Does StreamFab use/optimize for GPU?

Mike_M

I know in VIP settings there is a setting for Enable GPU Hardware Acceleration that I have checked.

Does StreamFab/Qcef actually use my GPU for tasks that could be speeded up, like Processing?

I ran some tests for StreamFab vs. Diablo 2 (see attached) while monitoring system resources and never saw StreamFab listed during any of it's stages for Amazon Prime for Nope under GPU utilization.

While Diablo 2 does appear under GPU usage as a percentage, StreamFab never does.

Is this one area that Wilson Wang referenced that they are looking at to speed up the processes that StreamFab is doing for files (Analysis/Processing)?

I know that KidJoe asked about this previously back in September 2021
https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/softwa...vices-settings

... and that Wilson Wang said that option would be removed in response due to video not being re-encoded.

Is this still the case?

StreamFab website still says, "Enable GPU Hardware Acceleration: if your computer is installed with a higher-end graphics card, you can enable this option to accelerate the download and conversion" at How to use StreamFab - https://www.dvdfab.cn/downloader/how...-streamfab.htm and in the User Manual 6.2 @ https://streamfab.com/streamfab-user-manual.pdf

Thanks!

Mike

Mona

The hardware acceleration is not used in StreamFab now, it won't affect the download speed or process.
We will remove this option in future versions to avoid confusion.

Mike_M

The hardware acceleration is not used in StreamFab now, it won't affect the download speed or process.
We will remove this option in future versions to avoid confusion.
Mona

Thanks!

foxymac2024

it's like the end of 2024 and sorry if i "resume" this thread... but these days hardware acceleration would be appreciated. Softwares like Handbrake, make full use of GPU/CPU combination, speeding up tasks with re-encoding or encoding data (like h264 and h265 hw accelerated).
I own an AMD Ryzen 5 7900x as CPU and Radeon RX6600 (sapphire pulse) as GPU, would like to see in the near future some implementation with HW acceleration?

Happy Xmas holidays and indeed happy new Chinese year to all developers!

Germania

would like to see in the near future some implementation with HW acceleration
foxymac2024

If supported by the provider, I download at 100% internet speed with <20% CPU usage.
And decrypting/remuxing is more a question of RAM and SSD speed
and is always in the seconds range for me (with a lame Office PC) ..

.. so what should the GPU be able to accelerate? - SF does not use re-encoding

btw: In SF Browser/Player is "Use graphics acceleration when available" enabled.

Sebastian001

it's like the end of 2024 and sorry if i "resume" this thread... but these days hardware acceleration would be appreciated. Softwares like Handbrake, make full use of GPU/CPU combination, speeding up tasks with re-encoding or encoding data (like h264 and h265 hw accelerated).
I own an AMD Ryzen 5 7900x as CPU and Radeon RX6600 (sapphire pulse) as GPU, would like to see in the near future some implementation with HW acceleration?

Happy Xmas holidays and indeed happy new Chinese year to all developers!
foxymac2024

I agree with @Germania . The main problem with Streamfab is the hard drive. As far as I know, Stream loads a video file and copies it once with additional information, decryption, etc. This takes time. CPU, GPU and RAM play a minor role. I increased the processing time by, say, 75% by switching from HDD to SSD.

I don't know how Redfox did it, maybe they didn't have to copy anything on the hard drive from A to B...

Perhaps Windows 11 can speed up 24h2 a bit. It's the first version that partially uses Rust...

foxymac2024

Uh... Ok i see your points.... i have SSDs to work.... ok for the "no re-encoding" fact..... i thought that aven if it muxes (it does not re-encode data streams) it would be "accelerated" some way with hardware.... sorry for my "technical ignorance" :D
Thanks for the explanations!