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nvenc encoding fails even with updated nvidia drivers
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H265 8-bit and H265 10-bit encoding fail immediately. As suggested, I updated the NVIDIA drivers, but to no avail.
Crash details
VC [09:09:40] VidCoder 12.10
VC [09:09:40] Starting job 1/1
VC [09:09:40] Source path: D:\Download\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\HellBoy.LUomo.Deforme.BD\HellBoy - L'Uomo Deforme BD Tasko.iso
VC [09:09:40] Destination path: E:\Film h265\HellBoy - L'Uomo Deforme BD Tasko - Title 3.mkv
VC [09:09:40] Title: 3
VC [09:09:40] Range: All
VC [09:09:40] Preset: Film h265 con gpu
VC [09:09:40] Picker: Personalizza
VC [09:09:40] Worker ready: Pipe 'VidCoderWorker.b479072d-ff23-49ad-b031-079e97f58bd7' is open
VC [09:09:40] Connecting to process 21444 on pipe VidCoderWorker.b479072d-ff23-49ad-b031-079e97f58bd7
HB [09:09:40] CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K
[09:09:40] - logical processor count: 24
[09:09:40] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no
[09:09:40] hb_scan: path=D:\Download\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\HellBoy.LUomo.Deforme.BD\HellBoy - L'Uomo Deforme BD Tasko.iso, title_index=3
src/libbluray/disc/aacs.c:121: No usable AACS libraries found!
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:137: Error opening registry key SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:795: BD-J check: Failed to load JVM library
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:137: Error opening registry key SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:795: BD-J check: Failed to load JVM library
[09:09:40] scan: BD has 6 title(s)
[09:09:40] bd: scanning title 3
[09:09:40] bd: playlist 00004.MPLS
[09:09:40] bd: duration is 01:39:16 (5956375 ms)
[09:09:40] bd: video id=0x1011, stream type=H.264, format 1080p
[09:09:40] bd: aspect = 16:9
[09:09:40] bd: audio id=0x711100, lang=italiano (DTS), 3cc=ita
[09:09:40] bd: audio id=0x1100, lang=italiano (DTS-HD MA), 3cc=ita
[09:09:40] bd: audio id=0x711101, lang=English (DTS), 3cc=eng
[09:09:40] bd: audio id=0x1101, lang=English (DTS-HD MA), 3cc=eng
[09:09:40] bd: subtitle id=0x1200, lang=italiano (PGS), 3cc=ita
[09:09:40] bd: subtitle id=0x1201, lang=italiano (PGS), 3cc=ita
[09:09:40] bd: chap 1, 450541 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 2, 495625 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 3, 543208 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 4, 518291 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 5, 446916 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 6, 524458 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 7, 488333 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 8, 508208 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 9, 486875 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 10, 500125 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 11, 497250 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chap 12, 495916 ms
[09:09:40] bd: chapter 13 too short 536017500, dropping
[09:09:40] bd: title 3 has 12 chapters
[09:09:40] scan: decoding previews for title 3
[09:09:40] scan: title angle(s) 1
[09:09:40] scan: audio 0x711101: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 English (DTS, 5.1 ch, 1536 kbps)
[09:09:40] scan: audio 0x1101: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1 English (DTS-HD MA, 5.1 ch)
[09:09:40] scan: audio 0x711100: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1536000 italiano (DTS, 5.1 ch, 1536 kbps)
[09:09:40] scan: audio 0x1100: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1 italiano (DTS-HD MA, 5.1 ch)
HB [09:09:41] using container PAR 1:1
