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Re: Using Video ToolBox on M1 Max Powerbook

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:02 am
by jjmccrae
Was just curious about the new MBP14 and Handbrake and stumbled upon this thread. Currently using a 2016 MBP to convert DVD to digital and its takes its time so any new Mac will be better.

But if I’m reading/following correctly until the API is updated it doesn’t really make a difference in a spec bump from 8-core CPU, 14-core GPU to either the 10CPU,14GPU or 10CPU/16GPU.

Currently looking at a new MBP14 and don’t know which to land on.

Re: Using Video ToolBox on M1 Max Powerbook

Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:25 pm
by varase
The M1 Pro SoC has media encode/decode engines for H.264, H.265, and ProRes.

The M1 Max doubles up the encode engines, and doubles up the ProRes decoders.

Use of the VideoToolbox speeds things up nicely - VideoToolbox _may_ use the QuickSync stuff in your CPU or your discrete GPU if you have one.

Most recent machines have video IP blocks in the T2 chip, and M1 machines have a Media Engine built in to the SoC.

In the GUI version, check the Video tab and check to see what Video Encoders you have available. Hardware encoding may not be as versatile, but if available it sure is faster.

The latest snapshot versions of Handbrake seem to use the video encode IP blocks of the 2021 MacBook Pro. It's available here: https://github.com/HandBrake/handbrake- ... es/tag/mac.

Re: Using Video ToolBox on M1 Max Powerbook

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:25 am
by Ritsuka
1.5.1 is out and contains the fixes to the issues discussed in this thread.

Re: Using Video ToolBox on M1 Max Powerbook

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:56 am
by varase
Ritsuka wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:25 am 1.5.1 is out and contains the fixes to the issues discussed in this thread.
Thank you.