Mac / Win, HW encoding - OBS, Wirecast, Vmix
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:08 pm
I'm trying to sift the wheat from the chafe on a question or two.
Anyone know if OBS on Mac (Intel not M1) or Win leverages the discrete video card for encoding a stream? I've heard some people say "no" for Mac, others yes. If no, then the encoding workload is pushed to the main CPU. If you're using a Mac with OBS, how pegged is the CPU when encoding to the RTMP address or to Zoom?
Same question for Wirecast which runs on both (haven't been able to talk with anyone there to answer the question).
Vmix only runs on Windows so I assume it leverages the discrete video card but you never know . . . . .
Thanks
Anyone know if OBS on Mac (Intel not M1) or Win leverages the discrete video card for encoding a stream? I've heard some people say "no" for Mac, others yes. If no, then the encoding workload is pushed to the main CPU. If you're using a Mac with OBS, how pegged is the CPU when encoding to the RTMP address or to Zoom?
Same question for Wirecast which runs on both (haven't been able to talk with anyone there to answer the question).
Vmix only runs on Windows so I assume it leverages the discrete video card but you never know . . . . .
Thanks