performance. The NVIDIA Optical Flow SDK exposes developer APIs that enable you to leverage the power of NVOFA hardware in your applications. We are excited to announce the availability of Optical Flow SDK 5.0, which adds support for…
]]>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.
]]>The NVIDIA Optical Flow SDK 4.0 is now available, enabling you to fully harness the new NVIDIA Optical Flow Accelerator on the NVIDIA Ada architecture with NvOFFRUC. Starting from the NVIDIA Turing architecture, NVIDIA GPUs have dedicated hardware for optical flow computation between a pair of frames. NVIDIA has continued to invest in improving the optical flow hardware engine in the…
]]>DirectX 12 is a low-level programming API from Microsoft that reduces driver overhead in comparison to its predecessors. DirectX 12 provides more flexibility and fine-grained control on the underlying hardware using command queues, command lists, and so on, which results in better resource utilization. You can take advantage of these functionalities and optimize your applications and get better…
]]>The NVIDIA Turing architecture introduced a new hardware functionality for computing optical flow between a pair of images with very high performance. NVIDIA Optical Flow SDK exposes the APIs to use this Optical Flow hardware (also referred to as NVOFA) to accelerate applications. We are excited to announce the availability of Optical Flow SDK 3.0 with the following new features…
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