`--codec pyrowave` selects the ENCODER. The capture pipeline picks its consumer from
`ZeroCopyPolicy::pyrowave_session`, which on the spike path is fed only by the global
`PUNKTFUNK_ENCODER=pyrowave` lab lever (punktfunk-host/src/capture.rs). Without it, .21 resolved
capture pipeline resolved: cuda-import -> nvenc capture_arm="cuda-import" consumer="nvenc"
zero-copy: dmabuf imported to CUDA (no CPU copy) nv12=true
and the wavelet encoder refused the payload on its first submit: "unsupported FramePayload (need
Dmabuf or Cpu RGB)". That is not a worker bug — the arm that failed was the pure in-process one.
It reproduces only where the A/B actually lives. An AMD box has no CUDA arm to pick, so .25 resolved
straight to dmabuf-passthrough and the kit looked correct there. With the lever set, .21 resolves
`dmabuf-passthrough -> pyrowave` and both arms encode 2700/2700 frames.
V3b then passes on .21 (RTX 5070 Ti, GRID 2 at ~100% GPU, 5120x1440 — the portal captures the real
monitor, --width/--height being synthetic-only):
in-process, refused p50 2.85 ms p99 8.39 ms (10 windows)
capped worker, granted p50 2.65 ms p99 4.10 ms (11 windows)
p99 delta -4.29 ms
The worker reports `priority=Granted(Realtime)` with `ext=VK_KHR_global_priority` on the FIRST
attempt and logs no fallback line; the refused arm logs "every global queue priority class was
refused". So the capability still buys the lever from a SEPARATE process, with the IPC hop in the
loop — 8.39 -> 4.10 ms is a 51% p99 cut, against PW1's in-host 6.4 -> 4.4 at 1080p. Different
resolution and a harder load, so treat the class as confirmed and the absolute numbers as not
comparable to PW1's.
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