[09:09:41] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 24.000 fps, autocrop = 138/138/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1, color profile: 1-1-1, chroma location: left
[09:09:41] stream: 10 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[09:09:41] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
HB [09:09:42] Starting work at: Sat Nov 01 09:09:42 2025
[09:09:42] 1 job(s) to process
[09:09:42] json job:
{
"Audio": {
"AudioList": [
{
"Bitrate": 384,
"DRC": 0,
"Encoder": "copy",
"Gain": 0,
"Mixdown": 7,
"NormalizeMixLevel": false,
"Samplerate": 48000,
"Track": 0,
"DitherMethod": 0
}
],
"CopyMask": [
"copy:aac",
"copy:ac3",
"copy:eac3",
"copy:truehd",
"copy:dts",
"copy:dtshd",
"copy:mp2",
"copy:mp3",
"copy:opus",
"copy:vorbis",
"copy:flac",
"copy:alac"
],
"FallbackEncoder": "av_aac"
},
"Destination": {
"ChapterList": [
{
"Name": "Chapter 1"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 2"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 3"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 4"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 5"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 6"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 7"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 8"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 9"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 10"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 11"
},
{
"Name": "Chapter 12"
}
],
"ChapterMarkers": true,
"AlignAVStart": false,
"File": "E:\\Film h265\\HellBoy - L\u0027Uomo Deforme BD Tasko - Title 3.part.mkv",
"Options": {
"IpodAtom": false,
"Optimize": false
},
"Mux": "av_mkv"
},
"Filters": {
"FilterList": [
{
"ID": 11,
"Settings": {
"mode": "1"
}
},
{
"ID": 20,
"Settings": {
"crop-bottom": "0",
"crop-left": "0",
"crop-right": "0",
"crop-top": "0",
"height": "1080",
"width": "1920"
}
}
]
},
"PAR": {
"Num": 1,
"Den": 1
},
"Metadata": {},
"SequenceID": 0,
"Source": {
"Angle": 1,
"Range": {
"Type": "chapter",
"Start": 1,
"End": 12
},
"Title": 3,
"Path": "D:\\Download\\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\\HellBoy.LUomo.Deforme.BD\\HellBoy - L\u0027Uomo Deforme BD Tasko.iso",
"HWDecode": 0,
"KeepDuplicateTitles": false
},
"Subtitle": {
"Search": {
"Burn": false,
"Default": false,
"Enable": true,
"Forced": true
},
"SubtitleList": [
{
"Burn": false,
"Default": true,
"Forced": false,
"ID": 1,
"Offset": 0,
"Track": 0
},
{
"Burn": false,
"Default": false,
"Forced": false,
"ID": 2,
"Offset": 0,
"Track": 1
}
]
},
"Video": {
"Encoder": "nvenc_h265",
"Level": "auto",
"MultiPass": false,
"Turbo": false,
"ColorMatrixCode": 0,
"Options": "strong-intra-smoothing=0:rect=0:aq-mode=1",
"Preset": "slowest",
"Profile": "auto",
"Quality": 19,
"HardwareDecode": 4
}
}
[09:09:42] Starting Task: Subtitle Scan
[09:09:42] work: skipping crop/scale filter
[09:09:42] job configuration:
[09:09:42] * source
[09:09:42] + D:\Download\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\HellBoy.LUomo.Deforme.BD\HellBoy - L'Uomo Deforme BD Tasko.iso
[09:09:42] + title 3, chapter(s) 1 to 12
[09:09:42] * destination
[09:09:42] + E:\Film h265\HellBoy - L'Uomo Deforme BD Tasko - Title 3.part.mkv
[09:09:42] + container: Matroska (libavformat)
[09:09:42] + chapter markers
[09:09:42] * video track
[09:09:42] + decoder: h264 8-bit (yuv420p)
[09:09:42] + bitrate 200 kbps
[09:09:42] + filter
[09:09:42] + Framerate Shaper (mode=1)
[09:09:42] + frame rate: 24.000 fps -> constant 24.000 fps
[09:09:42] + Output geometry
[09:09:42] + storage dimensions: 1920 x 1080
[09:09:42] + pixel aspect ratio: 1 : 1
[09:09:42] + display dimensions: 1920 x 1080
[09:09:42] * Foreign Audio Search: Passthru, Forced Only
[09:09:42] + subtitle, italiano (PGS) (track 0, id 0x1200, Picture)
[09:09:42] + subtitle, italiano (PGS) (track 1, id 0x1201, Picture)
src/libbluray/disc/aacs.c:121: No usable AACS libraries found!
