h264 Hardware Encoders

In order to use the below FFmpeg encoders, you must specify your custom FFmpeg path in the pathToFfmpeg config option, otherwise, the built-in ffmpeg-for-homebridge will be used.

You can view the list of available FFmpeg h264 encoders via ffmpeg -codecs | grep 264.

Encoder	OS	Use Case
h264_amf	Windows	Used to access AMD GPU
h264_nvenc	Windows and Linux	Used to access NVIDIA GPU
h264_omx	Raspbian	Used to access Raspberry Pi GPU
h264_qsv	Windows and Linux	Use Intel Quick Sync Video
h264_v4l2m2m	Linux	Use V4L2 API to access hardware
h264_vaapi	Linux	Use VAAPI to access hardware
h264_videotoolbox	Mac OS	Use Video Toolbox API to acces Mac hardware