vp9 encoding using CUDA

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  vp8_cpu_vs_gpu

VP9 encoder is a new generation of encoders, VP9 can handle much higher resolutions and bitrates. But VP9 encoder uses much more CPU resources. Since CPU can offload much of the encoder calculations to GPU, this way we can reduce server cost and Cloudinary's responsiveness.

What's next for vp9 encoding using CUDA? This is only POC, we can further improve this encoder.

Built With

• cuda
• hardware-accelaration
• vp9