With the latest Adobe Premiere Pro Beta build we have enabled Hardware Accelerated Encoding on Mac (Intel and M1) for 10 bit 4:2:0 HEVC*.
What does this mean for you? It means that export times for your 10 bit 4:2:0 HEVC footage are significantly faster on Mac Intel and M1 systems.
Minimum OS version required for this feature to be enabled is macOS Big Sur (version 11).
To enable this option, select HEVC from the Format drop-down under Export Settings. Then under the Video tab, go to Encoding Settings. If system supports HW encoding, Performance field will be set to Hardware Encoding. Set the profile level to Main 10. Setting it to Software Encoding will disable hardware encoding and Adobe Premiere Pro won't use HW to encode the media. Please see attached screenshot.
Feature is enabled in Adobe Premiere Pro Beta and Adobe Media Encoder Beta.
Please try out the feature and share your feedback.
*: On M1 systems HEVC HLG 4:2:0 10 bit Encode will still encode via SW. We are working on this to fix it.
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