Firmware to Enable Support VVC (H.266) on Intel ARC Alchemist

[ht007]

I will go straight to the point; will Intel release a firmware to enable support for VVC (H.266) hardware encode and decode on Intel ARC Alchemist?

I ask this because it was previously alluded to on some interviews by intel back when intel was gearing up to release alchemist.

According to what I remember the hardware in intel arc alchemist media engine is reprogrammable! to accommodate new type of workload / instruction sets.

[JedG_Intel]

Hello ht007,

Thank you for posting at Intel Community Forum.

For me to better assist you with your inquiry, I will coordinate this with our Engineering team for accurate information.

We will be in touch as soon as we have an update.

Have a good one and stay safe!

Best regards,

Jed G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[Stephen]

Hello Jed G.

Thank you for the response.

But what is going on here? I'm the one who posted this here, how is that now it has changed to a new user?

Check the below screen shots?

Fishy behavior here!

[JedG_Intel]

Hello Stephen,

I'm not quite sure why you have the same concern with ht007. Don't worry, your thread is still open. You may check it here.

Best regards,

Jed G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[JedG_Intel]

Hi ht007,

I received the update from the team and I would like you to know that Intel® Arc A-Series GPUs does not support VVC (H.266) codec as it does not have the hardware to support it, thus no firmware update will enable this.

For reference, please check this: intel/media-driver: Intel Graphics Media Driver to support hardware decode, encode and video processing - under "Decoding/Encoding Features".

I hope this addresses your concern.

Best regards,

Jed G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[JedG_Intel]

Hello ht007,

I wanted to check if you had the chance to check the information that I shared. Please let me know at your earliest convenience so that we can determine the best course of action to resolve this matter.

Best regards,

Jed G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[JedG_Intel]

Hello ht007,

I have not heard back from you so I will close this inquiry now. If you need further assistance, please submit a new question as this thread will no longer be monitored.

Best regards,

Jed G.

Intel Customer Support Technician