Viewing NVENC h264 output live

Accelerated Computing GPU-Accelerated Libraries
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Hi there,

I’m using the NVENC library in a simple custom app, and it works very well. I can easily generate an h264 stream, and use a socket to send it anywhere I want. I’ve verified that it’s valid, and I can save the stream and covert it to another format.

Here’s the problem: What my client really wants (which I assume is the most common use for NVENC) is to be able to view the output live. Open a browser (or even a custom app) and watch the video as it’s generated. I’ve searched, and so far not found any way to do this, short of developing a brand new special-case video-streaming client.

What do other people use to view the output of the NVENC lib? (I’m encoding using the CNvEncoderH264 sample, which is spiffy and easy.)

Thanks very much.

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Hi there,
Just checking in on this. If viewing NVENC output is part of the QA process, I’d love to know how it’s normally done.
Thanks.