Hi, there.
I'm running VLC v3.0.8 on Windows 10 with an Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV) enabled processor (Intel Core i7-8550U). As there is no discrete setting for QSV decoding in VLC, I wanted to know if there was a way to verify that VLC is using QSV hardware acceleration to decode for playback of HEVC video files.
There isn't anything specific under the Input & Codecs tab of the settings. The "Hardware-accelerated decoding" pull-down menu offers "Automatic," "Direct3D11 Video Acceleration," "DirectX Video Acceleration (DVXA) 2.0," and "Disable" as the only options. I'd like to assume that DirectX is taking care of it on the OS level, but, again, I'd like to confirm. VLC takes a moment to buffer when starting playback of files (video frame freezes for a few seconds while audio continues), so I want to verify how the decoding is being performed.
Thanks in advance!
- Dave