At first glace, the recent addition of “hardware acceleration” when exporting to H.264 and H.265 in Media Encoder and Premiere Pro provides a huge boost in performance for many users. Unfortunately, it is not a perfect technology and result in lower quality video than using the standard “Software only” mode.
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