[Libva] Evaluate VP9 Hardware accelerated encode/decode on KabyLake

[Xiang, Haihao]

1. Linux kernel

It would be better to install a recent stable kernel or rc kernel. The
kernel in the specific Linux OS might not support Kabylake.

2. Mesa/Cairo 

It is not needed.

3. Xorg / xf86-video-intel

It is not needed if you won't playback a video, otherwise you should
check xf86-video-intel supports Kabylake or not. Usually you needn't
update Xorg. 

4. libdrm

libdrm in the specific Linux OS might not support Kabylake, so it would
be better to install a recent version of libdrm.

5. libva/libva-intel-driver

The latest version is 1.7.3

Thanks
Haihao

> Sorry, didn’t realize I had to reply all. Reposting my message again:
> 
> Hi Haihao,
> 
> Thank you for your response.
> I am not sure if I have to use a specific software for my tests, but
> looking a bit about the below three options (ffmpeg, gstreamer and
> libyami) and assuming I go with libyami, do I have to:
> 
> 1. Simply Follow the build procedure given here: https://github.com/0
> 1org/libyami/wiki/Build after installing the specific Linux OS
> 
> (Or)
> 
> 2. Do I have to build the entire graphics software stack after
> installing the Linux OS including:
> 
> 	Linux Kernel - 4.7.2
> 	Mesa - 12.0.1
> 	xf86-video-intel - 2.99.917
> 	Libdrm - 2.4.68
> 	Libva - 1.7.2
> 	vaapi intel-driver - 1.7.2
> 	Cairo - 1.15.2
> 	Xorg Xserver - 1.18.3
> 
> as mentioned in https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/2016q3-intel-g
> raphics-stack-release
> 
> -Best Regards,
> Vasavee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xiang, Haihao 
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 8:16 PM
> To: Vijayaraghavan, Vasavee <vasavee.vijayaraghavan at intel.com>; libva
> @lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Libva] Evaluate VP9 Hardware accelerated encode/decode
> on KabyLake
> 
> 
> Hi Vasavee,
> 
> You can run a software using VA-API to evaluate VP9 hardware
> accelerated encode/decode, suc as:
> 
> libyami:
> https://github.com/01org/libyami (core) https://github.com/01org/liby
> ami-utils (utilities based on libyami)
> 
> gstreamer-vaapi
> https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gstreamer-vaapi.html
> 
> or a FFmpeg/Libav based player which enables HW accelerated decode.
> 
> Thanks
> Haihao
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >  
> > I am new to this subscription list.
> > I want to evaluate VP9 hardware accelerated encode/decode on
> > KabyLake.
> > Can someone give me useful pointers as in where I can get started
> > to 
> > run hardware accelerated encode/decode tests on KabyLake? I am 
> > targeting to run the tests on Linux OS.
> >  
> > Best Regards,
> > Vasavee
> >  
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