Function not implemented: 'avcodec_open2("hevc_nvenc", {})'

[whoshallsucceed]

Running this command auto-editor --margin 0.3s GX010647.MP4 throws Function not implemented: 'avcodec_open2("hevc_nvenc", {})'.

I know nothing about encoding, video and what not so I don't know what it's saying. All I found that looked related was something from 7 years ago (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43244894/no-nvenc-capable-devices-found). The answer is Mandarin to me.

[hardlevel]

I'm having the same problem

[WyattBlue]

Try upgrading your NVIDIA drivers.

[whoshallsucceed]

I am running a Debian distrib (PopOS) and I just made sure it is updated:

Mon Apr 14 12:22:07 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.133.07             Driver Version: 570.133.07     CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| N/A   44C    P8              5W /  115W |     566MiB /   8188MiB |      7%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

The error message slightly changed but still referring to the same bit with an even more obscure error message:

Error! [Errno 1313558101] Unknown error occurred: 'avcodec_open2("hevc_nvenc", {})'

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$ pip install auto-editor --upgrade
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Requirement already satisfied: auto-editor in /home/bart/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (27.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy<3.0,>=2 in /home/bart/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from auto-editor) (2.2.4)
Requirement already satisfied: basswood-av<16,>=15.0.0 in /home/bart/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from auto-editor) (15.0.1)
$ pip install -U --pre pyav
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Requirement already satisfied: pyav in /home/bart/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (14.2.1)

[whoshallsucceed]

EDIT: I just found out the following is not relevant wrt auto-editor.

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I don't know if that's relevant but it shows when running this command as well:

~$ ffmpeg -hide_banner -encoders | grep nvenc
 V....D h264_nvenc           NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
 V..... nvenc                NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
 V..... nvenc_h264           NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
 V..... nvenc_hevc           NVIDIA NVENC hevc encoder (codec hevc)
 V....D hevc_nvenc           NVIDIA NVENC hevc encoder (codec hevc)```

[whoshallsucceed]

@WyattBlue Just a quick update to let you know that I spent hours trying to install various versions and such but I can't seem to figure out what to do.

What do you think I should look for based on the information I shared?