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AMD Aims For AMF Decode In FFmpeg, Questioned Over Vulkan Video Commitment
AMD last week sent out a set of patches to enhance the open-source FFmpeg multimedia library with integration around the AMD Advanced Media Framework (AMF)
The AMF SDK allows for "optimal" access to AMD GPUs for multimedia processing but this patch series questioned the need in an era of Vulkan Video APIs beginning to see adoption. Dmitrii Ovchinnikov explained with the patch series:"Adds hwcontext_amf, which allows to use shared AMF context for the encoder, decoder and AMF-based filters, without copy to the host memory. So far the patch series hasn't been merged to upstream FFmpeg, so we'll see if it's ultimately accepted or if it's rejected in favor of encouraging more open / industry standard APIs in 2024.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.
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