Enable hardware acceleration in macOS application using VLCKit

[vishk]

How to enable hardware acceleration decoding in a macOS application using VLCKit framework, so that while playing videos GPU is also used. As of now only CPU is used and when the CPU reached 100%, video is stuck and not playing properly.

The options I used are
"--avcodec-skiploopfilter=4",
"--avcodec-skip-frame=2",
"--avcodec-fast",
"--verbose=0",
"--avcodec-hw=vaapi_drm",
"--avcodec-skip-idct=2",
"--avcodec-threads=255"

Please let me know

[unidan]

Hi, "--avcodec-hw=vaapi_drm" is hw acceleration for linux. you would want to use videotoolbox for macosx I guess.

[ePirat]

VLCKit should automatically use Videotoolbox, as it is enabled by default. If it is not working for you, make sure the Video codec is supported on your model, if it should work provide verbose logs please.