Video transcoding using GPU accelerated decoder

Wei-Lien Hsu

doi:10.1117/12.876569

25 January 2011 Video transcoding using GPU accelerated decoder

Wei-Lien Hsu

Proceedings Volume 7872, Parallel Processing for Imaging Applications; 78720G (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876569
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2011, San Francisco Airport, California, United States

Abstract

Due to the growing popularity of portable multimedia display devices and wide availability of high-definition video content, the transcoding of high-resolution videos into lower resolution ones with different formats has become a crucial challenge for PC platforms. This paper presents our study on the leveraging of the Unified Video Decoder (UVD) provided by the graphics processor unit (GPU) for achieving high-speed video transcoding with low CPU usage. Our experimental results show off-loading video decoding and video scaling to the GPU can double transcoding speed with only half the CPU usage compared to in-box software decoders for transcoding 1080p (1920x1080) video content on an AMD Vision processor with an integrated graphics unit.

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Wei-Lien Hsu "Video transcoding using GPU accelerated decoder", Proc. SPIE 7872, Parallel Processing for Imaging Applications, 78720G (25 January 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876569

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