From 4c88f8f379db35cbae15f709f14463419731f6e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dec05eba Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 01:34:38 +0200 Subject: Default to h264 video codec because amd driver is shit with padding and for better compatibility with software --- README.md | 4 ++-- src/main.cpp | 48 +++++++++--------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 93a37da..52cb1ee 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ This screen recorder can be used for recording your desktop offline, for live st where only the last few minutes are saved. Supported video codecs: -* H264 (default on Intel) -* HEVC (default on AMD and NVIDIA) +* H264 (default) +* HEVC * AV1 (not currently supported on NVIDIA if you use GPU Screen Recorder flatpak) Supported audio codecs: diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp index b91e68c..8bfe021 100644 --- a/src/main.cpp +++ b/src/main.cpp @@ -863,9 +863,8 @@ static void usage_full() { fprintf(stderr, " and the video will only be saved when the gpu-screen-recorder is closed. This feature is similar to Nvidia's instant replay feature.\n"); fprintf(stderr, " This option has be between 5 and 1200. Note that the replay buffer size will not always be precise, because of keyframes. Optional, disabled by default.\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); - fprintf(stderr, " -k Video codec to use. Should be either 'auto', 'h264', 'hevc', 'av1', 'hevc_hdr' or 'av1_hdr'. Defaults to 'auto' which defaults to 'hevc' on AMD/Nvidia and 'h264' on intel.\n"); + fprintf(stderr, " -k Video codec to use. Should be either 'auto', 'h264', 'hevc', 'av1', 'hevc_hdr' or 'av1_hdr'. Defaults to 'auto' which defaults to 'h264'.\n"); fprintf(stderr, " Forcefully set to 'h264' if the file container type is 'flv'.\n"); - fprintf(stderr, " Forcefully set to 'hevc' on AMD/intel if video codec is 'h264' and if the file container type is 'mkv'.\n"); fprintf(stderr, " 'hevc_hdr' and 'av1_hdr' option is not available on X11.\n"); fprintf(stderr, " Note: hdr metadata is not included in the video when recording with 'hevc_hdr'/'av1_hdr' because of bugs in AMD, Intel and NVIDIA drivers (amazin', they are all bugged).\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\n"); @@ -2145,12 +2144,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) { const bool force_no_audio_offset = is_livestream || (file_extension != "mp4" && file_extension != "mkv" && file_extension != "webm"); - if(egl.gpu_info.vendor != GSR_GPU_VENDOR_NVIDIA && file_extension == "mkv" && strcmp(video_codec_to_use, "h264") == 0) { - video_codec_to_use = "hevc"; - video_codec = VideoCodec::HEVC; - fprintf(stderr, "Warning: video codec was forcefully set to hevc because mkv container is used and mesa (AMD and Intel driver) does not support h264 in mkv files\n"); - } - switch(audio_codec) { case AudioCodec::AAC: { if(file_extension == "webm") { @@ -2193,38 +2186,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) { const bool video_codec_auto = strcmp(video_codec_to_use, "auto") == 0; if(video_codec_auto) { - if(egl.gpu_info.vendor == GSR_GPU_VENDOR_INTEL) { - const AVCodec *h264_codec = find_h264_encoder(egl.gpu_info.vendor, egl.card_path); - if(!h264_codec) { - fprintf(stderr, "Info: using hevc encoder because a codec was not specified and your gpu does not support h264\n"); - video_codec_to_use = "hevc"; - video_codec = VideoCodec::HEVC; - } else { - fprintf(stderr, "Info: using h264 encoder because a codec was not specified\n"); - video_codec_to_use = "h264"; - video_codec = VideoCodec::H264; - } + const AVCodec *h264_codec = find_h264_encoder(egl.gpu_info.vendor, egl.card_path); + if(!h264_codec) { + fprintf(stderr, "Info: using hevc encoder because a codec was not specified and your gpu does not support h264\n"); + video_codec_to_use = "hevc"; + video_codec = VideoCodec::HEVC; } else { - const AVCodec *hevc_codec = find_hevc_encoder(egl.gpu_info.vendor, egl.card_path); - - if(hevc_codec && fps > 60) { - fprintf(stderr, "Warning: recording at higher fps than 60 with hevc might result in recording at a very low fps. If this happens, switch to h264 or av1\n"); - } - - // TODO: Default to h264 if resolution is around 1366x768 on AMD - - // hevc generally allows recording at a higher resolution than h264 on nvidia cards. On a gtx 1080 4k is the max resolution for h264 but for hevc it's 8k. - // Another important info is that when recording at a higher fps than.. 60? hevc has very bad performance. For example when recording at 144 fps the fps drops to 1 - // while with h264 the fps doesn't drop. - if(!hevc_codec) { - fprintf(stderr, "Info: using h264 encoder because a codec was not specified and your gpu does not support hevc\n"); - video_codec_to_use = "h264"; - video_codec = VideoCodec::H264; - } else { - fprintf(stderr, "Info: using hevc encoder because a codec was not specified\n"); - video_codec_to_use = "hevc"; - video_codec = VideoCodec::HEVC; - } + fprintf(stderr, "Info: using h264 encoder because a codec was not specified\n"); + video_codec_to_use = "h264"; + video_codec = VideoCodec::H264; } } -- cgit v1.2.3