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:137: Error opening registry key SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:795: BD-J check: Failed to load JVM library
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:137: Error opening registry key SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:795: BD-J check: Failed to load JVM library
[09:09:42] sync: expecting 142953 video frames
HB [09:09:54] reader: end of chapter 12 (media 12) reached at media chapter 13
[09:09:54] reader: done. 1 scr changes
[09:09:54] work: average encoding speed for job is 0.000000 fps
[09:09:54] vfr: 0 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR
[09:09:54] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[09:09:54] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
HB [09:09:54] stream: 142937 good frames, 0 errors (0%)
[09:09:54] h264-decoder done: 0 frames, 1 decoder errors
[09:09:54] sync: got 0 frames, 142953 expected
[09:09:54] Subtitle track 0 (id 0x1200) 'italiano (PGS)': 924 hits (0 forced)
[09:09:54] Subtitle track 1 (id 0x1201) 'italiano (PGS)': 1 hits (0 forced)
[09:09:54] Found a subtitle candidate with id 0x1201
[09:09:54] Starting Task: Encoding Pass
[09:09:54] work: skipping crop/scale filter
[09:09:54] Auto Passthru: allowed codecs are AAC, AC3, E-AC3, TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, MP2, MP3, Opus, Vorbis, FLAC, ALAC
[09:09:54] Auto Passthru: fallback is AAC (avcodec)
[09:09:54] Auto Passthru: using DTS Passthru for track 1
[09:09:54] job configuration:
[09:09:54] * source
[09:09:54] + D:\Download\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\HellBoy LUomo Deforme\HellBoy.LUomo.Deforme.BD\HellBoy - L'Uomo Deforme BD Tasko.iso
[09:09:54] + title 3, chapter(s) 1 to 12
[09:09:54] * destination
[09:09:54] + E:\Film h265\HellBoy - L'Uomo Deforme BD Tasko - Title 3.part.mkv
[09:09:54] + container: Matroska (libavformat)
[09:09:54] + chapter markers
[09:09:54] * video track
[09:09:54] + decoder: h264 8-bit (yuv420p)
[09:09:54] + bitrate 200 kbps
[09:09:54] + filter
[09:09:54] + Framerate Shaper (mode=1)
[09:09:54] + frame rate: 24.000 fps -> constant 24.000 fps
[09:09:54] + Output geometry
[09:09:54] + storage dimensions: 1920 x 1080
[09:09:54] + pixel aspect ratio: 1 : 1
[09:09:54] + display dimensions: 1920 x 1080
[09:09:54] + encoder: H.265 (NVEnc)
[09:09:54] + preset: slowest
[09:09:54] + options: strong-intra-smoothing=0:rect=0:aq-mode=1
[09:09:54] + profile: auto
[09:09:54] + level: auto
[09:09:54] + quality: 19.00 (CQ)
[09:09:54] + color profile: 1-1-1
[09:09:54] + color range: tv
[09:09:54] + chroma location: left
[09:09:54] * subtitle track 1, italiano (PGS) (track 1, id 0x1201, Picture) -> Passthru
[09:09:54] * subtitle track 2, italiano (PGS) (track 0, id 0x1200, Picture) -> Passthru, Default
[09:09:54] * audio track 1
[09:09:54] + decoder: italiano (DTS, 5.1 ch, 1536 kbps) (track 1, id 0x711100)
[09:09:54] + bitrate: 1536 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[09:09:54] + DTS Passthru
src/libbluray/disc/aacs.c:121: No usable AACS libraries found!
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:137: Error opening registry key SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:795: BD-J check: Failed to load JVM library
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:137: Error opening registry key SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\
src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c:795: BD-J check: Failed to load JVM library
[09:09:54] sync: expecting 142953 video frames
[09:09:54] encavcodecInit: H.265 (Nvidia NVENC)
[09:09:54] encavcodec: encoding at rc=vbr, 19.00
[09:09:54] encavcodec: encoding with stored aspect 1/1
[09:09:54] encavcodecInit: avcodec_open failed
HB E Failure to initialise thread 'FFMPEG encoder (libavcodec)'
HB [09:09:54] vfr: 0 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR
[09:09:54] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[09:09:54] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
[09:09:54] dca-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors
[09:09:54] h264-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors
[09:09:54] sync: got 0 frames, 142953 expected
HB [09:09:55] Finished work at: Sat Nov 01 09:09:55 2025
[09:09:55] libhb: work result = 3
VC E [09:09:55] Encode failed with code ErrorInit
VC [09:09:55] Job completed (Elapsed Time: 14s)
It has copy protection. https://vidcoder.net/Documentation/RippingDiscs.html
