gst-inspect-1.0 vaapi gives 0 features on Ubuntu

Julien Isorce julien.isorce at gmail.com
Thu May 2 19:19:04 UTC 2019


Try:

LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH= /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/ LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965
vainfo

-
Julien

On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 12:06 PM Saurabh Bora <saurabh9bora at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Julien,
>
> Thanks! for your suggestion.
>
> I tried setting the variable LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965
> Following that I ran the vainfo command and output is as follows:
> libva info: VA-API version 1.3.0
> libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
> libva info: User requested driver 'i965'
> libva info: Trying to open /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/i965_drv_video.so
> libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
> vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
>
> Also, I ran the command: gst-inspect-1.0 vaapi
> I still get 0 features. Is there something else I need to do?
> I need to use hardware accelerated vaapi encoding elements and as they are
> unavailable, I am unable to do so.
>
> Regards,
> Saurabh Bora
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 11:48 PM Julien Isorce <julien.isorce at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Try LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965 vainfo
>> or uninstall the intel media sdk ->
>> /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so
>>
>> I do not know why it defaults to media sdk, you can create an issue to
>> libva here https://github.com/intel/libva/issues
>> as this does not look like a gstreamer issue.
>>
>> Julien
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:59 AM Saurabh Bora <saurabh9bora at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Experts!!
>>>
>>> Could anyone please explain why there are 0 features in gstreamer-vaapi
>>> plugin. Is it unavialable in my installed gsteramer-1.14.4 version.
>>> Do I need to install any other specific version to be able to use
>>> gstreamer-vaapi elements?
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Saurabh Bora
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019, 23:05 Saurabh Bora <saurabh9bora at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please find output of below commands:
>>>> 1) dmesg | grep drm
>>>> --> No Output
>>>>
>>>> 2) ls /dev/dri/
>>>> -->by-path  card0  renderD128
>>>>
>>>> 3) ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/
>>>> -->i915_dri.so        nouveau_dri.so        r200_dri.so
>>>> radeon_dri.so          swrast_dri.so
>>>> i965_dri.so        nouveau_drv_video.so  r300_dri.so
>>>> radeonsi_dri.so        vdpau_drv_video.so
>>>> i965_drv_video.so  nouveau_vieux_dri.so  r600_dri.so
>>>> radeonsi_drv_video.so  virtio_gpu_dri.so
>>>> kms_swrast_dri.so  nvidia_drv_video.so   r600_drv_video.so
>>>> s3g_drv_video.so       vmwgfx_dri.so
>>>>
>>>> 4)vainfo
>>>> -->libva info: VA-API version 1.3.0
>>>> libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
>>>> libva info: User requested driver 'iHD'
>>>> libva info: Trying to open /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so
>>>> libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_3
>>>> libva error: /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
>>>> libva info: va_openDriver() returns 18
>>>> vaInitialize failed with error code 18 (invalid parameter),exit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Saurabh Bora
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 9:31 PM Julien Isorce <julien.isorce at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you provide output of:
>>>>>   dmesg | grep drm
>>>>>   ls /dev/dri/
>>>>>   ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/
>>>>>   vainfo
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>> Julien
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:41 AM Saurabh Bora <saurabh9bora at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have installed prebuilt binaries of gstreamer 14.4 on Ubuntu 18.04
>>>>>> It did not have gstreamer1.0-vaapi. Hence, I installed it using
>>>>>> command - sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-vaapi.
>>>>>> Now, when I run the following command, I get output stating 0
>>>>>> features:
>>>>>> gst-inspect-1.0 vaapi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> Plugin Details:
>>>>>>   Name                     vaapi
>>>>>>   Description              VA-API based elements
>>>>>>   Filename
>>>>>>  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstvaapi.so
>>>>>>   Version                  1.14.1
>>>>>>   License                  LGPL
>>>>>>   Source module            gstreamer-vaapi
>>>>>>   Source release date      2018-05-17
>>>>>>   Binary package           gstreamer-vaapi
>>>>>>   Origin URL
>>>>>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   0 features:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I expected output stating features such as vaapivp8enc, vaapivp8dec,
>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>> Could anyone please help me understand the reason behind this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>> Saurabh Bora
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PH NO : 7038166900
>>>>>> EMAIL : saurabh9bora at gmail.com
>>>>>>              saurabh9bora at outlook.com
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>> Saurabh Bora
>>>>
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>>>> EMAIL : saurabh9bora at gmail.com
>>>>              saurabh9bora at outlook.com
>>>>
>>>
>
> --
> Thanks and Regards,
> Saurabh Bora
>
> PH NO : 7038166900
> EMAIL : saurabh9bora at gmail.com
>              saurabh9bora at outlook.com
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