RTX 5000 supports 4:2:2

BolekLolek wrote on 1/29/2025, 1:11 PM

4:2:2 GPU support at last:

Added hardware support for encoding and decoding the 4:2:2 pro-grade color format yields a staggering 11X encoding speed increase compared to software encoders.

9th Gen NVENC video encoders include a 5% improvement to HEVC and AV1 encoding quality, and a new AV1 Ultra Quality mode that offers an additional 5% improvement to encoding efficiency. And the 6th Gen NVIDIA decoder is capable of decoding and playing back up to eight 4K60 4:2:2 video streams simultaneously.

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RogerS wrote on 1/29/2025, 8:45 PM

I'm not excited about most GPU development given the inflated costs, but this would be genuinely useful.

See more over at PugetSystems where they put the new decoders and encoders into context:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2025/01/21/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-series-features-for-content-creators

No word here on support in VEGAS but I'm sure it will come sooner or later.