AV1 encoding uses software encoding instead of hardware, even though the hardware supports it

(#2920) Bug Open: Confirmed desktop performance video

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Comment by kojitsari
Experiencing this on the current Canary build when trying to stream from on a self hosted instance. 9800x3d/4090 with Nvidia driver 616.92 (current latest, I have tested with older drivers). Canary Desktop 2026.1015.145307, Web 2026.1016.10903, Windows 11 10.0.26300 (x64), Electron 44.4.1, Chrome 152.0.7977.78, Node 24.21.0, Locale en-US