2023-12-09, 04:40 AM
So I was recently digging around to find out if that was the case myself.
Cavet: This answer will be incomplete, I was unable to verify. I don't currently have hardware transcoding support. I had motherboard problems awhile had to swap out my Supermicro X9/Intel E3-1225 v2 hardware for one I could get my hands on quickly, a Supermicro X10/Intel E3-1220 v3. This series does not have Quick Sync. If memory serves, I think this can be quickly checked by running
System:
- FreeBSD 13.2 (amd64)
- multimedia/jellyfin 10.8.10_1
- multimedia/ffmpeg 6.1_1,1
I found the FreeBSD package drops the custom jellyfin-ffmpeg client the wiki refers to in favor of the one in ports.
From what I can tell, that version is compiled with a few hardware transcoding options:
However, Intel Quick Sync is not listed. It appears to be disabled in the build flags as
When I'm able to upgrade my MOBO, I'll probably come back and update this. But it won't be anytime soon.
I hope this helps!
References:
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/50703794
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/73238755
- https://github.com/kern2011/Freenas-Quicksync
- https://www.freshports.org/multimedia/ffmpeg/
Cavet: This answer will be incomplete, I was unable to verify. I don't currently have hardware transcoding support. I had motherboard problems awhile had to swap out my Supermicro X9/Intel E3-1225 v2 hardware for one I could get my hands on quickly, a Supermicro X10/Intel E3-1220 v3. This series does not have Quick Sync. If memory serves, I think this can be quickly checked by running
dmesg | grep QSV
for the processor Features=
flags line. Otherwise, check Intel Ark for your specific processor.System:
- FreeBSD 13.2 (amd64)
- multimedia/jellyfin 10.8.10_1
- multimedia/ffmpeg 6.1_1,1
I found the FreeBSD package drops the custom jellyfin-ffmpeg client the wiki refers to in favor of the one in ports.
From what I can tell, that version is compiled with a few hardware transcoding options:
$ ffmpeg -encoders | grep h264
...
V....D libx264 libx264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (codec h264)
V....D libx264rgb libx264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 RGB (codec h264)
V....D h264_nvenc NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
V..... h264_v4l2m2m V4L2 mem2mem H.264 encoder wrapper (codec h264)
V....D h264_vaapi H.264/AVC (VAAPI) (codec h264)
$ ffmpeg -encoders | grep hevc
V....D libx265 libx265 H.265 / HEVC (codec hevc)
V....D hevc_nvenc NVIDIA NVENC hevc encoder (codec hevc)
V..... hevc_v4l2m2m V4L2 mem2mem HEVC encoder wrapper (codec hevc)
V....D hevc_vaapi H.265/HEVC (VAAPI) (codec hevc)
However, Intel Quick Sync is not listed. It appears to be disabled in the build flags as
VPL=off
in the ports info. Probably worth mentioning MFX=off
is also off, but it looks like Intel Media SDK is a dead project so that seems fair. Someone more enterprising than me will need to try rebuilding with VPL=on
and adding the necessary dependency on multimedia/onevpl.When I'm able to upgrade my MOBO, I'll probably come back and update this. But it won't be anytime soon.
I hope this helps!
References:
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/50703794
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/73238755
- https://github.com/kern2011/Freenas-Quicksync
- https://www.freshports.org/multimedia/ffmpeg/