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jbboehr / ffmpeg-hevc-encode-nvenc.md
Created February 23, 2017 21:58
This gist shows you how to encode specifically to HEVC with ffmpeg's NVENC on supported hardware, with a two-pass profile and optional CUVID-based hardware-accelerated decoding.

Encoding high-quality HEVC content in a two-pass manner with FFmpeg - based NVENC encoder on supported hardware:

If you've built ffmpeg as instructed here on Linux and the ffmpeg binary is in your path, you can do fast HEVC encodes as shown below, using NVIDIA's NPP's libraries to vastly speed up the process.

Now, to do a simple NVENC encode in 1080p, (that will even work for Maxwell Gen 2 (GM200x) series), start with:

ffmpeg  -i <inputfile> -pass 1 \
-filter:v hwupload_cuda,scale_npp=w=1920:h=1080:format=nv12:interp_algo=lanczos,hwdownload,format=nv12 \

-c:v hevc_nvenc -profile main -preset slow -rc vbr_2pass \

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ssmereka / plexDatabaseBackupScript.sh
Last active January 26, 2026 04:26
Plex Media Server database backup script.
#!/bin/bash
# Backup a Plex database.
# Author Scott Smereka
# Version 1.0
# Script Tested on:
# Ubuntu 12.04 on 2/2/2014 [ OK ]
# Plex Database Location. The trailing slash is