VA-API VP9 Encode For GStreamer??

Patrick Cusack patrickcusack at mac.com
Wed May 20 20:38:12 UTC 2020


The processor I have is a Coffee Lake processor, i7-8700B. I’ll try installing Ubuntu.


> On May 20, 2020, at 1:28 PM, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg at grandegger.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> OK, I think you need KBL+. At least "vainfo" lists "VP9" features. For
> Ubuntu, there are also these "non-free" packages:
> 
> i965-va-driver-shaders
> intel-media-va-driver-non-free
> 
> See also https://github.com/intel/media-driver/blob/master/README.md <https://github.com/intel/media-driver/blob/master/README.md>
> 
> Not sure if it changes something.
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
> Am 20.05.20 um 22:12 schrieb Patrick Cusack:
>> I can run it either as iHD or i965. If I specify i965 in my ffmpeg
>> script, I can do VP9 encodes. Here is my vainfo with either iHD or i965.
>> I am running headless fwiw.
>> 
>> Patrick
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> [root at localhost gstreamer-1.0]# LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME="iHD" vainfo
>> error: can't connect to X server!
>> libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
>> libva info: User environment variable requested driver 'iHD'
>> libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
>> libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7
>> libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
>> vainfo: VA-API version: 1.7 (libva 2.7.0.pre1)
>> vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics -
>> 20.1.1 ()
>> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
>>       VAProfileNone                   :VAEntrypointVideoProc
>>       VAProfileNone                   :VAEntrypointStats
>>       VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileMPEG2Main              :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileMPEG2Main              :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264Main               :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileH264Main               :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264Main               :VAEntrypointFEI
>>       VAProfileH264Main               :VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
>>       VAProfileH264High               :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileH264High               :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264High               :VAEntrypointFEI
>>       VAProfileH264High               :VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
>>       VAProfileVC1Simple              :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileVC1Main                :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileVC1Advanced            :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :VAEntrypointEncPicture
>>       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:VAEntrypointFEI
>>       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
>>       VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain               :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain               :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain               :VAEntrypointFEI
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain10             :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain10             :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileVP9Profile0            :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileVP9Profile2            :VAEntrypointVLD
>> 
>> [root at localhost gstreamer-1.0]# LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME="i965" vainfo
>> error: can't connect to X server!
>> libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
>> libva info: User environment variable requested driver 'i965'
>> libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so
>> libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_6
>> libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
>> vainfo: VA-API version: 1.7 (libva 2.7.0.pre1)
>> vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Coffee Lake - 2.4.0
>> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
>>       VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileMPEG2Main              :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileMPEG2Main              :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
>>       VAProfileH264Main               :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileH264Main               :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264Main               :VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
>>       VAProfileH264High               :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileH264High               :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264High               :VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
>>       VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileH264StereoHigh         :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileH264StereoHigh         :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileVC1Simple              :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileVC1Main                :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileVC1Advanced            :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileNone                   :VAEntrypointVideoProc
>>       VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :VAEntrypointEncPicture
>>       VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain               :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain               :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain10             :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileHEVCMain10             :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileVP9Profile0            :VAEntrypointVLD
