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This patch removes restriction on maximum number of simultaneous NVENC video encoding sessions imposed by Nvidia to consumer-grade GPUs.

20 mentions on Hacker News by 18 people: 4 stories, 16 comments · first 2019-01-03 · latest 2026-10-25

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  1. …which "removes restriction on maximum number of simultaneous NVENC video encoding sessions" https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch So yeah, buy an Nvidia card then download and run all the software needed to make it work to its full…
    comment by wewewedxfgdf · 2026-10-25 · in GPU-unlock: FP/BF16 instruction issue rate on Nvidia 3000's cards
  2. …NVENC video encoding session limit which is artificially locked for consumer NVIDIA GPUs (see https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch )
    comment by curious_ralts · 2026-08-27 · in Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B
  3. …is to upsell to non-gaming cards. With that being said, its trivial to bypass with tools like: https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch Regardless, this does throw a spanner in the works for a video based game streaming solution for P2P…
    comment by 2postsperday · 2026-03-18 · in The unlikely story of Teardown Multiplayer
  4. …Sunshine will automatically detect this and use it and it reduces the latency even further. [1] https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch
    comment by dathery · 2024-12-07 · in Raspberry Pi 5 now supports Valve's Steam Link
  5. Pretty clean shell script: https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch/blob/master/patch.sh Surprised there are no protection/obfuscation methods against patching the `.so` in this fashion. No checksums, signatures, etc.
    comment by MuffinFlavored · 2024-06-11 · in Nvidia-patch: removes restriction simultaneous video encoding sessions
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    Nvidia-patch: removes restriction simultaneous video encoding sessions
    story by jordigh · 2024-06-10 · 12 comments
  7. …limitations implemented at the driver level to force you to purchase their enterprise GPUs, see https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch#nvenc-and-nvfbc-patc... I wouldn't be surprised if there are more as of yet undiscovered limitations…
    comment by rany_ · 2023-08-30 · in Making life (even) harder for proprietary modules
  8. …own Quadro/Tesla lineup, which cost substantially more. I don't see a reason for them to do it. 0: https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch
    comment by thekombustor · 2023-07-07 · in GPU Guide (For AI Use-Cases)
  9. …sufficient with minimal latency compared to vnc. [1] https://github.com/loki-47-6F-64/sunshine [2] https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch
    comment by neurostimulant · 2022-01-29 · in I paid for a perpetual license of TeamViewer. Stop calling and emailing me
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    Nvidia-patch: disable NVENC and NvFCB restrictions on consumer-grade GPUs
    story by NilsIRL · 2021-04-10 · 0 comments
  11. …mean that GPU access is finally possible on GNU/Linux guests on Xen, thank you for sharing OP. [0]: https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch [1]: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-G...
    comment by minimalist · 2021-04-09 · in Vgpu_unlock: Unlock vGPU functionality for consumer grade GPUs
  12. Not so much a new driver, but here is an example of drivers being patched for mining. https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch
    comment by the-enterprise · 2021-02-19 · in Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3060 in half
  13. https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch Basically just lets my Plex server transcode more streams at once without having a Quadro.
    comment by arsome · 2021-02-19 · in Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3060 in half
  14. You remeber rightly, but like all artificial restrictions people who care can get around them: https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch
    comment by qqii · 2021-02-19 · in Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3060 in half
  15. …is exactly how we publish patch suite which unlocks NVENC sessions and NvFBC on Nvidia drivers: https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch IPFS mirrors: Site: https://ipfs.io/ipns/QmYTEwv2GjQhtdN9bDfpLfQrVD7YLb1Sbh8igX8... Git: git clone…
    comment by Snawoot · 2020-11-14 · in A Modest Proposal in the New Age of DMCA Takedown Aggression
  16. AFAIK NVidia also limiting streams of NVEnc and patch to remove restriction is available. https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch
    comment by fomine3 · 2020-09-18 · in Nvidia Broadcast App
  17. …remove the limitation. No idea how that affects your license to use the drivers and such, though. https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch Windows version available in a directory of the main one, too.
    comment by cthalupa · 2020-04-01 · in OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming
  18. Windows link: https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch/tree/master/win
    comment by sec_guy · 2019-12-03 · in NvFBC Unlocked on GeForce Hardware
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    NvFBC Unlocked on GeForce Hardware
    story by sec_guy · 2019-12-03 · 1 comment
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    Patch for Nvidia drivers unlocking NVENC sessions limit
    story by Snawoot · 2019-01-03 · 2 comments