@andreapaz So if I understand correctly, in this case, during rendering, if we use nvenc it will still be the graphics card that will be used?
Yes, using the …-nvenc preset will use the GPU, unless there are problems.
If that doesnt seem to work, try running CinGG from a terminal and report the messages on the hardware.
Though I prefer my CPU Xeon 14c/28t rendering at desktop (and the quality) I would like to have a quicker solution for my mobile workstation 4c/8t with Quadro P4000 to do some quick previews.
Can you say whether it plays out for you?
I dont like to install proprietary nvidia drivers but I would if you say nvenc plays out well for you.
With nouveau drivers I dont need to care of anything. With the nvidia drivers there probably is more to take care of.
I have AMD graphics and so I cannot advise you directly.
I dont think noveau supports cuda/nvenc/nvdec. However having a Quadro card with noveau means sacrificing it; unfortunately the graphics/video world does not have good support in the Open.
The nvidia drivers for linux have always been very powerful.
It was just the updating process and the lack of need why I swapped to nouveau.
If @chapolin says nvenc works very well I would switch from nouveau to nvidia proprietary.
edit: I changed to proprietary nvidia-driver at the mobile workstation with Quadro P4000.
Also I see that histogram and probably other plugins are slowing down playback dramatically. Maybe GPU acceleration would improve playback performance too.
edit: histogram doesnt seem to profit of GPU acceleration.