When I use Adobe Media Encoder, I am not given the option to use OpenCL or CUDA graphics acceleration when rendering. Naturally, this leads to very slow rendering speeds and a bottleneck in our production process.I recently read somewhere that all you need to do is actually add your graphics card to the list of supported cards in a .txt file. The problem is:I don't know where this file resides in the Adobe program foldersI don't know how I would add my computer's graphics card to this txt fileIf someone has done this previously, or has some experience with enabling the Media Encoder CUDA or OpenCL acceleration, I would appreciate some help on this matter.How can I enable CUDA GPU acceleration?

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When I use Adobe Media Encoder, I am not given the option to use OpenCL or CUDA graphics acceleration when rendering. Naturally, this leads to very slow rendering speeds and a bottleneck in our production process.

I recently read somewhere that all you need to do is actually add your graphics card to the list of supported cards in a .txt file. The problem is:

I don't know where this file resides in the Adobe program folders
I don't know how I would add my computer's graphics card to this txt file

If someone has done this previously, or has some experience with enabling the Media Encoder CUDA or OpenCL acceleration, I would appreciate some help on this matter.

How can I enable CUDA GPU acceleration?

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Thank you for the detailed response Warren and others. I am not opposed to buying a higher end graphics card to use with Premier.

However, I am not sure which kind I would need as I am working on a laptop (Samsung Series 9). I am not opposed to opening the wallet in order to make this laptop useful for encoding and rendering videos and graphic animations.

Could you recommend a few graphics cards (if I have understood you correctly) which would make this possible?

Thanks for any advice.

‌This laptop is your limiting factor. It is way too underpowered and cannot be modified to make it Workable.

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gavinbLCE

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I am having trouble enable CUDA acceleration on H264 exports. It used to work but I think one of the latest updates disabled it and I can't re-enable. I am running Windows 10, Intel 6800k CPU and GTX1080 GPU.

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RjL190365

Brainiac

Actually, the H.264 encoding acceleration only uses the Intel QuickSync feature. It does NOT use CUDA or OpenCL at all. Thus, if you have an HEDT platform, which requires a discrete GPU just to even run at all, then you cannot have hardware H.264 encoder acceleration at all. In other words, the encoding is entirely software only with that platform. QuickSync requires a mainstream Intel CPU and platform with integrated Intel HD / UHD / Iris Graphics enabled – in other words, a downgrade from the HEDT platform – just to even use the hardware H.264 encoder. The HEDT platform, such as your i7-6800K, does not support integrated graphics at all, and thus does not support QuickSync at all.

Remember, the H.264 hardware encoding acceleration is completely different from the MPE GPU renderer acceleration. The former works AFTER the video clip has already been pre-rendered, while the latter works BEFORE the video clip gets converted or transcoded. Different times, different purposes.

On the other hand, if you were using NVENC to accelerate H.264 exports, then be aware that Adobe does not officially support NVENC in ANY version of Premiere Pro. There are, however, third-party plugins that are supposed to add NVENC support in Premiere, but they may not work properly in all systems or in all versions of Premiere Pro.

hellopaul4

Inspiring

Interesting. I came here, searching for why Adobe Media Encoder does not use any of my CUDA cores when encoding H.264, despite having it turned on in AME's settings. I recently swapped out some older cards (an Nvidia GTX580 and an Nvidia Quadro 4000) for a new Nvidia GTX1080Ti. GPU acceleration never worked with those older cards, and I've just done an H.264 encode, and took a look at my GPU & CPU activity, and all the work was being done by the CPU (GPU around 0% to 1%, CPU around 100%). The process was to convert a 1GB Cineform .mov to a 100MB H.264 .mov.

So is this what you're saying:

GPU acceleration is only used when, say, exporting a sequence from Premiere that needs a lot of rendering (effects, scaling, multi-layers, etc)?

GPU acceleration is not used at all when transcoding from one codec to another?

If that's the case, then that means GPU acceleration is basically a lie - surely transcoding, especially to such a widely used format as H.264, is Media Encoder's raison d'etre?!

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danielc95651660

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Hello,

I just got an ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB for my Mac

2009 MacPro 4.1

2.66 quad-core

OS X 10.11

is there anyway I can get it to work w CUDA GPU and creative cloud apps?

please advise

thank you!

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RjL190365

Brainiac

Unfortunately, a resounding NO. No Radeon GPU has ever supported CUDA to begin with as that technology is restricted to Nvidia GPUs. What's more, the HD 4870 is now obsolete – which means that it's too old to even support the version of OpenCL that newer versions of Premiere Pro require for OpenCL GPU acceleration support. And even if the HD 4870 weren't obsolete, it still has too little RAM on the card to even enable OpenCL acceleration at all (1GB or more RAM on the GPU is required to even enable MPE GPU acceleration at all).

As a result, you're permanently stuck with software-only rendering.

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danielc95651660

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As I feared, thanks for the info

growthwise

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Hi - don't mean to be hijacking a thread but is this the same process for Premiere Pro CC2015 on a Mac? My card is apparently supported but I'm struggling to get it to work.

PaleusAuthor

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I'm using Creative Cloud. I've created a cuda_supported_cards.txt and placed it in my Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 folder as one did not exist previously.

Here is a read on my GPU using the GPUSniffer.exe.

My .txt file currently looks like this:

Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000

What do I need to add to this file?

