Plex on Linux. How do you tell whether you’re using VAAPI or Intel Quick Sync for HW acceleration? Is there a difference?

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My Plex uses VAAPI right now according to the logs, but I have an Intel CPU capable of Quick Sync. Are VAAPI and Quick Sync the same thing?

Apr 21, 2019 01:02:34.328 [0x7fcaef7fe700] DEBUG - TPU: hardware transcoding: using hardware decode accelerator vaapi
Apr 21, 2019 01:02:34.328 [0x7fcaef7fe700] DEBUG - TPU: hardware transcoding: zero-copy support present
Apr 21, 2019 01:02:34.328 [0x7fcaef7fe700] DEBUG - TPU: hardware transcoding: using zero-copy transcoding
Apr 21, 2019 01:02:34.328 [0x7fcaef7fe700] DEBUG - TPU: hardware transcoding: final decoder: vaapi, final encoder: vaapi

Posted Apr 21, 2019, 1:27 AM UTC

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