Ffmpeg: What Are the H264_Vaapi and Hevc_Vaapi Encoders? How Do They Work? Do They Just Use the Video Coding Engine / Encoding Asic on Amd Gpus?

The last part especially is what I'm wondering. How exactly does VAAPI work? Does it just use the the way that NVENC or h264_amf and hevc_amf works? Would it be possible to use the main GPU cores on either Nvidia or AMD cards?

From what I found from looking up the h264_vaapi and hevc_vaapi encoders, they're just the linux equivalents of h264_amf and hevc_amf, right?

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