An overview over the system FFmpeg 7.1 supported QSV pixel formats and profiles: ffmpeg -hide_banner -encoders | grep qsv V..... av1_qsv AV1 (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec av1) V..... h264_qsv H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec h264) V..... hevc_qsv HEVC (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec hevc) V..... mjpeg_qsv MJPEG (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec mjpeg) V..... mpeg2_qsv MPEG-2 video (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec mpeg2video) V..... vp9_qsv VP9 video (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec vp9) ffmpeg -hide_banner -h encoder=av1_qsv | egrep 'Supported|profile|main|high|professional' Supported hardware devices: qsv qsv qsv Supported pixel formats: nv12 p010le qsv -profile <int> E..V....... (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default unknown) main 1 E..V....... ffmpeg -hide_banner -h encoder=hevc_qsv | egrep 'Supported|profile|main|high|professional' Supported hardware devices: qsv qsv qsv Supported pixel formats: nv12 p010le p012le yuyv422 y210le qsv bgra x2rgb10le vuyx xv30le -profile <int> E..V....... (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default unknown) main 1 E..V....... main10 2 E..V....... mainsp 3 E..V....... -tier <int> E..V....... Set the encoding tier (only level >= 4 can support high tier) (from 0 to 256) (default high) main 0 E..V....... high 256 E..V....... ffmpeg -hide_banner -h encoder=h264_qsv | egrep 'Supported|profile|main|high|professional' Supported hardware devices: qsv qsv qsv Supported pixel formats: nv12 qsv -profile <int> E..V....... (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default unknown) main 77 E..V....... high 100 E..V.......