Specification Sheet

Interfaces
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2.4.3.2 Hardware Accelerated Video Encode
Gen 9 LP implements a high-performance and low-power HW acceleration for video
decoding operations for multiple video codecs.
The HW encode is exposed by the graphics driver using the following APIs:
•Intel Media SDK
• MFT (Media Foundation Transform) filters
Gen 9 LP supports full HW accelerated video encoding for AVC/MPEG2/HEVC/VP8/JPEG.
Note: Hardware encode for H264 SVC is not supported.
2.4.3.3 Hardware Accelerated Video Processing
There is hardware support for image processing functions such as De-interlacing, Film
cadence detection, Advanced Video Scaler (AVS), detail enhancement, image
stabilization, gamut compression, HD adaptive contrast enhancement, skin tone
enhancement, total color control, Chroma de-noise, SFC pipe (Scalar and Format
Conversion), memory compression, Localized Adaptive Contrast Enhancement (LACE),
spatial de-noise, Out-Of-Loop De-blocking (from AVC decoder), 16 bpc support for de-
noise/de-mosaic.
There is support for Hardware assisted Motion Estimation engine for AVC/MPEG2
encode, True Motion, and Image stabilization applications.
The HW video processing is exposed by the graphics driver using the following APIs:
• Direct3D* 9 Video API (DXVA2).
•Direct3D 11 Video API.
• Intel Media SDK.
• MFT (Media Foundation Transform) filters.
• Intel CUI SDK.
Note: Not all features are supported by all the above APIs. Refer to the relevant
documentation for more details.
Table 2-9. Hardware Accelerated Video Encode
Codec Profile Level Maximum Resolution
MPEG2 Main High 1080p
AVC/H264
High
Main
L5.1 2160p(4K)
VP8 Unified profile Unified level —
JPEG Baseline — 16Kx16K
HEVC/H265 Main L5.1 2160p(4K)
VP9
Support 8 bits 4:2:0 BT2020
may be obtained the pre/post
processing
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