Add hardware acceleration toggle for recent ffmpeg versions

autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec

@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@
     # If you want to use your own profile, leave this blank and set the remaining options below.
     # outputDefault profiles allowed: iPad, iPad-1080p, iPad-720p, Apple-TV2, iPod, iPhone, PS3, Roku-1080p, Roku-720p, Roku-480p
     outputDefault =
+    # hwAccel. 1 will set ffmpeg to enable hardware acceleration (this requires a recent ffmpeg)
+    hwAccel = 0
     #### Define custom settings below.
     outputVideoExtension = .mp4
     outputVideoCodec = libx264

nzbtomedia/__init__.py

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ FFMPEG = None
 FFPROBE = None
 CHECK_MEDIA = None
 NICENESS = []
+HWACCEL = False
 
 PASSWORDSFILE = None
 DOWNLOADINFO = None
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
         DUPLICATE, IGNOREEXTENSIONS, VEXTENSION, OUTPUTVIDEOPATH, PROCESSOUTPUT, VCODEC, VCODEC_ALLOW, VPRESET, \
         VFRAMERATE, LOG_DB, VBITRATE, VRESOLUTION, ALANGUAGE, AINCLUDE, ACODEC, ACODEC_ALLOW, ABITRATE, \
         ACODEC2, ACODEC2_ALLOW, ABITRATE2, ACODEC3, ACODEC3_ALLOW, ABITRATE3, ALLOWSUBS, SEXTRACT, SEMBED, SLANGUAGES, \
-        SINCLUDE, SUBSDIR, SCODEC, OUTPUTFASTSTART, OUTPUTQUALITYPERCENT, BURN, GETSUBS, \
+        SINCLUDE, SUBSDIR, SCODEC, OUTPUTFASTSTART, OUTPUTQUALITYPERCENT, BURN, GETSUBS, HWACCEL, \
         NICENESS, LOG_DEBUG, FORCE_CLEAN, FFMPEG_PATH, FFMPEG, FFPROBE, AUDIOCONTAINER, EXTCONTAINER, TORRENT_CLASS, \
         DELETE_ORIGINAL, PASSWORDSFILE, USER_DELAY, USER_SCRIPT, USER_SCRIPT_CLEAN, USER_SCRIPT_MEDIAEXTENSIONS, \
         USER_SCRIPT_PARAM, USER_SCRIPT_RUNONCE, USER_SCRIPT_SUCCESSCODES, DOWNLOADINFO, CHECK_MEDIA, SAFE_MODE, \
@@ -425,6 +426,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     SCODEC = CFG["Transcoder"]["outputSubtitleCodec"].strip()
     BURN = int(CFG["Transcoder"]["burnInSubtitle"].strip())
     DEFAULTS = CFG["Transcoder"]["outputDefault"].strip()
+    HWACCEL = int(CFG["Transcoder"]["hwAccel"])
 
     allow_subs = ['.mkv','.mp4', '.m4v', 'asf', 'wma', 'wmv']
     codec_alias = {

nzbtomedia/transcoder/transcoder.py

@@ -347,7 +347,12 @@ def buildCommands(file, newDir):
     if nzbtomedia.OUTPUTFASTSTART:
         other_cmd.extend(['-movflags', '+faststart'])
 
-    command = [nzbtomedia.FFMPEG, '-loglevel', 'warning', '-i', file]
+    command = [nzbtomedia.FFMPEG, '-loglevel', 'warning']
+
+    if nzbtomedia.HWACCEL:
+        command.extend(['-hwaccel', 'auto'])
+
+    command.extend([ '-i', file])
 
     if nzbtomedia.SEMBED:
         filenum = 1