[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] (for discussion): ffmpeg: prefer cuvid decoders when use option -cuvid

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Miroslav Slugeň <thunder.m at email.cz> wrote:
> Problem is that when you are using for example 200 input streams you have to
> always specify correct input format h264/mpeg2/nvenc. Also when you are
> using -hwaccel cuvid you have to specify it too, otherwise there is error:
> CUVID hwaccel requested, but impossible to achieve.
>

You can just script that and then its not really that huge of an extra
effort to specify it. The patch is beyond terrible, and I don't see
any good way to implement something like this either without some
thorough API design to be able to select decoders in a smart way..

- Hendrik