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.......