Hardware accelerated video conversion with Intel Quick Sync
XMedia Recode supports Intel Quick Sync encode and decode.
Supported Hardware
Intel Skylake CPU or later with Intel HD or Arc graphics
To use Intel Quick Sync, the integrated Intel graphics (iGPU) must be enabled in the BIOS and the Intel graphics driver for Intel HD graphics cards must be updated to the latest version.
Using hardware accelerated video encoding
Supported Video Codec
- AV1
- MPEG-2
- H.264/AVC
- HEVC/H.265
- VP9
On the "Video" tab you can specify which video codec is used. Depending on the file format, various video codecs are available, including hardware encoders such as "MPEG-4 AVC / H264 (Intel Quick Sync)".
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Using hardware accelerated video decoding
Supported Video Codec
- AV1
- MPEG-2
- H.264/AVC
- HEVC/H.265
- VC-1
- VP9
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| Intel platform | Decode | Encode |
Sandy Bridge |
MPEG-2 VC-1 |
H.264/AVC |
Ivy Bridge |
MPEG-2 VC-1 |
H.264/AVC MPEG-2 |
Haswell |
MPEG-2 VC-1 |
H.264/AVC MPEG-2 |
Broadwell |
MPEG-2 VC-1 |
H.264/AVC MPEG-2 |
Braswell Cherry Trail |
HEVC/H.265 MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 |
H.264/AVC MPEG-2 VP8 |
Skylake |
HEVC/H.265 MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 |
H.264/AVC HEVC/H.265 MPEG-2 VP8 |
Apollo Lake |
HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 |
H.264/AVC HEVC/H.265 MPEG-2 VP8 |
Kaby Lake Coffee Lake Comet Lake Whiskey Lake |
HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 VP9 VP9 10-bit |
H.264/AVC HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit MPEG-2 VP8 |
Gemini Lake |
HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 VP9 VP9 10-bit |
H.264/AVC HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit MPEG-2 VP8 |
Ice Lake Jasper Lake |
HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 VP9 VP9 10-bit |
H.264/AVC HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit MPEG-2 VP8 VP9 VP9 10-bit |
Tiger Lake |
AV1 AV1 10-bit HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit HEVC/H.265 12-bit MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 VP9 VP9 10-bit VP9 12-bit |
H.264/AVC HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit HEVC/H.265 12-bit MPEG-2 VP9 VP9 10-bit |
Rocket Lake Alder Lake Raptor Lake |
AV1 AV1 10-bit HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit HEVC/H.265 12-bit MPEG-2 VC-1 VP9 VP9 10-bit VP9 12-bit |
H.264/AVC HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit HEVC/H.265 12-bit MPEG-2 VP9 VP9 10-bit |
Arc Alchemist Meteor Lake Arrow Lake |
AV1 AV1 10-bit AV1 12-bit HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit HEVC/H.265 12-bit MPEG-2 VP9 VP9 10-bit VP9 12-bit |
AV1 AV1 10-bit H.264/AVC HEVC/H.265 HEVC/H.265 10-bit HEVC/H.265 12-bit VP9 VP9 10-bit |