# AWS EC2 Live transcoding - Hardware Accleration **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [May 2, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aws-ec2-live-transcoding-hardware-accleration/38596 "2014-05-02T16:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sathishkumar\_KPS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Sathishkumar\_KPS](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sathishkumar_KPS)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aws-ec2-live-transcoding-hardware-accleration/38596/1 "2014-05-02T16:02:40Z")
Hi, I’m using live application with transcoder, application hosted at AWS cg1.4xlarge type instance. The hardware accleration is not enabled while transcoding. 07:45:26 UTC comment server INFO 200 - LiveStreamTranscoder.init[live/_definst_/stream01]: Load transcoder template: file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Wowza Media Systems/Wowza Streaming Engine 4.0.3/transcoder/templates/transrate.xml - - - 12.905 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2014-05-02 07:45:27 UTC comment server INFO 200 - JNI:VideoEncoderH264QuickSyncHost[global]: QuickSync: hardware acceleration is not available (software only) - - - 13.075 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2014-05-02 07:45:27 UTC comment server INFO 200 - JNI:TranscoderSession.isCUDAAvailable[_defaultVHost_:live/_definst_/stream01]: NVidia hardware acceleration is NOT available - - - 13.076 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2014-05-02 07:45:27 UTC comment server INFO 200 - JNI:TranscoderSession.isQuickSyncAvailable[_defaultVHost_:live/_definst_/stream01]: Intel Quick Sync hardware acceleration is NOT available. I came to know that hardware encoder is not available for cg1.4xlarge - [http://blog.cudahandbook.com/2013/11/20/cuda-really-everywhere.aspx](http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2013/11/build-3d-streaming-applications-with-ec2s-new-g2-instance-type.html) Does this mean, I cannot use cg1.4xlarge type instances for live transcoding ? and my AMI ID is ami-dfcdc4b6 - [http://thecloudmarket.com/image/ami-dfcdc4b6–windows-server-2012-rtm-english-64bit-base-2014-03-12](http://thecloudmarket.com/image/ami-dfcdc4b6--windows-server-2012-rtm-english-64bit-base-2014-03-12) If yes, Can I use g2.2xlarge type instances - [http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2013/11/build-3d-streaming-applications-with-ec2s-new-g2-instance-type.html](http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2013/11/build-3d-streaming-applications-with-ec2s-new-g2-instance-type.html) for example : [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCCNJ0](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCDDTE) / [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCBRE2](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCDDTE) / [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCDDTE](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCDDTE) Regards, Sathish ---
**Author:** ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aws-ec2-live-transcoding-hardware-accleration/38596/2 "2014-05-05T15:10:21Z")
Hi Sathish, Yes, you can use g2.2xlarge EC2 instance type. Please take a look at the [How to configure NVIDIA NVENC accelerated encoding on Amazon EC2 (G2, NVENC)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-nvidia-nvenc-accelerated-encoding-on-amazon-ec2-g2-nvenc%28G2-NVENC%29) for more instructions. Zoran ---
**Author:** ![Azril\_Nazli\_Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Azril\_Nazli\_Alias](https://community.wowza.com/u/Azril_Nazli_Alias)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aws-ec2-live-transcoding-hardware-accleration/38596/3 "2014-05-07T21:10:51Z")
> Hi Sathish, > > Yes, you can use g2.2xlarge EC2 instance type. > > Please take a look at the [How to configure NVIDIA NVENC accelerated encoding on Amazon EC2 (G2, NVENC)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-nvidia-nvenc-accelerated-encoding-on-amazon-ec2-g2-nvenc%28G2-NVENC%29) for more instructions. > > Zoran Just set up this instance in US-Region, but most of my viewers are in APAC region…It should exist in Singapore instance too ---
**Author:** ![Azril\_Nazli\_Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Azril\_Nazli\_Alias](https://community.wowza.com/u/Azril_Nazli_Alias)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aws-ec2-live-transcoding-hardware-accleration/38596/4 "2014-05-08T14:09:21Z")
> Hi, > > The g2.2xlarge instance type is not available as an On Demand instance in the Singapore region. > > However, it is available in several different flavors of reserved instance. You can [check here.](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/) > > Daren I just fired up and got these message on Wowza Logs CUDA no available NVidia Hardware Acceleration not available and some complain about NVidia java driver. I transcode 6 incoming stream into SOURCE,480p,360p,240p and 160p…CPU usage around 90% I think wowza still use main concept’s software encoding. How do I fix this ? Currently using latest Wowza 4.03, g2 instance with nvidia and pre installed openjdk java using AMI Linux ---
**Author:** ![Azril\_Nazli\_Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Azril\_Nazli\_Alias](https://community.wowza.com/u/Azril_Nazli_Alias)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aws-ec2-live-transcoding-hardware-accleration/38596/5 "2014-05-08T18:07:26Z")
my bad…I didn’t install the NVidia Driver following this -\> [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using\_cluster\_computing.html#install-nvidia-driver](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using_cluster_computing.html#install-nvidia-driver) Restart the wowza…now it detected properly…CPU usage down to 50% ---
**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aws-ec2-live-transcoding-hardware-accleration/38596/6 "2014-05-07T21:30:21Z")
Hi, The g2.2xlarge instance type is not available as an On Demand instance in the Singapore region. However, it is available in several different flavors of reserved instance. You can [check here.](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/) Daren ---
**Author:** ![Mahesh\_Sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mahesh\_Sharma](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mahesh_Sharma)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aws-ec2-live-transcoding-hardware-accleration/38596/7 "2014-05-10T12:38:10Z")
g2 is available in Tokyo region.