>>       VAProfileVP9Profile0            :VAEntrypointEncSlice
>>       VAProfileVP9Profile2            :VAEntrypointVLD
>> 
>> inxi -G yields 
>> 
>> *Graphics:  Device-1:*Intel UHD Graphics 630 *driver:*i915 *v:*kernel 
>>            *Display:**server:*No display server data found. Headless
>> machine? *tty:*226x49 
>>            *Message:*Advanced graphics data unavailable in console for
>> root. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 20, 2020, at 12:50 PM, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg at grandegger.com
>>> <mailto:wg at grandegger.com <mailto:wg at grandegger.com>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I also need to set the DISPLAY to see the VAAPI elements. What do the
>>> following commands report:
>>> 
>>>  $ vainfo
>>>  $ inxi -G
>>> 
>>> Maybe the hardware is not capable for VP9 decoding.
>>> 
>>> Wolfgang
>>> 
>>> Am 20.05.20 um 21:24 schrieb Patrick Cusack:
>>>> When I run  gst-inspect-1.0 vaapi, I get the following:
>>>> 
>>>> Plugin Details:
>>>>   Name                     vaapi
>>>>   Description              VA-API based elements
>>>>   Filename                 /usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstvaapi.so
>>>>   Version                  1.16.2
>>>>   License                  LGPL
>>>>   Source module            gstreamer-vaapi
>>>>   Source release date      2019-12-03
>>>>   Binary package           gstreamer-vaapi
>>>>   Origin URL              
>>>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>   0 features:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> If I run, GST_VAAPI_ALL_DRIVERS=1 gst-inspect-1.0 vaapi, the I get, and
>>>> I see no VP9 encoder even though it is mentioned at:
>>>> 
>>>> https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/vaapi/vaapivp9enc.html?gi-language=c
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Plugin Details:
>>>>   Name                     vaapi
>>>>   Description              VA-API based elements
>>>>   Filename                 /usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstvaapi.so
>>>>   Version                  1.16.2
>>>>   License                  LGPL
>>>>   Source module            gstreamer-vaapi
>>>>   Source release date      2019-12-03
>>>>   Binary package           gstreamer-vaapi
>>>>   Origin URL              
>>>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
>>>> 
>>>>   vaapih264feienc: VA-API H264 FEI Advanced encoder (Experimental)
>>>>   vaapih264enc: VA-API H264 encoder
>>>>   vaapijpegenc: VA-API JPEG encoder
>>>>   vaapivp8enc: VA-API VP8 encoder
>>>>   vaapih265enc: VA-API H265 encoder
>>>>   vaapimpeg2enc: VA-API MPEG-2 encoder
>>>>   vaapisink: VA-API sink
>>>>   vaapidecodebin: VA-API Decode Bin
>>>>   vaapipostproc: VA-API video postprocessing
>>>>   vaapih265dec: VA-API H265 decoder
>>>>   vaapivp9dec: VA-API VP9 decoder
>>>>   vaapivp8dec: VA-API VP8 decoder
>>>>   vaapivc1dec: VA-API VC1 decoder
>>>>   vaapih264dec: VA-API H264 decoder
>>>>   vaapimpeg2dec: VA-API MPEG2 decoder
>>>>   vaapijpegdec: VA-API JPEG decoder
>>>> 
>>>>   16 features:
>>>>   +--16 elements
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 20, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Patrick Cusack <patrickcusack at mac.com
>>>>> <mailto:patrickcusack at mac.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Two questions regarding vaapi for vp9:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1) Does gstreamer support VP9 encoding? According to this
>>>>> (gstvaapiencode_vp9.c), it does, but I don’t see mention of it in the
>>>>> README @ https://github.com/GStreamer/gstreamer-vaapi
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2) I installed the following packages, but I do not see any vaapi
>>>>> encoders when I run get-inspect. I do have vaapi installed and can run
>>>>> it successfully with ffmpeg.
>>>>> 
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-1.16.2-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-ugly-free-devel-1.16.2-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-vaapi-devel-docs-1.16.2-1.fc32.noarch
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-entrans-1.4.0-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld-1.16.2-5.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs-1.16.2-3.fc32.noarch
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-good-1.16.2-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-base-devel-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-ugly-free-1.16.2-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-bad-free-wildmidi-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-entrans-docs-1.4.0-2.fc32.noarch
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-libav-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-good-qt-1.16.2-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-devel-1.16.2-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-good-gtk-1.16.2-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-fc-0.2-22.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-bad-free-extras-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-ugly-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-vaapi-1.16.2-1.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-bad-free-fluidsynth-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-base-tools-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-good-extras-1.16.2-2.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-base-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> *gst*reamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.16.2-3.fc32.x86_64
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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