No Hardware encoding for H264 and HEVC on Apple Silicon
Author: dalisoftCreated Nov 21, 2022Updated Apr 13, 2026
macOS version: 12.6.1 (21G217) (Apple Silicon) Kap version: 3.6.0 (3.6.0.1846
Steps to reproduce
- Download, start, capture
- Try to export and see Activity monitor
Current behaviour
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3511344/203142009-650d24c6-3d36-4289-9b72-9e59ea4d3f51.mp4
Even https://github.com/wulkano/Kap/issues/970#issuecomment-970097099 does not help
Expected behaviour
No all CPU cores loading and using GPU or hardware encoders for this kind of task
Workaround
Source: wulkano/Kap