I mean, they literally do. My old HD 7950 had hardware encoding.
The quality is a bit behind, but AFAIK the biggest problem is that software just doesn’t support/expose it as well, and hasn’t ironed out bugs. And that the desktop CPUs don’t include it.
Weird logic. I couldn’t care less if it has solution to world’s hunger if I can’t access it.
I realize some amd processors might have hardware video transcoders, but they are not even close to Intel’s quick sync. Fact.
I didn’t really make any claims about why. I don’t care. I was just supporting another person’s excellent observation that brand loyalty is idiotic and only way to influence the market is to vote with your wallet.
The problem is on Plex for not supporting AMD hardware encoding , and it’s… not really clear why they don’t? AFAIK Plex is MPV based, so it should support it out of the box.
I guess the point I’m trying to make is that, whenever it’s time to buy again, its best to re-evaluate. And not assume, say, only Intel has good transcoding hardware.
I didn’t mean for that to come off as abrasive or anything (and fact is AMD VCE doesn’t work for Plex specifically for whatever reason, which is a huge problem), but it’s also a little microcosm of why Nvidia has like 95% market share. Shoppers’s perception of products is not necessarily up to date, and its all too easy to make assumptions based on brands.
I mean, they literally do. My old HD 7950 had hardware encoding.
The quality is a bit behind, but AFAIK the biggest problem is that software just doesn’t support/expose it as well, and hasn’t ironed out bugs. And that the desktop CPUs don’t include it.
Weird logic. I couldn’t care less if it has solution to world’s hunger if I can’t access it.
I realize some amd processors might have hardware video transcoders, but they are not even close to Intel’s quick sync. Fact.
I didn’t really make any claims about why. I don’t care. I was just supporting another person’s excellent observation that brand loyalty is idiotic and only way to influence the market is to vote with your wallet.
AMD hardware encoding is supported in tons of apps. In terms of quality, the AV1 encoding specifically seems to be between Nvidia and Intel last gen: https://www.pcworld.com/article/1434166/amd-rdna-3-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-content-creation-review.html
And got significantly better this gen.
The problem is on Plex for not supporting AMD hardware encoding , and it’s… not really clear why they don’t? AFAIK Plex is MPV based, so it should support it out of the box.
I guess the point I’m trying to make is that, whenever it’s time to buy again, its best to re-evaluate. And not assume, say, only Intel has good transcoding hardware.
I didn’t mean for that to come off as abrasive or anything (and fact is AMD VCE doesn’t work for Plex specifically for whatever reason, which is a huge problem), but it’s also a little microcosm of why Nvidia has like 95% market share. Shoppers’s perception of products is not necessarily up to date, and its all too easy to make assumptions based on brands.