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XMedia Recode

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