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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0002860DCP-o-maticFeaturespublic2026-09-19 01:33
Reporterbke1138 Assigned Tocarl  
PriorityhighSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformMacOSOS XOS Version10.14
Product Version2.16.90 
Summary0002860: Add hardware acceleration for ProRes decoding/encoding on Apple Silicon Macs
Description

Please add the ability to take advantage of hardware ProRes decoding/encoding on Apple Silicon Macs.

Thanks!

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carl

2024-09-03 16:19

administrator   ~0006526

Sounds good, looks like we can do this with the videotoolbox stuff in ffmpeg.

carl

2024-09-03 16:20

administrator   ~0006527

First step might be to work out why we build ffmpeg with --disable-videotoolbox

bke1138

2024-09-04 01:38

reporter   ~0006532

Awesome, thanks Carl!

__pv

2026-09-19 01:33

reporter   ~0007373

Am on an Macbook Pro M3 Max -- Just did an ffmpeg with hwaccel/prores/videotoolbox .. can't explain in words how cool the system stayed for the entire length of a 90min movie! :)

Would love to see DCP-o-Matic sidestepping the CPU altogether and getting the ProRes processor on the M3 do all the work, too! :)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-08-29 02:45 bke1138 New Issue
2024-09-03 16:19 carl Note Added: 0006526
2024-09-03 16:19 carl Assigned To => carl
2024-09-03 16:19 carl Status new => acknowledged
2024-09-03 16:20 carl Status acknowledged => confirmed
2024-09-03 16:20 carl Note Added: 0006527
2024-09-04 01:38 bke1138 Note Added: 0006532
2024-09-06 11:50 carl Priority normal => high
2024-09-06 11:50 carl Estimated work required => Small
2026-09-19 01:33 __pv Note Added: 0007373