issues with v4l2convert usage for RGB -> YUV conversion

Milian Wolff milian.wolff at kdab.com
Fri Apr 24 10:14:56 UTC 2020


Hey there!

this is a re-post of [1] to this mailing list, as I was directed here.

[1]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?
f=70&t=271720&sid=c5b8e22d61541521d6509330663b5fa8

We are trying to optimize a gstreamer pipeline running on a rpi3b+ where, 
according to gst-shark, the current main bottleneck is a videoconvert element. 
That one is necessary to convert OpenGL frames in RGBA format to YUV for 
omxh264enc. This is a simplified example pipeline:

```
gst-launch-1.0 gltestsrc  \
  ! "video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory),format=RGBA,width=640,height=480" \
  ! gldownload ! queue \
  ! videoconvert \
  ! omxh264enc ! avimux ! filesink location=test.avi
```

My first approach was trying to get omxh264enc work directly with RGBA frames, 
see: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-omx/-/merge_requests/62

This in turn led me to v4l2convert and v4l2h264enc (see https://
www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=245852). We have now updated our 
stack to the following versions:

```
linux 4.19.88
gstreamer 1.16.1
```

When I replace the omxh264enc with v4l2h264enc I run into the first issue:

```
gst-launch-1.0 gltestsrc  \
  ! "video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory),format=RGBA,width=640,height=480" \
  ! gldownload ! queue \
  ! videoconvert \
  ! v4l2h264enc ! avimux ! filesink location=test.avi

ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstGLTestSrc:gltestsrc0: Internal 
data stream error.
Additional debug info:
../../../../gstreamer-1.16.1/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c(3072): 
gst_base_src_loop (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstGLTestSrc:gltestsrc0:
streaming stopped, reason not-negotiated (-4)
```

Can someone explain what's going on here? I've also tried adding a 
`glcolorconvert ! "video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory),format=BGRA"` before the 
gldownload, but to no avail.

The full output with GST_DEBUG="*:3" is:

```
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
0:00:00.238494323  1765  0x2361ba0 WARN                    v4l2 
gstv4l2object.c:4196:gst_v4l2_object_probe_caps:<v4l2h264enc0:src> Failed to 
probe pixel aspect ratio with VIDIOC_CROPCAP: Invalid argument
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
0:00:00.242415365  1765  0x23386c0 FIXME                default gstutils.c:
3981:gst_pad_create_stream_id_internal:<gltestsrc0:src> Creating random 
stream-id, consider implementing a deterministic way of creating a stream-id
Got context from element 'gldownloadelement0': gst.gl.GLDisplay=context, 
gst.gl.GLDisplay=(GstGLDisplay)"\(GstGLDisplayEGL\)\ gldisplayegl0";
0:00:00.264218855  1765  0x23381b0 WARN           basetransform 
gstbasetransform.c:1364:gst_base_transform_setcaps:<videoconvert0> transform 
could not transform video/x-raw, format=(string)RGBA, width=(int)640, 
height=(int)480, framerate=(fraction)30/1, interlace-mode=(string)progressive 
in anything we support
0:00:00.271333542  1765  0x23381b0 WARN           basetransform 
gstbasetransform.c:1364:gst_base_transform_setcaps:<videoconvert0> transform 
could not transform video/x-raw, format=(string)RGBA, width=(int)640, 
height=(int)480, framerate=(fraction)30/1, interlace-mode=(string)progressive 
in anything we support
0:00:00.271435157  1765  0x23381b0 WARN                GST_PADS gstpad.c:
4231:gst_pad_peer_query:<queue0:src> could not send sticky events
0:00:00.293517917  1765  0x23581b0 FIXME              glslstage 
gstglslstage.c:518:_compile_shader:<glslstage0> vertex shader info 
log:Compiled
0:00:00.294581980  1765  0x23581b0 FIXME              glslstage 
gstglslstage.c:518:_compile_shader:<glslstage1> fragment shader info 
log:Compiled
0:00:00.306531615  1765  0x23581b0 FIXME              glslstage 
gstglslstage.c:518:_compile_shader:<glslstage2> vertex shader info 
log:Compiled
0:00:00.307533698  1765  0x23581b0 FIXME              glslstage 
gstglslstage.c:518:_compile_shader:<glslstage3> fragment shader info 
log:Compiled
0:00:00.342931927  1765  0x23381b0 WARN           basetransform 
gstbasetransform.c:1364:gst_base_transform_setcaps:<videoconvert0> transform 
could not transform video/x-raw, format=(string)RGBA, width=(int)640, 
height=(int)480, framerate=(fraction)30/1, interlace-mode=(string)progressive 
in anything we support
0:00:00.350237917  1765  0x23381b0 WARN           basetransform 
gstbasetransform.c:1364:gst_base_transform_setcaps:<videoconvert0> transform 
could not transform video/x-raw, format=(string)RGBA, width=(int)640, 
height=(int)480, framerate=(fraction)30/1, interlace-mode=(string)progressive 
in anything we support
0:00:00.354808438  1765  0x23386c0 WARN                 basesrc gstbasesrc.c:
3072:gst_base_src_loop:<gltestsrc0> error: Internal data stream error.
0:00:00.355374011  1765  0x23386c0 WARN                 basesrc gstbasesrc.c:
3072:gst_base_src_loop:<gltestsrc0> error: streaming stopped, reason not-
negotiated (-4)
0:00:00.356358646  1765  0x23386c0 WARN                   queue gstqueue.c:
988:gst_queue_handle_sink_event:<queue0> error: Internal data stream error.
ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstGLTestSrc:gltestsrc0: Internal 
data stream error.
Additional debug info:
../../../../gstreamer-1.16.1/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c(3072): 
gst_base_src_loop (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstGLTestSrc:gltestsrc0:
streaming stopped, reason not-negotiated (-4)
ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.
Setting pipeline to NULL ...
0:00:00.357002709  1765  0x23386c0 WARN                   queue gstqueue.c:
988:gst_queue_handle_sink_event:<queue0> error: streaming stopped, reason not-
negotiated (-4)
Freeing pipeline ...
```

