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Hey there,
I just installed v2024.06.16.1 on a new computer w/ Windows 11 (latest version) and I'm getting this popup:
GetTool Version got an empty output for NVEnc
The cause might be that NVEnc could not be found,....

I can't enable debug because the program closes immediately after this popup. I've installed and reinstalled with the same error. Any ideas?

a. Does Hybrid/64bit/NVEncC.exe exist?
b. You open a terminal inside the Hybrid/64bit-folder and call "NVEncC.exe --check-features" what output do you get?

Cu Selur

Ps.: deleted your other thread (one is enough)

a. Yes
b.
NVEncC (x64) 7.54 (r2867) by rigaya, May 28 2024 12:36:06 (VC 1929/Win)
[NVENC API v12.2, CUDA 10.1]
reader: raw, y4m, avi, avs, vpy, avsw, avhw [H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, MPEG2, VP8, VP9, VC-1, MPEG1, MPEG4, AV1]

Environment Info
OS : Windows 11 x64 (22631) [UTF-8]
CPU: Intel Core i9-14900KS [6.21GHz] (8P+16E,24C/32T)
RAM: Used 6869 MB, Total 65373 MB

Okay, not sure why this happens.
Since you don't have an NVIDIA gpu, you could create a "misc.ini" file next to the Hybrid.exe and put:

Code:
[General]

nonvidia=true

Code:
[General]

ignore=NVEnc

both should work.
Will do some testing tomorrow to get to the bottom of this, so that the above misc.ini is not needed.

Cu Selur

Ps.: I thought I wrote code to ignore NVEnc when no NVIDIA card was detected. (I did, it's still there.)
PPs.: Please also try whether this happens with the latest dev version (you can find it in the 'experimental' folder in my GoogleDrive which is linked on the download page)

Thanks for the quick response. Adding the misc.ini file worked!

I'm also using an MSI RTX 4090--would that have anything to do with it?

Quote:I'm also using an MSI RTX 4090--would that have anything to do with it?

Then NVEncC should output something like:

Code:
NVEncC (x64) 7.66 (r2994) by rigaya, Sep  2 2024 12:52:18 (VC 1929/Win)

  [NVENC API v12.2, CUDA 10.1]

 reader: raw, y4m, avi, avs, vpy, avsw, avhw [H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, MPEG2, VP8, VP9, VC-1, MPEG1, MPEG4, AV1]

Environment Info

OS : Windows 11 x64 (22631) [UTF-8]

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor [5.52GHz] (16C/32T)

RAM: Used 15343 MB, Total 64631 MB

#0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (9728 cores, 2505 MHz)[PCIe4x16][561.09]

NVEnc features

Codec: H.264/AVC

Encoder Engines           2

Max Bframes               4

B Ref Mode                3 (each + only middle)

RC Modes                  63 (CQP, CBR, CBRHQ, VBR, VBRHQ)

Field Encoding            0 (no)

MonoChrome                no

Alpha Channel             no

FMO                       no

Quater-Pel MV             yes

B Direct Mode             yes

CABAC                     yes

Adaptive Transform        yes

Max Temporal Layers       4

Hierarchial P Frames      yes

Hierarchial B Frames      yes

Max Level                 62 (6.2)

Min Level                 10 (1)

4:4:4                     yes

Min Width                 145

Max Width                 4096

Min Height                49

Max Height                4096

Multiple Refs             yes

Max LTR Frames            8

Dynamic Resolution Change yes

Dynamic Bitrate Change    yes

Forced constant QP        yes

Dynamic RC Mode Change    no

Subframe Readback         yes

Constrained Encoding      yes

Intra Refresh             yes

Custom VBV Bufsize        yes

Dynamic Slice Mode        yes

Ref Pic Invalidiation     yes

PreProcess                no

Async Encoding            yes

Max MBs                   65536

Lossless                  yes

SAO                       no

Me Only Mode              1 (I,P frames)

Lookahead                 yes

AQ (temporal)             yes

Weighted Prediction       yes

Temporal Filter           no

Lookahead Level           yes

Undirectional B           no

10bit depth               no

Codec: H.265/HEVC

Encoder Engines           2

Max Bframes               5

B Ref Mode                3 (each + only middle)

RC Modes                  63 (CQP, CBR, CBRHQ, VBR, VBRHQ)

Field Encoding            0 (no)

