[Spice-devel] [PATCH 2/2] gstreamer-encoder: Use a h/w based encoder with Intel GPUs if possible (v3)
Vivek Kasireddy
vivek.kasireddy at intel.com
Mon Oct 2 05:20:26 UTC 2023
Once it is determined that an Intel GPU is available/active (after
looking into udev's database), we try to see if there is a h/w
based encoder (element) available (in Gstreamer's registry cache)
for the user selected video codec. In other words, if we find that
the Intel Media SDK Gstreamer plugin (libgstmsdk.so) and associated
libraries (such as va or vaapi) are all installed properly, we add
the appropriate h/w based encoder and post-processor/converter
elements to the pipeline (along with any relevant options) instead
of the s/w based elements.
For example, if the user selects h264 as the preferred codec format,
msdkh264enc and vapostproc will be preferred instead of x264enc
and videoconvert.
v2: (addressed some review comments from Frediano)
- Moved the udev helper into spice-common
- Refactored the code to choose plugins in order msdk > va > vaapi
v3: (Frediano)
- Added relevant encoder options for mjpeg and vp9 codecs (Jin Chung)
Cc: Frediano Ziglio <freddy77 at gmail.com>
Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel at redhat.com>
Cc: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau at redhat.com>
Cc: Dongwon Kim <dongwon.kim at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Kasireddy <vivek.kasireddy at intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Jin Chung Teng <jin.chung.teng at intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Hazwan Arif Mazlan <hazwan.arif.mazlan at intel.com>
---
server/gstreamer-encoder.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 119 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/server/gstreamer-encoder.c b/server/gstreamer-encoder.c
index 1619672a..952c2e87 100644
--- a/server/gstreamer-encoder.c
+++ b/server/gstreamer-encoder.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include "red-common.h"
#include "video-encoder.h"
#include "utils.h"
+#include "common/udev.h"
#define SPICE_GST_DEFAULT_FPS 30
@@ -913,6 +914,115 @@ static const gchar* get_gst_codec_name(const SpiceGstEncoder *encoder)
}
}
+static const char video_codecs[][8] = {
+ { "" },
+ { "mjpeg" },
+ { "vp8" },
+ { "h264" },
+ { "vp9" },
+ { "h265" },
+};
+
+static bool gst_features_lookup(const gchar *feature_name)
+{
+ GstRegistry *registry;
+ GstPluginFeature *feature;
+
+ registry = gst_registry_get();
+ if (!registry) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ feature = gst_registry_lookup_feature(registry, feature_name);
+ if (!feature) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ gst_object_unref(feature);
+ return true;
+}
+
+static gchar *find_best_plugin(const gchar *codec_name)
+{
+ const char *plugins[3] = {"msdk", "va", "vaapi"};
+ gchar *feature_name;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+ feature_name = !codec_name ? g_strconcat(plugins[i], "postproc", NULL) :
+ g_strconcat(plugins[i], codec_name, "enc", NULL);
+ if (!gst_features_lookup(feature_name)) {
+ g_free(feature_name);
+ feature_name = NULL;
+ continue;
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ return feature_name;
+}
+
+static gchar *get_gstenc_opts(gchar *encoder, const gchar *codec_name)
+{
+ gchar *gstenc_opts;
+
+ if (strcmp(codec_name, "mjpeg") == 0) {
+ return g_strdup("");
+ }
+
+ if (strstr(encoder, "msdk")) {
+ if (strcmp(codec_name, "vp9") == 0) {
+ gstenc_opts = g_strdup("async-depth=1 b-frames=0 rate-control=3 target-usage=7");
+ } else {
+ gstenc_opts = g_strdup("async-depth=1 rate-control=3 gop-size=1 tune=16 b-frames=0 target-usage=7 min-qp=15 max-qp=35");
+ }
+ } else if (strstr(encoder, "vaapi")) {
+ if (strcmp(codec_name, "vp9") == 0) {
+ gstenc_opts = g_strdup("tune=3 rate-control=1");
+ } else {
+ gstenc_opts = g_strdup("rate-control=cqp max-bframes=0 min-qp=15 max-qp=35");
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (strcmp(codec_name, "vp9") == 0) {
+ gstenc_opts = g_strdup("min-qp=15 max-qp=35 rate-control=16 ref-frames=0 target-usage=7");
+ } else {
+ gstenc_opts = g_strdup("rate-control=16 b-frames=0 target-usage=7 min-qp=15 max-qp=35");
+ }
+ }
+ return gstenc_opts;
+}
+
+static void try_intel_hw_plugins(const gchar *codec_name, gchar **converter,
+ gchar **gstenc_name, gchar **gstenc_opts)
+{
+ gchar *encoder, *vpp;
+
+ if (strcmp(codec_name, "vp8") == 0) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ encoder = find_best_plugin(codec_name);
+ if (!encoder) {
+ return;
+ }
+ vpp = find_best_plugin(NULL);
+ if (!vpp) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ g_free(*converter);
+ g_free(*gstenc_name);
+ g_free(*gstenc_opts);
+ *gstenc_name = encoder;
+ *gstenc_opts = get_gstenc_opts(encoder, codec_name);
+
+ if (strstr(vpp, "vaapi")) {
+ *converter = g_strconcat(vpp, " ! video/x-raw(memory:VASurface),format=NV12", NULL);
+ } else {
+ *converter = g_strconcat(vpp, " ! video/x-raw(memory:VAMemory),format=NV12", NULL);
+ }
+ g_free(vpp);
+}
+
static gchar *get_gst_converter(void)
{
gchar *converter, *pref_format;
@@ -932,7 +1042,7 @@ static gchar *get_gst_converter(void)
static gboolean create_pipeline(SpiceGstEncoder *encoder)
{
gchar* converter = get_gst_converter();
- const gchar* gstenc_name = get_gst_codec_name(encoder);
+ gchar* gstenc_name = g_strdup(get_gst_codec_name(encoder));
if (!gstenc_name) {
return FALSE;
}
@@ -985,6 +1095,13 @@ static gboolean create_pipeline(SpiceGstEncoder *encoder)
return FALSE;
}
+ const char *codec_name = video_codecs[encoder->base.codec_type];
+ GpuVendor vendor = spice_udev_detect_gpu(INTEL_VENDOR_ID);
+ if (vendor == VENDOR_GPU_DETECTED) {
+ try_intel_hw_plugins(codec_name, &converter, &gstenc_name,
+ &gstenc_opts);
+ }
+
GError *err = NULL;
gchar *desc = g_strdup_printf("appsrc is-live=true format=time do-timestamp=true name=src !"
" %s ! %s name=encoder %s ! appsink name=sink",
@@ -992,6 +1109,7 @@ static gboolean create_pipeline(SpiceGstEncoder *encoder)
spice_debug("GStreamer pipeline: %s", desc);
encoder->pipeline = gst_parse_launch_full(desc, NULL, GST_PARSE_FLAG_FATAL_ERRORS, &err);
g_free(converter);
+ g_free(gstenc_name);
g_free(gstenc_opts);
g_free(desc);
if (!encoder->pipeline || err) {
--
2.39.2
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