I tried another video, with the gpu it doesn't work
VC [20:21:56] VidCoder 12.10 VC [20:21:56] Starting job 1/1 VC [20:21:56] Source path: D:\mkv\I.fantastici.4.gli.inizi.2025\MARVEL STUDIOS' THE FANTASTIC FOUR- FIRST STEPS - BLU-RAY_t00.mkv VC [20:21:56] Destination path: E:\Film h265\I.fantastici.4.gli.inzi.2025.mkv VC [20:21:56] Title: 1 VC [20:21:56] Range: All VC [20:21:56] Preset: Film h265 con gpu VC [20:21:56] Picker: Personalizza VC [20:21:56] Worker ready: Pipe 'VidCoderWorker.5e524f09-73a6-46bd-b96a-6fb210373106' is open VC [20:21:56] Connecting to process 1000 on pipe VidCoderWorker.5e524f09-73a6-46bd-b96a-6fb210373106 HB [20:21:56] CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K [20:21:56] - logical processor count: 24 [20:21:56] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no [20:21:56] hb_scan: path=D:\mkv\I.fantastici.4.gli.inizi.2025\MARVEL STUDIOS' THE FANTASTIC FOUR- FIRST STEPS - BLU-RAY_t00.mkv, title_index=1 Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\mkv\I.fantastici.4.gli.inizi.2025\MARVEL STUDIOS' THE FANTASTIC FOUR- FIRST STEPS - BLU-RAY_t00.mkv': Metadata: title : MARVEL STUDIOS' THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS - BLU-RAY encoder : libmakemkv v1.18.2 (1.3.10/1.5.2) win(x64-release) creation_time : 2025-11-01T14:09:27.000000Z Duration: 01:54:42.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 27862 kb/s Chapters: Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 492.617125 Metadata: title : Chapter 01 Chapter #0:1: start 492.617125, end 1065.856458 Metadata: title : Chapter 02 Chapter #0:2: start 1065.856458, end 1779.402625 Metadata: title : Chapter 03 Chapter #0:3: start 1779.402625, end 1991.614625 Metadata: title : Chapter 04 Chapter #0:4: start 1991.614625, end 2519.600417 Metadata: title : Chapter 05 Chapter #0:5: start 2519.600417, end 3027.482792 Metadata: title : Chapter 06 Chapter #0:6: start 3027.482792, end 3479.225750 Metadata: title : Chapter 07 Chapter #0:7: start 3479.225750, end 3883.004125 Metadata: title : Chapter 08 Chapter #0:8: start 3883.004125, end 4143.347542 Metadata: title : Chapter 09 Chapter #0:9: start 4143.347542, end 4574.486583 Metadata: title : Chapter 10 Chapter #0:10: start 4574.486583, end 5067.771042 Metadata: title : Chapter 11 Chapter #0:11: start 5067.771042, end 5800.628167 Metadata: title : Chapter 12 Chapter #0:12: start 5800.628167, end 6047.082708 Metadata: title : Chapter 13 Chapter #0:13: start 6047.082708, end 6230.432542 Metadata: title : Chapter 14 Chapter #0:14: start 6230.432542, end 6345.922917 Metadata: title : Chapter 15 Chapter #0:15: start 6345.922917, end 6408.819083 Metadata: title : Chapter 16 Chapter #0:16: start 6408.819083, end 6882.083542 Metadata: title : Chapter 17 Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn Metadata: BPS-eng : 26859454 DURATION-eng : 01:54:42.083541666 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 165005 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 23106124137 SOURCE_ID-eng : 001011 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.18.2 win(x64-release) _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2025-11-01 14:09:27 _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID Stream #0:1(ita): Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, 7.1, fltp, 896 kb/s (default) Metadata: title : Surround 7.1 BPS-eng : 896000 DURATION-eng : 01:54:42.112000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 215066 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 770796544 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.18.2 win(x64-release) _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2025-11-01 14:09:27 _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:2(ita): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle (pgssub) Metadata: BPS-eng : 32357 DURATION-eng : 01:54:24.670312500 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 2724 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 27765642 SOURCE_ID-eng : 001201 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.18.2 win(x64-release) _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2025-11-01 14:09:27 _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID Stream #0:3(ita): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle (pgssub), 1920x1080 Metadata: BPS-eng : 72024 DURATION-eng : 01:54:23.711020833 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 4220 