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NVIDIA Video Codec SDK 13.1: Zero-Copy Transcode, AV1 B-Frames, and Frame-Accurate Seek
NVIDIA Developer · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- NVIDIA Video Codec SDK 13.1 adds AV1 B-frames up to 31, frame-accurate seeking, per-macroblock decode statistics, and zero-copy transcode with redesigned modular architecture.
- Why it matters
- Video engineers building transcoding pipelines, AI inference workflows needing specific frames, and real-time video analytics applications benefit from these performance and efficiency gains.
- Watch out
- Hierarchical Reference Mode increases video memory consumption. Frame-accurate seek requires GOP-aware handling and may reset decoders for backward seeks on non-seekable streams.
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