diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e4c305..4162bab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -330,3 +330,5 @@ fabric.properties
 # Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
 .idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
 
+#FFMPEG binaries
+/Encoder/ffmpeg/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Encoder/Encoder.csproj b/Encoder/Encoder.csproj
index 59f3754..74bad04 100644
--- a/Encoder/Encoder.csproj
+++ b/Encoder/Encoder.csproj
@@ -18,4 +18,17 @@
       </Content>
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <Folder Include="ffmpeg\" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <None Update="ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe">
+        <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      </None>
+      <None Update="ffmpeg\ffprobe.exe">
+        <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      </None>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/Encoder/EncoderService.cs b/Encoder/EncoderService.cs
index e7414ec..2d8abbf 100644
--- a/Encoder/EncoderService.cs
+++ b/Encoder/EncoderService.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using FFMpegCore;
+using FFMpegCore.Helpers;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
 namespace Encoder;
@@ -81,6 +83,20 @@ public class EncoderService : BackgroundService, IEncoderService {
         job.Status = JobStatus.InProgress;
         var file = job.FilePath;
         string outputPath = Path.Combine(options.TemporaryFilesPath, Path.GetFileName(job.FilePath));
+        
+        // Determine if an NVDA graphics card is available for hardware acceleration
+        ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo {
+            FileName = Path.Combine(options.FfmpegPath, "ffmpeg.exe"),
+            Arguments = @"-hide_banner -init_hw_device ""list""",
+            CreateNoWindow = true,
+            UseShellExecute = true,
+            RedirectStandardOutput = true
+        };
+        using Process ffmpeg = Process.Start(psi)!;
+        string output = await ffmpeg.StandardOutput.ReadToEndAsync(cancellationToken);
+        await ffmpeg.WaitForExitAsync(cancellationToken);
+        bool nvenc = output.Contains("cuda");
+        
         IEncodingStrategy strategy = job.RequestedEncoding switch {
             EncoderType.H264 => new H264EncodingStrategy(file, outputPath, job),
             EncoderType.HEVC => new HEVCEncodingStrategy(file, outputPath, job),