Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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ukmark62
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Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Description of problem or question:
I have HP laptop i5-7200u Kaby Lake processor with 16GB RAM and latest Intel display driver installed (v26.20.100.7262) via Windows Update. Graphics is inbuilt and is Intel HD 620.

I cannot select Intel QSV HEVC codec but I can select Intel QSV H264 under "Video Codec" drop down list.

Is there any further information that I can provide?

Many thanks.



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HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):
1.3.1 Portable version



Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
Windows 10 Home v1909


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HandBrake 1.3.1 (2020010400)
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.18363.0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
Ram: 16299 MB, 
GPU Information:
  Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 - 26.20.100.7262
Screen: 1366x768
Temp Dir: C:\Users\mark_\AppData\Local\Temp\
Install Dir: C:\HandBrake
Data Dir: C:\Users\mark_\AppData\Roaming\HandBrake

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[19:14:37] Compile-time hardening features are enabled
Cannot load nvEncodeAPI64.dll

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s55
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Can you scan a random source please so I can see the hardware detection output in the log.

Also, you might want to use Intel Drivers directly if you can rather than Windows Update as the last couple of WU drivers have had issues with QuickSync.
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Thanks,

here's the log. I might try restoring from a recent system backup as a few strange things have happened in the last couple of days regarding display drivers and other issues.

https://pastebin.com/LPfPjZHB
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Drivers reporting back as not supported. It also looks like it's missing capabilities on the H.264 side too

I'm guessing switching to official drivers should correct this.
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Thanks - you were spot on.

I restored the previous Intel driver (non DCH) and everything is working now!

Sorry to bother you and thanks for your quick response!

Keep up the great work with HB - a great piece of software.
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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No worries. Thanks for reporting back!
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Just FYI - I upgraded to latest graphics driver from Intel directly and everything is still OK.
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Further info. The issue I had had nothing to do with display driver versions - it was my own fault.

I had a new script (now modified) which would clean out the Windows driver file repository in order to reduce disk space.
I doubt this will help any others but just in case I'll post the lines I had to remove from my script.

cd C:\WINDOWS\system32\
compact /compactos:always
Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /SPSuperseded
rem TAKEOWN /F "C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository" /R
rem ICACLS "C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository" /T /L /GRANT *S-1-1-0:F
rem RD /s /Q "C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\"


The last 3 lines are now commented out as you can see, and it was these 3 lines that were causing the errors I was getting regarding QuickSync AFTER a reboot.
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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I also have problems with QSV
It works in HandBrake-20190507-465d9f7_x86_64-Win_GUI (Nightly 20190505211836-faf3b92-master (2019050701))
But with HandBrake-20190822-a58118b81_x86_64-SafeMode-Win_GUI I can't choose QSV
So somewhere in between there has been a change that blocks QSV for me.
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Any build with "SafeMode" in the name, does NOT include QuickSync, NvENC or VCE. You need to make sure to download the non-safemode builds if you want this functionality.
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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s55 wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:25 pm Any build with "SafeMode" in the name, does NOT include QuickSync, NvENC or VCE. You need to make sure to download the non-safemode builds if you want this functionality.
Thx for a quick reply. I had forgot this option. Now it's works fine...
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Re: Intel HEVC QuickSync not available for selection

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Having run several objectified quality measurements with QSV vs. x264 / 265, I can't say that having it available is necessarily such a good thing ...
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