Nvidia transcoding option not available

generaltsoso

After updating to 25.2.0, the option to select nvidia transcoding is gone.

I have upgraded to FFMPEG 7.11 as mentioned when Ersatz loaded up, and this did not help.

I'm not sure what else to do except revert back to the previous version of Ersatz.

Thanks!

jason

generaltsoso please paste your full ETV version from below the left menu. "25.2.0" is not specific enough (gives no information about what OS you are using).

generaltsoso

jason

Yes sir, of course. I will provide that once I return home. Thank you!

generaltsoso

@jason v25.2.0-linux-x64

Here is what I receive after updating ffmpeg to 7.1.1.

As soon as 7.1.1 was installed, the nvec option disappeared. It was there before upgrading.

ffmpeg version 7.1.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2₂₄.04)
configuration: --disable-decoder=amrnb --disable-gnutls --disable-liblensfun --disable-libopencv --disable-podpages --disable-sndio --disable-stripping --enable-avfilter --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-gcrypt --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libdvdnav --enable-libdvdread --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libjack --enable-libjxl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libplacebo --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librist --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsmbclient --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-nonfree --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-openssl --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --enable-shared --enable-version3 --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --toolchain=hardened --enable-vaapi --enable-libvpl --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libdavs2 --enable-libvmaf --enable-librav1e --enable-libvvenc --enable-libilbc --enable-libklvanc --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libkvazaar --enable-omx --cc=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc --cxx=x86_64-linux-gnu-g++ --disable-altivec --shlibdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
libavutil 59. 39.100 / 59. 39.100
libavcodec 61. 19.101 / 61. 19.101
libavformat 61. 7.100 / 61. 7.100
libavdevice 61. 3.100 / 61. 3.100
libavfilter 10. 4.100 / 10. 4.100
libswscale 8. 3.100 / 8. 3.100
libswresample 5. 3.100 / 5. 3.100
libpostproc 58. 3.100 / 58. 3.100
Unrecognized option 'gpu'.
Error splitting the argument list: Option not found

Thank you!

jason

The ffmpeg version you are using does not have NVIDIA support. Try this version https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV-ffmpeg/releases/download/7.1.1/ffmpeg-n7.1.1-20-g9373b442a6-linux64-gpl-7.1.tar.xz

generaltsoso

jason Thank you Jason, I will install that! I very much appreciate your help.

jason

For anyone else ending up here, I have updated the ETV docs to reference the dependency on FFmpeg and to link to the corresponding release where a linux64 version of FFmpeg can be downloaded.

https://ersatztv.org/docs/user-guide/install

https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV-ffmpeg/releases/tag/7.1.1

The specific link I pasted before ended up not being widely compatible due to a dependency on libva 2.21+ which isn't available in many distros. I removed that build and have uploaded new builds compatible with older versions of libva.