SUMMARY When rendering with the built-in NVENC H265 Profile, it crashes: Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket [hevc_nvenc @ 0x7f7294202040] B frames as references are not supported [hevc_nvenc @ 0x7f7294202040] No capable devices found Creating a custom profile with the following parameter fixes the crash: b_ref_mode=0. Please add this parameter to the default profile. Default profile (crashes): ab=160k acodec=aac channels=2 f=mp4 real_time=-1 threads=0 vb=6000k vcodec=hevc_nvenc Updated profile (doesn't crash): ab=160k acodec=aac b_ref_mode=0 channels=2 f=mp4 real_time=-1 threads=0 vb=6000k vcodec=hevc_nvenc This is with a GTX 1060 on KDE Neon with proprietary driver 535.129.03