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 61794432 SOURCE_ID-eng : 001206 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.18.2 win(x64-release) _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2025-11-01 14:09:27 _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID Stream #0:4(ita): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle (pgssub) Metadata: BPS-eng : 255 DURATION-eng : 01:53:37.414770833 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 22 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 218035 SOURCE_ID-eng : 001209 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.18.2 win(x64-release) _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2025-11-01 14:09:27 _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID [20:21:56] scan: decoding previews for title 1 [20:21:56] scan: audio 0x1: eac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=896000 italiano (E-AC3, 7.1 ch, 896 kbps) HB [20:21:57] using container PAR 1:1 [20:21:57] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 23.976 fps, autocrop = 138/138/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1, color profile: 1-1-1, chroma location: left [20:21:57] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s) [20:21:57] Starting work at: Mon Nov 03 20:21:57 2025 [20:21:57] 1 job(s) to process [20:21:57] json job: { "Audio": { "AudioList": [ { "Bitrate": 160, "DRC": 0, "Encoder": "copy", "Gain": 0, "Mixdown": 6, "NormalizeMixLevel": false, "Samplerate": 48000, "Name": "Surround 7.1", "Track": 0, "DitherMethod": 0 } ], "CopyMask": [ "copy:aac", "copy:ac3", "copy:eac3", "copy:truehd", "copy:dts", "copy:dtshd", "copy:mp2", "copy:mp3", "copy:opus", "copy:vorbis", "copy:flac", "copy:alac" ], "FallbackEncoder": "none" }, "Destination": { "ChapterList": [ { "Name": "Chapter 1" }, { "Name": "Chapter 2" }, { "Name": "Chapter 3" }, { "Name": "Chapter 4" }, { "Name": "Chapter 5" }, { "Name": "Chapter 6" }, { "Name": "Chapter 7" }, { "Name": "Chapter 8" }, { "Name": "Chapter 9" }, { "Name": "Chapter 10" }, { "Name": "Chapter 11" }, { "Name": "Chapter 12" }, { "Name": "Chapter 13" }, { "Name": "Chapter 14" }, { "Name": "Chapter 15" }, { "Name": "Chapter 16" }, { "Name": "Chapter 17" } ], "ChapterMarkers": true, "AlignAVStart": false, "File": "E:\Film h265\I.fantastici.4.gli.inzi.2025.part.mkv", "Options": { "IpodAtom": false, "Optimize": false }, "Mux": "av_mkv" }, "Filters": { "FilterList": [ { "ID": 11, "Settings": { "mode": "1" } }, { "ID": 20, "Settings": { "crop-bottom": "0", "crop-left": "0", "crop-right": "0", "crop-top": "0", "height": "1080", "width": "1920" } } ] }, "PAR": { "Num": 1, "Den": 1 }, "Metadata": { "CreationTime": "2025-11-01T14:09:27.000000Z", "Name": "MARVEL STUDIOS\u0027 THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS - BLU-RAY" }, "SequenceID": 0, "Source": { "Angle": 1, "Range": { "Type": "chapter", "Start": 1, "End": 17 }, "Title": 1, "Path": "D:\mkv\I.fantastici.4.gli.inizi.2025\MARVEL STUDIOS\u0027 THE FANTASTIC FOUR- FIRST STEPS - BLU-RAY_t00.mkv", "HWDecode": 0, "KeepDuplicateTitles": false }, "Subtitle": { "Search": { "Burn": false, "Default": false, "Enable": true, "Forced": true }, "SubtitleList": [ { "Burn": false, "Default": true, "Forced": false, "ID": 1, "Offset": 0, "Track": 0 }, { "Burn": false, "Default": false, "Forced": false, "ID": 2, "Offset": 0, "Track": 1 }, { "Burn": false, "Default": false, "Forced": false, "ID": 3, "Offset": 0, "Track": 2 } ] }, "Video": { "Encoder": "nvenc_h265_10bit", "Level": "auto", "MultiPass": false, "Turbo": false, "ColorMatrixCode": 0, "Options": "strong-intra-smoothing=0:rect=0:aq-mode=1", "Preset": "slowest", "Profile": "auto", "Quality": 19, "HardwareDecode": 4 } } [20:21:57] Starting Task: Subtitle Scan [20:21:57] work: skipping crop/scale filter [20:21:57] job configuration: [20:21:57] * source [20:21:57] + D:\mkv\I.fantastici.4.gli.inizi.2025\MARVEL STUDIOS' THE FANTASTIC FOUR- FIRST STEPS - BLU-RAY_t00.mkv [20:21:57] + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 17 [20:21:57] + container: matroska,webm [20:21:57] + data rate: 27862 kbps [20:21:57] * destination [20:21:57] + E:\Film h265\I.fantastici.4.gli.inzi.2025.part.mkv [20:21:57] + container: Matroska (libavformat) [20:21:57] + chapter markers [20:21:57] * video track [20:21:57] + decoder: h264 8-bit (yuv420p) [20:21:57] + filters [20:21:57] + Framerate Shaper (mode=1) [20:21:57] + frame rate: 23.976 fps -> constant 23.976 fps [20:21:57] + Format (format=p010le) [20:21:57] + Output geometry [20:21:57] + storage dimensions: 1920 x 1080 [20:21:57] + pixel aspect ratio: 1 : 1 [20:21:57] + display dimensions: 1920 x 1080 [20:21:57] * Foreign Audio Search: Passthru, Forced Only [20:21:57] + subtitle, italiano (PGS) (track 0, id 0x2, Picture) [20:21:57] + subtitle, italiano (PGS) (track 1, id 0x3, Picture) [20:21:57] + subtitle, italiano (PGS) (track 2, id 0x4, Picture) [20:21:57] sync: expecting 165004 video frames HB [20:22:08] reader: done. 1 scr changes HB [20:22:09] work: average encoding speed for job is 0.000000 fps [20:22:09] vfr: 0 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR [20:22:09] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames) [20:22:09] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for) [20:22:09] h264-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors [20:22:09] sync: got 0 frames, 165004 expected [20:22:09] Subtitle track 0 (id 0x2) 'italiano (PGS)': 1362 hits (0 forced) [20:22:09] Subtitle track 1 (id 0x3) 'italiano (PGS)': 2110 hits (0 forced) [20:22:09] Subtitle track 2 (id 0x4) 'italiano (PGS)': 11 hits (0 forced) [20:22:09] Found a subtitle candidate with id 0x4 [20:22:09] Starting Task: Encoding Pass [20:22:09] work: skipping crop/scale filter [20:22:09] Auto Passthru: allowed codecs are AAC, AC3, E-AC3, TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, MP2, MP3, Opus, Vorbis, FLAC, ALAC [20:22:09] Auto Passthru: fallback is None [20:22:09] Auto Passthru: using E-AC3 Passthru for track 1 [20:22:09] job configuration: [20:22:09] * source [20:22:09] + D:\mkv\I.fantastici.4.gli.inizi.2025\MARVEL STUDIOS' THE FANTASTIC FOUR- FIRST STEPS - BLU-RAY_t00.mkv [20:22:09] + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 17 [20:22:09] + container: matroska,webm [20:22:09] + data rate: 27862 kbps [20:22:09] * destination [20:22:09] + E:\Film h265\I.fantastici.4.gli.inzi.2025.part.mkv [20:22:09] + container: Matroska (libavformat) [20:22:09] + chapter markers [20:22:09] * video track [20:22:09] + decoder: h264 8-bit (yuv420p) [20:22:09] + filters [20:22:09] + Framerate Shaper (mode=1) [20:22:09] + frame rate: 23.976 fps -> constant 23.976 fps [20:22:09] + Format (format=p010le) [20:22:09] + Output geometry [20:22:09] + storage dimensions: 1920 x 1080 [20:22:09] + pixel aspect ratio: 1 : 1 [20:22:09] + display dimensions: 1920 x 1080 [20:22:09] + encoder: H.265 10-bit (NVEnc) [20:22:09] + preset: slowest [20:22:09] + options: strong-intra-smoothing=0:rect=0:aq-mode=1 [20:22:09] + profile: auto [20:22:09] + level: auto [20:22:09] + quality: 19.00 (CQ) [20:22:09] + color profile: 1-1-1 [20:22:09] + color range: tv [20:22:09] + chroma location: left [20:22:09] * subtitle track 1, italiano (PGS) (track 2, id 0x4, Picture) -> Passthru [20:22:09] * subtitle track 2, italiano (PGS) (track 0, id 0x2, Picture) -> Passthru, Default [20:22:09] * subtitle track 3, italiano (PGS) (track 1, id 0x3, Picture) -> Passthru [20:22:09] * audio track 1 [20:22:09] + name: Surround 7.1 [20:22:09] + decoder: italiano (E-AC3, 7.1 ch, 896 kbps) (track 1, id 0x1) [20:22:09] + bitrate: 896 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz [20:22:09] + E-AC3 Passthru [20:22:09] sync: expecting 165004 video frames [20:22:09] encavcodecInit: H.265 (Nvidia NVENC) [20:22:09] encavcodec: encoding at rc=vbr, 19.00 [20:22:09] encavcodec: encoding with stored aspect 1/1 [hevc_nvenc @ 000002f645eab280] Driver does not support the required nvenc API version. Required: 13.0 Found: 12.1 [hevc_nvenc @ 000002f645eab280] The minimum required Nvidia driver for nvenc is (unknown) or newer [20:22:09] encavcodecInit: avcodec_open failed HB E Failure to initialise thread 'FFMPEG encoder (libavcodec)' HB [20:22:09] vfr: 0 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR [20:22:09] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames) [20:22:09] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for) [20:22:09] eac3-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors [20:22:09] h264-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors [20:22:09] sync: got 0 frames, 165004 expected HB [20:22:09] Finished work at: Mon Nov 03 20:22:09 2025 [20:22:09] libhb: work result = 3 VC E [20:22:09] Encode failed with code ErrorInit VC [20:22:09] Job completed (Elapsed Time: 13s)
This issue has started with version 12.12,
can we please get this fixed as I exclusively use hardware encoding with vidcoder.
