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Intel Quick Sync Video

Supported Hardware and Configurations

Please note, these are not hard limits. Hardware encoding via Intel QSV might work on older series GPUs and older operating systems, but this is not officially supported.

A plugin with all required components for Intel QSV encoding using the Flatpak distribution of HandBrake is available on the official HandBrake website.

Linux support for Low Power Encoding mode

By default, HandBrake will try default to the “lowpower” encoding path available in QSV. In order for this to work, the following requirements must be met:

Alternatively, you can disable lowpower mode by adding the following option in the “More Settings” box on the video tab:

To avoid having to set this each time, we recommend you save this as a new preset.

Linux support for Intel ARC

Please note, support for Intel Arc currently has some complex system requirements. Making changes to your system kernel / drivers can be risky. As such, you do so at your own risk.

Enabling support

Support for the Intel Quick Sync Video encoder is enabled in preferences on the video tab. If your system is not supported, the option will be disabled.

Presets

The following presets are available under the ‘Hardware’ category in the presets menu:

These are a good starting point for configuring HandBrake to use these encoders.

Performance

HandBrake supports both QSV encode and decode.

The CPU will still be used for:

These operations all happen in parallel as the job progresses. As such, it is normal to see high (or even 100%) CPU utilisation even when using QSV.

It is also common, particularly on lower-end or older hardware, for the CPU to be a bottleneck which will cause lower than expected performance. To minimize this effect, disable any filters that you do not require.

Advanced options

The QSV hardware encoder has a limited set of advanced encoder options. Generally speaking, it is not recommended to change these parameters, as the built-in presets offer a good range of options for common uses.

If using HandBrake’s graphical interface, you can set the options in the Advanced Options field on the Video tab in the following format:

option1=value1:option2=value2

If using HandBrake’s command line interface, use the --encopts parameter as follows:

--encopts="option1=value1:option2=value2"

Option value types

The following value types are supported (each option only accepts one value type):

Options list