Does the M1 chip have HEVC/h.265 encoding acceleration?

[iChan]

or is it only for Apple ProRes?

I didn't see anything about it on the tech specs.

 

[calstanford]

Of course they do. Apple had those in A series chips for a few years already (I believe since A11 if I'm not mistaken)

 

[matrix07]

VP9 hardware decoding would be the question I believe. Could we watch 4K YouTube with hardware decoding on AS Mac.

 

[Fomalhaut]

Will it encode / decode both 10-bit H.264 & H.265 with 4:2:2 chroma sub-sampling?

I think the limitation for Nvidia was that they could only handle 4:2:0 chroma. There are lots of cameras with 10-bit 4:2:2 now, and this would be a big plus.

 

[Jimmy James]

Of course they do. Apple had those in A series chips for a few years already (I believe since A11 if I'm not mistaken)

A9.

 

[Hexley]

or is it only for Apple ProRes?

I didn't see anything about it on the tech specs.

I'll be very surprise if they didnt

 

[CMMChris]

VP9 hardware decoding would be the question I believe. Could we watch 4K YouTube with hardware decoding on AS Mac.

Sure it does support VP9. Not only for decoding but encoding as well. AV1 is supported as well.

 

[Next Stop]

Will it encode / decode both 10-bit H.264 & H.265 with 4:2:2 chroma sub-sampling?

I think the limitation for Nvidia was that they could only handle 4:2:0 chroma. There are lots of cameras with 10-bit 4:2:2 now, and this would be a big plus.

4:2:0

 

[Fomalhaut]

4:2:0

Thanks. I'll need to run some tests when I get the new machine. If there are large advantages to render times or timeline performance then I might have to consider shooting in 10-bit 4:2:0 and see if I can tell the difference with 4:2:2