Encoder Software X264 Or Nvenc. X264 does better with bright flashes NVENC still seems to struggle with shifting from black to white. It uses the CPU cores to encode videos for live streams in h264MPEG formats.
Programs Apps and Websites. With software encoding at 60 FPS smooth streaming was no longer pos sible on the test system. Are you looking to stream the latest games but not sure if you should use the X264 software encoder or your GPUs NVENC or AMD VCE hardware encoder.
The reviews i heared about amd encoder are not really good.
In any case X264 is proficient at smushing visual subtleties into that minor space. NVENC uses a dedicated encoder chip on the GPU and the new NVENC is fire QuickSync is an Intel encoding tech that does the same on a dedicated encoder chip the CPU x264 uses your CPU the way most people think of that increases utilization. It uses the CPU cores to encode videos for live streams in h264MPEG formats. Posted February 1 2020.