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Function: avGetHardwareDeviceTypeName() ​

avGetHardwareDeviceTypeName(type): FFHWDeviceType

Defined in: src/lib/utilities.ts:403

Get hardware device type name.

Returns the string name for a hardware device type enum value.

Direct mapping to av_hwdevice_get_type_name().

Parameters ​

type ​

AVHWDeviceType

Hardware device type enum

Returns ​

FFHWDeviceType

Device type name (e.g. "videotoolbox", "cuda"), or null if unknown

Example ​

typescript
import { AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VIDEOTOOLBOX, AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_CUDA } from 'node-av/constants';

const name1 = avGetHardwareDeviceTypeName(AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VIDEOTOOLBOX); // Returns "videotoolbox"
const name2 = avGetHardwareDeviceTypeName(AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_CUDA);         // Returns "cuda"

See ​

av_hwdevice_get_type_name - FFmpeg Doxygen