MainConcept has released Codec SDK 17.0, which extends its Easy Video API (EVA) to support end-to-end transcoding pipelines on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for Linux Arm and NETINT Quadra VPUs for Linux x86. This update aims to unify hardware-accelerated workflows under a single API to reduce integration costs and maintenance for developers.
This release addresses the growing complexity of hybrid cloud and on-premises streaming infrastructures by abstracting hardware-specific requirements behind a single API. By supporting both NVIDIA Blackwell and NETINT VPUs, MainConcept allows engineers to swap or mix hardware targets without rewriting core transcoding logic, significantly lowering the barrier to adopting new silicon. This move signals a shift toward software-defined workflows where codec compliance and hardware acceleration are decoupled from specific vendor libraries. As the industry moves toward more diverse Arm-based cloud instances, watch for MainConcept to add similar end-to-end pipeline support for AMD and Intel GPUs to complete its cross-vendor ecosystem.
MainConcept Codec SDK 17.0 now supports NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and NETINT Quadra VPUs, enabling end-to-end transcoding pipelines via a unified API. This update simplifies development by abstracting hardware-specific requirements, allowing engineers to mix hardware targets without rewriting core logic, which reportedly reduces development effort and costs by over 80 percent.
The SDK now supports NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs on Linux Arm and NETINT Quadra VPUs on Linux x86.
It unifies hardware-accelerated workflows, including decoding, scaling, and encoding, into a single development environment, which can reduce development effort and costs by more than 80%.
The SDK allows for an automatic fallback to MainConcept software codecs for professional formats like Sony XAVC.
The integration supports 4:2:0 8-bit and 10-bit processing for resolutions up to 8K.
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