diff --git a/services/capture/Dockerfile b/services/capture/Dockerfile
index daec5df..1f94e4e 100644
--- a/services/capture/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/capture/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-# ── Stage 1: Build FFmpeg with DeckLink support ─────────────────────────────
+# ── Stage 1: Build FFmpeg with DeckLink + NVENC (HEVC/H264) support ─────────
+# All-Intra HEVC NVENC is the master codec for growing-file ingest (see
+# docs/design/2026-05-29-all-intra-hevc-ingest.md).  This stage gets the
+# nv-codec-headers (header-only, no driver / no full CUDA toolkit needed)
+# so ffmpeg's configure can light up hevc_nvenc / h264_nvenc / cuvid.
+# At runtime, /dev/nvidia* + the host driver libs (via the NVIDIA Container
+# Toolkit) supply the actual encoder.
 FROM debian:bookworm AS ffmpeg-builder
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -13,6 +19,11 @@ COPY sdk/ /decklink-sdk/
 COPY patch_decklink.py /patch_decklink.py
 COPY decklink-sdk16.patch /decklink-sdk16.patch
 
+# nv-codec-headers — just the ffnvcodec public headers + a pkg-config file.
+# Pin to a tag known to work with FFmpeg 7.1 (n12.x series).
+RUN git clone --depth=1 --branch n12.1.14.0 https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git /nv-codec-headers \
+  && make -C /nv-codec-headers PREFIX=/usr/local install
+
 # Pull FFmpeg 7.1 source
 RUN git clone --depth=1 --branch release/7.1 https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git /ffmpeg
 
@@ -20,8 +31,15 @@ RUN git clone --depth=1 --branch release/7.1 https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git /
 RUN python3 /patch_decklink.py
 
 WORKDIR /ffmpeg
+# NVENC adds: --enable-nvenc (encoder), --enable-cuvid (decoder), --enable-ffnvcodec.
+# We deliberately do NOT enable --enable-cuda-nvcc / --enable-libnpp here — those
+# require the full ~3GB CUDA toolkit and are only needed for GPU filters like
+# yadif_cuda / scale_cuda.  If §5's GPU deinterlace stretch goal goes ahead,
+# rebuild this image off nvidia/cuda:12.x-devel and flip those flags on.
 RUN ./configure \
       --prefix=/usr/local \
+      --extra-cflags="-I/decklink-sdk -I/usr/local/include" \
+      --extra-ldflags="-L/usr/local/lib" \
       --enable-gpl \
       --enable-nonfree \
       --enable-libx264 \
@@ -32,13 +50,20 @@ RUN ./configure \
       --enable-libsrt \
       --enable-libzmq \
       --enable-decklink \
-      --extra-cflags="-I/decklink-sdk" \
+      --enable-ffnvcodec \
+      --enable-nvenc \
+      --enable-cuvid \
       --disable-doc \
       --disable-debug \
       --disable-ffplay \
   && make -j$(nproc) \
   && make install
 
+# Sanity-check: hevc_nvenc and h264_nvenc must be present in the encoder list,
+# otherwise the resulting image is useless for the All-Intra HEVC pipeline.
+RUN /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -hide_banner -encoders 2>&1 | grep -E 'nvenc' \
+  || (echo 'FATAL: nvenc encoders missing from ffmpeg build' && exit 1)
+
 # ── Stage 2: Runtime image ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 FROM node:20-bookworm
 
@@ -58,6 +83,11 @@ COPY lib/libDeckLinkAPI.so        /usr/lib/libDeckLinkAPI.so
 COPY lib/libDeckLinkPreviewAPI.so /usr/lib/libDeckLinkPreviewAPI.so
 RUN ldconfig
 
+# Mount points the recorder lifecycle expects to exist.
+# /live      — HLS preview output (bound from host LIVE_DIR by node-agent)
+# /growing   — growing-file master output (bound from host /mnt/NVME/MAM/growing)
+RUN mkdir -p /live /growing
+
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY package*.json ./
 RUN npm install --omit=dev