I can manage to workaround this by explicitly letting the videoconvert do the 
YUV conversion like this:

```
gst-launch-1.0 gltestsrc  \
  ! "video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory),format=RGBA,width=640,height=480" \
  ! gldownload ! queue \
  ! videoconvert ! "video/x-raw,format=I420" \
  ! v4l2h264enc ! avimux ! filesink location=test.avi
```

No more errors, but the resulting test.avi file is completely broken. I can 
play it with cvlc but its all green and garbled... Can someone explain what's 
going on here?

Now, let's try to stick to omxh264enc and replace videoconvert instead:

```
gst-launch-1.0 gltestsrc  \
  ! "video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory),format=RGBA,width=640,height=480" \
  ! gldownload ! queue \
  ! v4l2convert \
  ! omxh264enc ! avimux ! filesink location=test.avi

WARNING: erroneous pipeline: could not link queue0 to v4l2convert0
```

Which is odd, but expected considering the following:

```
gst-inspect-1.0 v4l2convert
...
      video/x-raw
                 format: { (string)YUY2, (string)YVYU, (string)UYVY, 
(string)I420, (string)YV12, (string)RGB, (string)BGR, (string)BGR
x, (string)BGRA, (string)RGB16, (string)NV12, (string)NV21 }
                  width: [ 1, 32768 ]
                 height: [ 1, 32768 ]
              framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]
```

So, why is RGBA not supported here? Well, let's try to add a glcolorconvert to 
BGRA, but that fails too:

```
gst-launch-1.0 gltestsrc  \
  ! "video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory),format=RGBA,width=640,height=480" \
  ! glcolorconvert ! "video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory),format=BGRA" \
  ! gldownload ! queue \
  ! v4l2convert \
  ! omxh264enc ! avimux ! filesink location=test.avi

ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstGLTestSrc:gltestsrc0: Internal 
data stream error.
Additional debug info:
../../../../gstreamer-1.16.1/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c(3072): 
gst_base_src_loop (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstGLTestSrc:gltestsrc0:
streaming stopped, reason not-negotiated (-4)
ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.
```

I've tried some of the other RGB formats, but none seem to work here. What am 
I missing?  I've attached the full `:4 GST_DEBUG trace log` file over on the 
rpi forum at [2]

[2]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/download/file.php?
id=36357&sid=376f023986c765adc4950fe5e1335652

Thanks a lot
-- 
Milian Wolff | milian.wolff at kdab.com | Senior Software Engineer
KDAB (Deutschland) GmbH, a KDAB Group company
Tel: +49-30-521325470
KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts
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