Module hardware_acceleration 

Hardware-accelerated video decoding.

When the hardware feature is enabled, this module provides HardwareAccelerationMode for controlling hardware decoder selection and internal helpers that set up an FFmpeg hardware device context, configure the decoder, and transfer decoded frames from GPU to system memory.

The public entry point is HardwareAccelerationMode, which is threaded through ExtractOptions via with_hardware_acceleration.

Platform Support

Hardware acceleration availability depends on both the FFmpeg build and the host system’s GPU drivers. When auto-detection fails, the decoder silently falls back to software decoding.

Enums

HardwareAccelerationMode

Hardware acceleration mode for video decoding.

HardwareDeviceType

Supported hardware device types for accelerated decoding.

Functions

available_hardware_devices

List all hardware device types supported by the FFmpeg build.