vaapih264enc and change bitrate

[Víctor Jáquez]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 at 08:45, Matteo Valdina wrote:
> Hi y'all,
> 
> I'm trying to use vaapih264enc and change the bitrate during the encoding.
> 
> I see from the source code and test that bitrate property is ignored after
> the encoding begins.

That's correct, right now the bitrate is only set when the encoding starts and
the vaapi engine is stopped end re-configured.

> I would like to know if there is any patch/ongoing work to add this feature
> in the vaapi encoder?

No, there is no any work in progress in that regard right now. You could file a
bug in bugzilla for it. I would be better yet if you could propose a patch.

> Is it feasible as per current source code implementation of vaapih264enc.
> 
> The only way to obtain this behavior is to stop and re-start the
> vaapih264enc?

Yes.

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