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feat: support Direct3D 11 feature level 11_0 for older GPUs - #1508
Allow Direct3D 11 feature level 11_0 so GPUs such as GeForce GTX 650 Ti are detected and use hardware rendering instead of failing.
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npx tsc --noEmit
npx vitest --run crates/compositor (requires a D3D11 device)
Manual: launch on a machine with GeForce GTX 650 Ti and confirm preview/export render via hardware backend
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Bug Fixes
Improved Windows graphics compatibility for systems that support Direct3D feature level 11.0, including systems that do not support 11.1.
Systems below feature level 11.0 continue to receive an error.
Windows graphics setup now accepts either supported feature level, while preserving the existing minimum requirement. This allows compatible systems to create a graphics device without requiring feature level 11.1.
The Windows compositor backend and hardware preflight request Direct3D feature levels 11.1 and 11.0. Both accept devices that report feature level 11.0 or higher.
Changes: Windows D3D feature-level support
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Summary
Request and validate the minimum feature level crates/compositor/src/d3d_windows.rs, crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs
The backend and hardware preflight request feature levels 11.1 and 11.0. They accept levels at or above 11.0. The adapter diagnostic identifies feature level 11.0 as the minimum.
Older GPUs gain hardware rendering, but preview can fail for 10-bit H.264 recordings that previously used software decoding. Restore software fallback before merging unless this compatibility regression is explicitly accepted.
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The title names the main change: support for Direct3D 11 feature level 11_0, which lets older GPUs use hardware rendering. The raw summary confirms that device creation now requests 11_1 and 11_0 and …
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The title names the main change: support for Direct3D 11 feature level 11_0, which lets older GPUs use hardware rendering. The raw summary confirms that device creation now requests 11_1 and 11_0 and accepts any feature level at or above 11_0 in both files. The title is concise, specific, and has no file lists, emojis, or vague wording.
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The description follows the template structure and fills in the Summary, the Type of change (Enhancement), Release impact (Patch), Desktop impact (Windows), and Testing sections. The Summary explains the purpose: GPUs such as the GeForce GTX 650 Ti should be detected and use hardware rendering. The Testing section lists commands and a manual check. Gaps: the Related issue section still reads 'Fixes #' with no issue number, the Screenshots section is empty (acceptable for a non-UI change), and the Testing section gives no results. The description is mostly complete, so this check passes.
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Thanks for the update @sinvides! One thing CI can't catch (it runs on Linux, where this Windows-only module isn't compiled): in pipeline_windows.rs, the if in raw_hardware_prerequisite lost its opening brace, so it won't compile on Windows. It should read:
if device.is_none() || context.is_none() || got.0 < D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0.0{
Also, the repo is rebase-merge only, so the "Merge branch 'main'" commit will need to go (a git rebase main is enough).
On an 11_1-capable adapter, the decoding tests can pass even if production stops requesting or accepting 11_0. Add a test that simulates an 11_0-only adapter and verifies that production creation requests and accepts 11_0.
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Review comment at @crates/compositor/src/d3d_windows.rs at line 76:
Add regression coverage around the production Direct3D device-creation path that
simulates an 11_0-only adapter and verifies the requested feature levels include
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 and creation accepts that level; keep the existing 11_1
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Review comments at @crates/compositor/src/d3d_windows.rs:
- Line 205: Update the feature-level comparisons in this check and in
raw_hardware_prerequisite to compare the public .0 fields, avoiding PartialOrd
on D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL while preserving the existing threshold behavior.
- Line 205: Update the D3D11VA decoding path guarded by the
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 check so that a hardware decode failure retries the
recording with the existing software decoder, rather than treating device
creation as proof that the H.264 profile and resolution are supported. Preserve
the hardware path when decoding succeeds and reuse the project’s established
software-decoding fallback.
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- Line 76: Add regression coverage around the production Direct3D
device-creation path that simulates an 11_0-only adapter and verifies the
requested feature levels include D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 and creation accepts
that level; keep the existing 11_1 behavior covered.
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- Line 1979: Restore the missing opening brace on the Windows compositor guard
that checks device, context, and D3D feature level, so the block containing the
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crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs: 1
1982-1982: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Add a deterministic test for the 11.0 preflight boundary.
The classification test does not exercise the feature-level comparison. On an 11.1 device, changing < to <= could pass the tests while rejecting 11.0 devices. Extract the comparison into a testable helper and assert that it accepts 11.0.
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Review comment at @crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs at line 1982:
Extract the feature-level preflight comparison in the initialization check into
a testable helper, then add a deterministic test asserting that
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 is accepted. Preserve rejection of levels below 11.0 and
keep the existing device and context checks unchanged.
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- Line 1982: Extract the feature-level preflight comparison in the
initialization check into a testable helper, then add a deterministic test
asserting that D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 is accepted. Preserve rejection of levels
below 11.0 and keep the existing device and context checks unchanged.
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Thanks for the update @sinvides! One thing CI can't catch (it runs on Linux, where this Windows-only module isn't compiled): in pipeline_windows.rs, the if in raw_hardware_prerequisite lost its opening brace, so it won't compile on Windows. It should read:
if device.is_none() || context.is_none() || got.0 < D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0.0{
Also, the repo is rebase-merge only, so the "Merge branch 'main'" commit will need to go (a git rebase main is enough).
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Review comments at @crates/compositor/src/d3d_windows.rs:
- Line 205: Update the D3D feature-level handling around the got comparison so
unsupported H.264 format negotiation also retries with software decoding and
CpuFrames, even on an 11_0 GPU. Preserve hardware decoding for streams whose
formats are supported.
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Fall back to software decoding for unsupported H.264 formats.
On an 11_0 GPU, a 10-bit H.264 recording can fail format negotiation because FFmpeg does not offer D3D11 for it. Preview then fails instead of using the previous WARP software path. Retry unsupported streams with software decoding and CpuFrames.
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Review comment at @crates/compositor/src/d3d_windows.rs at line 205:
Update the D3D feature-level handling around the got comparison so unsupported
H.264 format negotiation also retries with software decoding and CpuFrames, even
on an 11_0 GPU. Preserve hardware decoding for streams whose formats are
supported.
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Summary
Allow Direct3D 11 feature level 11_0 so GPUs such as GeForce GTX 650 Ti are detected and use hardware rendering instead of failing.
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Type of change
Release impact
Desktop impact
Screenshots / video
Testing
npx tsc --noEmitnpx vitest --run crates/compositor(requires a D3D11 device)Summary by CodeRabbit