MonoChrome                no

Alpha Channel             yes

Quater-Pel MV             yes

B Direct Mode             no

Max Temporal Layers       0

Hierarchial P Frames      no

Hierarchial B Frames      no

Max Level                 186 (6.2)

Min Level                 30 (1)

4:4:4                     yes

Min Width                 129

Max Width                 8192

Min Height                33

Max Height                8192

Multiple Refs             yes

Max LTR Frames            7

Dynamic Resolution Change yes

Dynamic Bitrate Change    yes

Forced constant QP        yes

Dynamic RC Mode Change    no

Subframe Readback         yes

Constrained Encoding      yes

Intra Refresh             yes

Custom VBV Bufsize        yes

Dynamic Slice Mode        yes

Ref Pic Invalidiation     yes

PreProcess                no

Async Encoding            yes

Max MBs                   262144

Lossless                  yes

SAO                       yes

Me Only Mode              1 (I,P frames)

Lookahead                 yes

AQ (temporal)             yes

Weighted Prediction       yes

Temporal Filter           yes

Lookahead Level           yes

Undirectional B           yes

10bit depth               yes

Codec: AV1

Encoder Engines           2

Max Bframes               7

B Ref Mode                3 (each + only middle)

RC Modes                  3 (CQP, CBR, VBR)

Field Encoding            0 (no)

MonoChrome                no

Alpha Channel             no

Quater-Pel MV             yes

B Direct Mode             no

Max Temporal Layers       0

Hierarchial P Frames      no

Hierarchial B Frames      no

Max Level                 23 (7.3)

Min Level                 0 (2)

4:4:4                     no

Min Width                 192

Max Width                 8192

Min Height                128

Max Height                8192

Multiple Refs             yes

Max LTR Frames            6

Dynamic Resolution Change yes

Dynamic Bitrate Change    yes

Forced constant QP        yes

Dynamic RC Mode Change    no

Subframe Readback         yes

Constrained Encoding      no

Intra Refresh             yes

Custom VBV Bufsize        yes

Dynamic Slice Mode        no

Ref Pic Invalidiation     yes

PreProcess                no

Async Encoding            yes

Max MBs                   262144

Lossless                  no

SAO                       no

Me Only Mode              0 (no)

Lookahead                 yes

AQ (temporal)             yes

Weighted Prediction       no

Temporal Filter           no

Lookahead Level           no

Undirectional B           no

10bit depth               yes

NVDec features

  H.264/AVC:  nv12, yv12

  H.265/HEVC: nv12, yv12, yv12(10bit), yv12(12bit), yuv444, yuv444(10bit), yuv444(12bit)

  MPEG1:      nv12, yv12

  MPEG2:      nv12, yv12

  MPEG4:      nv12, yv12

  VP8:        nv12, yv12

  VP9:        nv12, yv12, yv12(10bit), yv12(12bit)

  VC-1:       nv12, yv12

  AV1:        nv12, yv12, yv12(10bit)

and not crash like it does in your case. (assuming the RTX card isn't deactivated or similar and official NVIDIA drivers (Studio recommended) are used)

Cu Selur

Yeah, I'm using the latest Nvidia Studio driver. Anything else I can test to make sure that the video card is performing correctly? I've been able to use it in Topaz AI and Davinci Resolve.

NVEncC has some other options you can try to figure out where the problem is:

Code:
--check-device               show DeviceId for GPUs available on system

   --check-hw [<int>]           check NVEnc codecs for specified DeviceId

                                  if unset, will check DeviceId #0

   --check-features [<int>]     check for NVEnc Features for specified DeviceId

                                  if unset, will check DeviceId #0

   --check-environment          check for Environment Info

   --check-avversion            show dll version

   --check-codecs               show codecs available

   --check-encoders             show audio encoders available

   --check-decoders             show audio decoders available

   --check-profiles <string>    show profile names available for specified codec

   --check-formats              show in/out formats available

   --check-protocols            show in/out protocols available

   --check-avdevices            show in/out avdvices available

   --check-filters              show filters available

   --option-list                show option list

seeing this, Hybrid assumes that the NVIDIA card is the one with DeviceId = 0, I suspect this might not be the case on your system.
(iirc. in an older version NVEncC automaticall didn't use devid = 0, but the first NVIDIA card, I might ask the NVEnc dev to add this back(?))
Have to go to bed now, but what does 'NVEncC --check-device' output for you?

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