Another example of a failed conversion:
VC [15:39:05] VidCoder 12.12 VC [15:39:05] Starting job 1/1 VC [15:39:05] Source path: D:\mkv\Van.Helsing.S04\01.Destino.oscuro.mkv VC [15:39:05] Destination path: E:\Film h265\01.Destino.oscuro.mkv VC [15:39:05] Title: 1 VC [15:39:05] Range: All VC [15:39:05] Preset: Film h265 con gpu VC [15:39:05] Picker: Personalizza VC [15:39:05] Worker ready: Pipe 'VidCoderWorker.8fc8f6d8-91a5-4368-98c1-82e93286c6ee' is open VC [15:39:05] Connecting to process 14200 on pipe VidCoderWorker.8fc8f6d8-91a5-4368-98c1-82e93286c6ee HB [15:39:05] CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K [15:39:05] - logical processor count: 24 [15:39:05] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no [15:39:05] hb_scan: path=D:\mkv\Van.Helsing.S04\01.Destino.oscuro.mkv, title_index=1 Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\mkv\Van.Helsing.S04\01.Destino.oscuro.mkv': Metadata: encoder : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1 creation_time : 2025-11-01T20:07:10.000000Z Duration: 00:43:27.38, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31048 kb/s Chapters: Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 677.760400 Metadata: title : Chapter 01 Chapter #0:1: start 677.760400, end 1297.045733 Metadata: title : Chapter 02 Chapter #0:2: start 1297.045733, end 1846.719867 Metadata: title : Chapter 03 Chapter #0:3: start 1846.719867, end 2607.379000 Metadata: title : Chapter 04 Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn (default) Metadata: BPS : 26674656 DURATION : 00:42:53.238000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 61696 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 8580029819 SOURCE_ID : 001011 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2025-11-01 20:07:10 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID Stream #0:1(ita): Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 640 kb/s (default) Metadata: title : Italian BPS : 640000 DURATION : 00:43:27.360000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 81480 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 208588800 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2025-11-01 20:07:10 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: dts (dca) (DTS-HD MA), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s32p (24 bit) Metadata: title : DTS-HD BPS : 3467771 DURATION : 00:42:53.237000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 241241 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 1115424876 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2025-11-01 20:07:10 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:3(eng): Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 640 kb/s Metadata: title : English BPS : 640000 DURATION : 00:43:27.360000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 81480 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 208588800 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2025-11-01 20:07:10 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:4(ita): Subtitle: subrip (srt) (default) (forced) Metadata: title : Italian [Forced] BPS : 0 DURATION : 00:16:08.634000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 3 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 93 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2025-11-01 20:07:10 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:5(ita): Subtitle: subrip (srt) Metadata: title : Italian BPS : 51 DURATION : 00:41:58.808000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 590 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 16329 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2025-11-01 20:07:10 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:6(eng): Subtitle: subrip (srt) Metadata: title : English [SDH] BPS : 62 DURATION : 00:42:33.634000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 727 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 20079 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2025-11-01 20:07:10 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:7(eng): Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle (pgssub), 1920x1080 Metadata: title : English (SDH) BPS : 41674 DURATION : 00:41:58.724000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 1518 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 13120685 SOURCE_ID : 001200 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2025-11-01 20:07:10 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID [15:39:05] scan: decoding previews for title 1 [15:39:05] scan: audio 0x2: dca, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=1 English (DTS-HD MA, 5.1 ch) [15:39:05] scan: audio 0x1: eac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=640000 italiano (E-AC3, 5.1 ch, 640 kbps) [15:39:05] scan: audio 0x3: eac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=640000 English (E-AC3, 5.1 ch, 640 kbps) HB [15:39:06] using container PAR 1:1 [15:39:06] scan: 10 previews, 1920x1080, 23.976 fps, autocrop = 0/0/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 1:1, color profile: 1-1-1, chroma location: left [15:39:06] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s) HB [15:39:06] Starting work at: Sat Nov 15 15:39:06 2025 [15:39:06] 1 job(s) to process [15:39:06] json job: { "Audio": { "AudioList": [ { "Bitrate": 160, "DRC": 0, "Encoder": "copy", "Gain": 0, "Mixdown": 6, "NormalizeMixLevel": false, "Samplerate": 48000, "Name": "Italian", "Track": 0, "DitherMethod": 0 } ], "CopyMask": [ "copy:aac", "copy:ac3", "copy:eac3", "copy:truehd", "copy:dts", "copy:dtshd", "copy:mp2", "copy:mp3", "copy:opus", "copy:vorbis", "copy:flac", "copy:alac" ], "FallbackEncoder": "none" }, "Destination": { "ChapterList": [ { "Name": "Chapter 1" }, { "Name": "Chapter 2" }, { "Name": "Chapter 3" }, { "Name": "Chapter 4" } ], "ChapterMarkers": true, "AlignAVStart": false, "File": "E:\Film h265\01.Destino.oscuro.part.mkv", "Options": { "IpodAtom": false, "Optimize": false }, "Mux": "av_mkv" }, "Filters": { "FilterList": [ { "ID": 11, "Settings": { "mode": "1" } }, { "ID": 20, "Settings": { "crop-bottom": "0", "crop-left": "0", "crop-right": "0", "crop-top": "0", "height": "1080", "width": "1920" } } ] }, "PAR": { "Num": 1, "Den": 1 }, "Metadata": { "CreationTime": "2025-11-01T20:07:10.000000Z" }, "SequenceID": 0, "Source": { "Angle": 1, "Range": { "Type": "chapter", "Start": 1, "End": 4 }, "Title": 1, "Path": "D:\mkv\Van.Helsing.S04\01.Destino.oscuro.mkv", "HWDecode": 0, "KeepDuplicateTitles": false }, "Subtitle": { "Search": { "Burn": false, "Default": false, "Enable": true, "Forced": true }, "SubtitleList": [ { "Burn": false, "Default": true, "Forced": false, "ID": 1, "Offset": 0, "Track": 0, "Name": "Italian [Forced]" }, { "Burn": false, "Default": false, "Forced": false, "ID": 2, "Offset": 0, "Track": 1, "Name": "Italian" } ] }, "Video": { "Encoder": "nvenc_h265_10bit", "Level": "auto", "MultiPass": false, "Turbo": false, "ColorMatrixCode": 0, "Options": "strong-intra-smoothing=0:rect=0:aq-mode=1", "Preset": "slowest", "Profile": "auto", "Quality": 18, "HardwareDecode": 4 } } [15:39:06] Skipping subtitle scan. No suitable subtitle tracks. [15:39:06] Starting Task: Encoding Pass [15:39:06] work: skipping crop/scale filter [15:39:06] Auto Passthru: allowed codecs are AAC, AC3, E-AC3, TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, MP2, MP3, Opus, Vorbis, FLAC, ALAC [15:39:06] Auto Passthru: fallback is None [15:39:06] Auto Passthru: using E-AC3 Passthru for track 1 [15:39:06] job configuration: [15:39:06] * source [15:39:06] + D:\mkv\Van.Helsing.S04\01.Destino.oscuro.mkv [15:39:06] + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 4 [15:39:06] + container: matroska,webm [15:39:06] + data rate: 31048 kbps [15:39:06] * destination [15:39:06] + E:\Film h265\01.Destino.oscuro.part.mkv [15:39:06] + container: Matroska (libavformat) [15:39:06] + chapter markers [15:39:06] * video track [15:39:06] + decoder: h264 8-bit (yuv420p) [15:39:06] + filters [15:39:06] + Framerate Shaper (mode=1) [15:39:06] + frame rate: 23.976 fps -> constant 23.976 fps [15:39:06] + Format (format=p010le) [15:39:06] + Output geometry [15:39:06] + storage dimensions: 1920 x 1080 [15:39:06] + pixel aspect ratio: 1 : 1 [15:39:06] + display dimensions: 1920 x 1080 [15:39:06] + encoder: H.265 10-bit (NVEnc) [15:39:06] + preset: slowest [15:39:06] + options: strong-intra-smoothing=0:rect=0:aq-mode=1 [15:39:06] + profile: auto [15:39:06] + level: auto [15:39:06] + quality: 18.00 (CQ) [15:39:06] + color profile: 1-1-1 [15:39:06] + color range: tv [15:39:06] + chroma location: left [15:39:06] * subtitle track 1, italiano (UTF-8) (track 0, id 0x4, Text) -> Passthru, Default [15:39:06] + name: Italian [Forced] [15:39:06] * subtitle track 2, italiano (UTF-8) (track 1, id 0x5, Text) -> Passthru [15:39:06] + name: Italian [15:39:06] * audio track 1 [15:39:06] + name: Italian [15:39:06] + decoder: italiano (E-AC3, 5.1 ch, 640 kbps) (track 1, id 0x1) [15:39:06] + bitrate: 640 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz [15:39:06] + E-AC3 Passthru [15:39:06] sync: expecting 62514 video frames [15:39:06] encavcodecInit: H.265 (Nvidia NVENC) [15:39:06] encavcodec: encoding at rc=vbr, 18.00 [15:39:06] encavcodec: encoding with stored aspect 1/1 [hevc_nvenc @ 0000023199539500] Driver does not support the required nvenc API version. Required: 13.0 Found: 12.1 [hevc_nvenc @ 0000023199539500] The minimum required Nvidia driver for nvenc is (unknown) or newer [15:39:06] encavcodecInit: avcodec_open failed HB E Failure to initialise thread 'FFMPEG encoder (libavcodec)' HB [15:39:06] vfr: 0 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR [15:39:06] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames) [15:39:06] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for) [15:39:06] eac3-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors [15:39:06] h264-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors [15:39:06] sync: got 0 frames, 62514 expected HB [15:39:06] Finished work at: Sat Nov 15 15:39:06 2025 [15:39:06] libhb: work result = 3 VC E [15:39:06] Encode failed with code ErrorInit VC [15:39:06] Job completed (Elapsed Time: 1s)
Problem solved, I updated the NVIDIA drivers again, latest version 581.57. The previous update did not update properly.