How to disable GPU encoding in Handbreak

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Flonix
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How to disable GPU encoding in Handbreak

Post by Flonix »

Description of problem or question:
How to disable GPU encoding in Handbreak. Whenever I am trying to encode a video it is using both CPU and GPU for encoding. I am trying to use only CPU for encoding. Please guide me how to disable GPU while encoding through Handbreak.


HandBrake version:

1.2.2




Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):

Windows 10 Pro
rollin_eng
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Re: How to disable GPU encoding in Handbreak

Post by rollin_eng »

Could you please post your HB logs, instructions can be found here:

https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/hel ... y-log.html
Woodstock
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Re: How to disable GPU encoding in Handbreak

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Handbrake doesn't use GPU encoding. It can take advantage of specialized encoding hardware if your hardware and drivers support it, and you ask it to.

Are you having an issue with the hardware detection?
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