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Kaby Lake Fixed Function HEVC Encode

Jordan_C_
Beginner
‎03-23-2017 10:16 AM
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My understanding is that Kaby Lake GPUs should support fixed function HEVC encode up to 4Kp30 (http://www.anandtech.com/show/10610/intel-announces-7th-gen-kaby-lake-14nm-plus-six-notebook-skus-desktop-coming-in-january/3).

I have a pre-production NUC 7i5BNK with an i5-7260U processor with an Iris Plus Graphics 640 GPU. I'm using driver 21.20.16.4590. When I try to encode using fixed function hardware, by setting mfxVideoParam.mfx.LowPower = true, MFXVideoENCODE_QueryIOSurf returns MFX_ERR_UNSUPPORTED. If I don't set LowPower = true, it works but the CPU usage is high.

Does Kaby Lake not in fact support fixed function HEVC encode or am I doing something wrong?

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Sergey_Anufriev
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‎04-14-2017 05:51 AM
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Try using LowPower  = MFX_CODINGOPTION_ON.

We have another problem. 
When we try to activate FF mode for UHD (AVC, 3840x2160) on KabyLake the encoder generates an error (MFX_ERR_DEVICE_FAILED <- m_mfxSession.SyncOperation). 
On SkyLake (i7-6700, i7-6770HQ) everything works.

Config:
i7-7700K, 21.20.16.4627, Win10 (14393) x64, Media SDK 2016 R2 API 19.

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