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What codecs can this hardware accelerate in Jellyfin? - D620Cyrix - 2025-10-11
Hello, good day to you all!
I've made a headless laptop into a Jellyfin server, but i'm slightly confused on hardware acceleration. Looking at the Intel site, most codecs are encode/decode on 11th Gen UHD, but certain HEVC codecs (HEVC 4:2:2, HEVC 12-bit) and AV1 are listed as decode-only.
Is it safe to turn AV1 & HEVC on for HW Acceleration, with them being decode only?
RE: What codecs can this hardware accelerate in Jellyfin? - nyanmisaka - 2025-10-11
You can enable all HW codecs except the HW AV1 encoder.
Note that the low-power h26x encoder requires additional setup, see the HWA documentation.
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/transcoding/hardware-acceleration/intel/#low-power-encoding
RE: What codecs can this hardware accelerate in Jellyfin? - D620Cyrix - 2025-10-11
(2025-10-11, 07:29 AM)nyanmisaka Wrote: You can enable all HW codecs except the HW AV1 encoder.
Note that the low-power h26x encoder requires additional setup, see the HWA documentation.
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/transcoding/hardware-acceleration/intel/#low-power-encoding
Do I need the low-power mode to encode h26x? Is there any cons to enabling it?
RE: What codecs can this hardware accelerate in Jellyfin? - nyanmisaka - 2025-10-12
Faster encoding speed. It is optional for you.