VideoSolo Software Supports NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology
Part 1. What is NVIDIA CUDA?
CUDA, stands for Compute Unified Device Architecture, is an extension of the C programming language created by NVIDIA. It can greatly improve computer performance by harnessing the power of GPU (graphics processing unit).
With millions of CUDA-enabled GPUs sold to date, software developers, scientists and researchers are finding broad-ranging uses for CUDA, including image and video processing, computational biology and chemistry, fluid dynamics simulation, CT image reconstruction, seismic analysis, ray tracing, and much more.
What Can CUDA Do?
In order to expend the full functions of GPU greatly, NVIDIA released the CUDA technology. This CUDA technology has been adopted by thousands of applications and there are over 500 million CUDA-enabled GPUs working in compute clusters, super computers, notebooks and workstations. What’s more, the CUDA is good at doing a massive number of tasks at the same time, and doing those tasks relatively quickly.
That’s why VideoSolo programmers spend so much time on redesigning our products for CUDA and improve the video encoding & decoding performance tremendously. The most important point is that you can enjoy a fast & smooth conversion speed on your computer with a CUDA-enabled GPU.
Our Programmers have already tested that the converting speed of the program with NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology is 6X faster than before. You can see all data in details from the graphic below.
Compatible Video Codecs:
CUDA™ technology accelerates conversion to AVI, MP4, FLV, MKV, MOV, and MPEG-2 TS with the H.264 codec.
Compatible Graphics Card
| Quadro Desktop Series | Quadro FX 5800/FX 5600/FX 4800/FX 4800 for Mac/FX 4700 X2/FX 4600/FX 3800/FX 3700/FX 1800/FX 1700/FX 580/FX 570/FX 470/FX 380/FX 370 Quadro CX/6000/5000/4000/NVS 450/NVS 420/NVS 295/NVS 290/Plex 7000/Plex 2100 D4/Plex 2200 D2/Plex 2100 S4/Plex 1000 Model IV |
| Quadro Mobile Series | Quadro FX 3800M/FX 3700M/FX 3600M/FX 2800M/FX 2700M/FX 1800M/FX 1700M/FX 1600M/FX 880M/FX 770M/FX 570M/FX 380M/FX 370M/FX 360M Quadro 5000M/NVS 5100M/NVS 3100M/NVS 2100M/NVS 320M/NVS 160M/NVS 150M/NVS 140M/NVS 135M/NVS 130M |
| GeForce 400 Series | GeForce 400 Series GeForce GTX 480M |
| GeForce 300 Series | GeForce GT 340/GT 330/GT 320/315/310 GeForce GTS 360M/GTS 350M/GT 335M/GT 330M/GT 325M/310M/305M |
| GeForce 200 Series | GeForce GTX 295/GTX 285/GTX 285 for Mac/GTX 280/GTX 275/GTX 260/GTS 250/GT 240/GT 220/210 GeForce GTX 285M/GTX 280M/GTX 260M/GTS 260M/GTS 250M/GT 240M/GT 230M |
| GeForce 100 Series | GeForce GTS 150/GT 130/GT 120/G100 GeForce GTS 160M/GTS 150M/GT 130M/G210M/G110M/G105M/G102M |
| GeForce 9 Series | GeForce 9800 GX2/9800 GTX+/9800 GTX/9800 GT/9600 GSO/9600 GT/9500 GT/9400GT GeForce 9800M GTX/9800M GT/9800M GTS/9800M GS/9700M GTS/9700M GT/9650M GS/9600M GT/9600M GS/9500M GS/9500M G/9400M G/9300M GS/9300M G/9200M GS/9100M G GeForce 9400/9300 mGPU |
| GeForce 8 Series | GeForce 8800 Ultra/8800 GTX/8800 GTS/8800 GT/8800 GS/8600 GTS/8600 GT/8500 GT/8400 GS GeForce 8800M GTS/8700M GT/8600M GT/8600M GS/8400M GT/8400M GS GeForce 8300/8200/8100 mGPU |
Part 2. What is NVIDIA NVENC?
NVIDIA NVENC is a powerful video encoding technology developed by NVIDIA since CUDA. It was introduced with the Kepler-based GeForce 600 series in March 2012, as a product feature that offloads H264 video encoding form the host CPU. Compared with the CUDA-based or CPU-based encoders, CUP-based NVENC can provide higher quality video encoding.
What Can NVENC Work for You?
• Record Screen with High Video Quality
The NVIDIA NVENC acceleration enables you to capture screen video with the original image quality. And it will only take very low CPU usage. It also lets you improve the recording ability by using the GPU of the graphics card.
• Convert Video in High Speed
NVENC supports converting videos to other formats in high speed, with high compression ratio and in high quality.
• Broadcast Live HD Video on Live Stream Website
NVIDIA NVENC helps you broadcast live HD videos on YouTube, Twitch.tv, Hitbox.tv and other live streaming websites easily with high definition image quality.
• Get Fantastic Gaming Experience
Want to record a HD gameplay video without affecting the game-playing experience? It’s easy! The powerful NVENC acceleration technology will help you achieve that!
Compatible Video Codecs:
NVIDIA® NVENC™ acceleration speeds up processing of H.264 and HEVC (H.265) video encoding, even in 4k resolution videos.
Supported GPUs
| High Performance Computing and Hyperscale Accelerators | Tesla K10, K20, K40, K80, M4, M40, M6, M60, and newer |
| Desktop and Workstation | Quadro K2000, K2200, K4000, K4200, K5000, K5200, K6000, M4000, M5000, M6000, and newer |
| Mobile Workstation | Quadro K2000M, M2000M, K5000M, and newer |
| Cloud Gaming, Virtual Desktops, and Cloud Enterprise | GRID K1, K2, K340, K520, M30, M40, and newer |
| Desktop and Mobile Computers | GeForce (Kepler & Maxwell GPUs only) |
Part 3. Troubleshooting
If you can’t enable NVIDIA® acceleration, try updating your graphics card drivers:
• Click here to go to NVIDIA’s official site where you can download drivers for your GPU. Please only use drivers from your hardware manufacturer. Software downloaded from other sources may contain malware.
• On the driver download page, either enter your GPU model (see above to find out which GPU you have) and operating system, or use NVIDIA® automatic scanner to pick the right driver version. You will be then offered to download and install the drivers.
• After you’ve installed the drivers, restart your computer for the changes to take effect and try enabling NVIDIA GPU acceleration.
