Keep an NVENC downscale of an SDR source entirely on the GPU
(decode -> scale_cuda -> h264_nvenc) instead of copying every frame to the
CPU for `scale=` and back. That GPU->CPU->GPU round-trip is the wall on
modest GPUs; even a strong box gains ~37% (scale_cuda 14.9x vs CPU 10.9x
on a 4K SDR HEVC -> 1080p encode).
Strictly gated so every case that needs CPU frames is unchanged:
- HDR (libplacebo Vulkan / zscale CPU tonemap can't consume a CUDA surface),
- burn-in (the scale2ref+overlay composite runs on CPU frames),
- non-NVENC encoders, and no-op when not actually downscaling.
- hwscale.go: FFmpegSupportsScaleCuda — a functional 1-frame probe mirroring
the libplacebo probe (presence in -filters lies; needs a real CUDA device).
Probes the worst-case real input (10-bit p010 -> 8-bit yuv420p) so a host
whose scale_cuda can't do the 10->8-bit conversion fails closed to CPU.
- hls.go: useCudaScale gate + `-hwaccel_output_format cuda` + a
`scale_cuda=-2:H:format=yuv420p` filter branch. Output is 8-bit
(format=yuv420p + `-profile:v main`), browser-safe.
- transcode_quality.go / player_session_registry.go / daemon.go: HasScaleCuda
flag, populated + warmed at startup like the other ffmpeg capability probes.
Fail-closed: probe absent/fails -> keep the CPU scale path, no regression.
Verified live (real 4K SDR HEVC Main10 session emitted scale_cuda, 5.54x
realtime, nvenc at 100%) + 8 arg-builder unit tests for the gate.
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