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how to use ffmpeg with gpu support on macos


When I exec ffmpeg command, it use my CPU to render videos, it take long time to do this job, how i can force ffmpeg use my GPU to render?

I have a macOS with AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2048 MB Graphic card. What I must install and what command i must use for this work?

I use this commands when my script run:

$source_decoder = "ffmpeg -i $film_aval_source -vf drawtext=\"text_shaping=1:fontfile=$font_source:
    text='$esme_film': fontcolor=black: fontsize=$font_size: box=1: boxcolor=black@0:
    boxborderw=0: x=(w-text_w)/2: y=(h-text_h)/2 :enable='between(t,5,10)'\"  -c:a copy -force_key_frames 0:05:00,0:6:00 $film_aval_dest";

$source_decoder = "ffmpeg -i $film_aval_source -i ".$path."/Data.jpg -filter_complex '[0:v][1:v]overlay=(main_w-overlay_w)/2:(main_h-overlay_h)/2:enable=between(t\,5\,10)' -codec:a copy $film_aval_dest";

$convert1 = "ffmpeg -i $film_aval_dest -map 0 -flags:v +global_header -c:v libx264 -bsf:v dump_extra ".$path."output1.ts";

$convert_logo = "ffmpeg -i $path_tmp -i ".$main_path."/data/logo.png -filter_complex 'overlay=4:4' -codec:a copy $path_tmp2";

$convert2 = "ffmpeg -i $path_tmp2 -map 0 -flags:v +global_header -c:v libx264 -bsf:v dump_extra ".$path."output2.ts";
$merge = "ffmpeg -i 'concat:".$path."output1.ts|".$path."output2.ts' -map 0 -flags:v +global_header -c:v libx264 -bsf:v dump_extra ".$path."output_new.ts";
$convert3 = "ffmpeg -i  ".$path."output_new.ts -acodec aac -vcodec copy ".$path."video_out2.mp4";

thanks


Solution

  • For hardware accelerated video encoding on macOS use:

    Format Encoder
    H.264 -c:v h264_videotoolbox
    HEVC/H.265 -c:v hevc_videotoolbox

    Example:

    ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v h264_videotoolbox output.mp4
    
    • For options specific to these encoders see ffmpeg -h encoder=h264_videotoolbox and ffmpeg -h encoder=hevc_videotoolbox.
    • These encoders do not support -crf so you must use -b:v to set the bitrate, such as -b:v 6000k.