Transcode video with FFmpeg and NVIDIA NVENC hardware encoding on an NVIDIA Tesla P40 (24 GB VRAM, Pascal architecture). GPU servers are not orderable yet; contact us to be notified when they are.
$ apt install ffmpeg && ffmpeg -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i input.mp4 -c:v h264_nvenc -preset p7 output.mp4
# Example install command
FFmpeg built with NVIDIA support uses NVENC for encoding and NVDEC for decoding, which is much faster than CPU-only transcoding.
Hardware H.264 and H.265 encoding.
Hardware video decoding frees the CPU for other work.
24 GB of VRAM leaves room for high-resolution video pipelines.
Encode several streams in parallel on the GPU.
FFmpeg GPU can use an NVIDIA GPU to speed up its work. VPS.org GPU servers are not available to order yet; contact us to hear when they are. FFmpeg GPU is a general GPU-accelerated workload. Make sure your software has CUDA support and that your driver / runtime versions match the workload requirements for FFmpeg GPU.
GPU servers are not available to order yet. Today you can run FFmpeg GPU on a regular CPU plan, where it works far more slowly than on a GPU: SSH in and run apt install ffmpeg && ffmpeg -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i input.mp4 -c:v h264_nvenc -preset p7 output.mp4.
VRAM needs for FFmpeg GPU depend on the model and batch size; check the project documentation for current figures.
GPU pricing will be published when GPU servers can be ordered. Contact us if you want to hear when that happens.
Yes. Every VPS.org server comes with full root access, so you can run other tools alongside FFmpeg GPU within the server's RAM and storage.
Every VPS.org server comes with full root SSH access, so you can install drivers, libraries and FFmpeg GPU however you need.
No. No server comes with a CUDA runtime or NVIDIA driver preinstalled, and GPU servers are not available to order yet. You install the versions FFmpeg GPU needs yourself.
Yes. VPS.org servers are persistent virtual machines, not ephemeral instances: FFmpeg GPU models, configs and data stay on the server's SSD storage until you delete them.
Keep working data on the server's SSD for fast access during FFmpeg GPU runs, and copy finished artifacts (weights, generations, embeddings) to storage outside VPS.org; snapshots and backups stay on the same storage cluster.
You can upgrade any VPS.org server to a larger plan from the control panel; the resize restarts it and your FFmpeg GPU install carries over. GPU servers are not available yet.
Yes. Backups are a paid add-on (daily +30% of the plan price, kept 7 days; weekly +20%, kept 28 days) and snapshots are free, which is useful before long FFmpeg GPU runs. Both stay on the same storage cluster as the server.
Contact support within 30 days of your first purchase to request a refund. GPU servers are not sold yet, so no GPU order is involved.
GPU servers are not orderable yet. Tell us about your workload and we will let you know when they are.