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Warren Heaton10841144

Community Expert

Hi Paleus:

If you'd like to take advantage of the optional Adobe-certifed GPU-accelerated performance in Premiere Pro, you'll need to see if your computer supports installing one of the AMD or NVIDIA video adapters listed below (this is copied from Premiere Pro System Requirements for Mac OS and Windows if you'd like to view all the full system requirements). Since you've indicated that you're using CC 2014, I've pasted the supported cards for that version.

If you can't install one of the Adobe-certified video cards, you'll need to migrate to a computer system that does (that is, purchase a new computer that has one of the Adobe-certified GPUs).

Is your Creative Cloud subscription for individuals? If so, you can install and activate CC 2014 on a new computer and keep it on your current computer. (It's a non-simultaneous use license, so if you're running Premiere on one machine, you're not supposed to run it on the other machine at the same time.) If you ever add a third computer to the mix, you could have CC installed on all three, but only have your Adobe ID actively logged in on two machines at a time.

One last suggestion: Have you been able to work an a system that supports GPU-sccelerated performance? If new hardware is needed, I find it helpful to benchmark what will be accelerated and by how much before investing in it.

Take care,

Warren

Recommended AMD and NVIDIA video adapters for GPU acceleration - Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2014)

Windows CUDA:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN
NVIDIA Quadro 2000
NVIDIA Quadro 2000D
NVIDIA Quadro 2000M
NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
NVIDIA Quadro 4000M
NVIDIA Quadro 5000
NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
NVIDIA Quadro 5010M
NVIDIA Quadro 6000
NVIDIA Quadro K1100M
NVIDIA Quadro K2000
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
NVIDIA Quadro K2200
NVIDIA Quadro K2000M
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
NVIDIA Quadro K4000
NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
NVIDIA Quadro K4100M
NVIDIA Quadro K4200
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
NVIDIA Quadro K5200
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
NVIDIA Tesla C2050
NVIDIA Tesla C2070
NVIDIA Tesla C2075
NVIDIA Tesla M2050
NVIDIA Tesla M2070
NVIDIA Tesla K10

Mac CUDA:

GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 675MX
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX 680MX
GeForce GT 650M
GeForce GT 750M
GeForce GT 755M
GeForce GTX 775M
GeForce GTX 780M
Quadro CX
Quadro FX 4800
Quadro 4000
Quadro K5000

Windows OpenCL:

AMD FirePro M2000
AMD FirePro M4000
AMD FirePro M5950
AMD FirePro M6000
AMD FirePro S7000
AMD FirePro S9000
AMD FirePro S10000
AMD FirePro V3900
AMD FirePro V4900
AMD FirePro V5900
AMD FirePro V7900
AMD FirePro W2100
AMD FirePro W4100
AMD FirePro W5000
AMD FirePro W5100
AMD FirePro W7000
AMD FirePro W7100
AMD FirePro W8000
AMD FirePro W8100
AMD FirePro W9000
AMD FirePro W9100
AMD FirePro W4170W FireGL V
AMD FirePro M5100 FireGL V
AMD FirePro M6100 FireGL V
AMD A10-7800 APU
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
AMD Radeon HD 6750
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
AMD Radeon HD 6770
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
AMD Radeon HD 6950
AMD Radeon HD 6970
AMD Radeon HD 7480D
AMD Radeon HD 7510M
AMD Radeon HD 7530M
AMD Radeon HD 7540D
AMD Radeon HD 7550M
AMD Radeon HD 7560D
AMD Radeon HD 7570
AMD Radeon HD 7570M
AMD Radeon HD 7590M
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
AMD Radeon HD 7630M
AMD Radeon HD 7650M
AMD Radeon HD 7660D
AMD Radeon HD 7670
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
AMD Radeon HD 7690M
AMD Radeon HD 7730M
AMD Radeon HD 7750
AMD Radeon HD 7750M
AMD Radeon HD 7770
AMD Radeon HD 7770M
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon HD 7950
AMD Radeon HD 7970
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 8470
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
AMD Radeon HD 8570
AMD Radeon HD 8570M
AMD Radeon HD 8670
AMD Radeon HD 8670M
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
AMD Radeon HD 8740
AMD Radeon HD 8750M
AMD Radeon HD 8760
AMD Radeon HD 8770M
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
AMD Radeon HD 8870
AMD Radeon HD 8950
AMD Radeon HD 8970
AMD Radeon R7 265
AMD Radeon R7 APU
AMD Radeon R7260X
AMD Radeon R7M260
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 280X
AMD Radeon R9 285
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Mac OpenCL:

ATI Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Radeon HD 6770M
AMD FirePro D300
AMD FirePro D500
AMD FirePro D700
AMD Radeon HD 7950
GeForce GT 650M
GeForce GT 750M
GeForce GT 755M
GeForce GTX 675MX
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX 680MX
GeForce GTX 775M
GeForce GTX 780M
Quadro K5000
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

PaleusAuthor

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Thank you for the detailed response Warren and others. I am not opposed to buying a higher end graphics card to use with Premier.

However, I am not sure which kind I would need as I am working on a laptop (Samsung Series 9). I am not opposed to opening the wallet in order to make this laptop useful for encoding and rendering videos and graphic animations.

Could you recommend a few graphics cards (if I have understood you correctly) which would make this possible?

Thanks for any advice.

John T Smith

Community Expert

the nVidia Hack http://forums.adobe.com/thread/629557 is for CS6 and earlier... is that what you have?

CUDA, OpenCL, Mercury Playback Engine, and Adobe Premiere Pro | Premiere Pro work area

Recommended AMD and NVIDIA video adapters for GPU acceleration - Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2014)

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