Re: FFmpeg VAAPI H264 /HEVC encoding not supported

From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:17:31 UTC
Very thanks.

root@marietto:/usr/ports/graphics # glxinfo

https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/RryNptHvsk/

I don't see "Accelerated:''

On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 11:58 PM Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 9:57 AM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> لكن المعلومات التي قدمتها لي عامة. ما زلت لا أعرف ما إذا كان لدي خطأ وما
>> إذا كان بإمكاني إصلاحه بطريقة ما.
>>
>> (but the information that you gave to me is generic. I still don't know
>> if I have a bug and if I can fix it,in some way).
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 5:23 PM Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <
>> m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps the following pages may be useful :
>>>
>>> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro
>>>
>>> Another issue about video encoders and decoders is patents .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=is+VAAPI+HEVC+encoding+patented+or+not&sca_esv=596226834&sxsrf=AM9HkKnkHnL5dsq45dd5uDNCjL9Olnwl_A%3A1704557479981&ei=p3uZZZXGOLbjxc8P9e66mAU&ved=0ahUKEwjVtdy4k8mDAxW2cfEDHXW3DlMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=is+VAAPI+HEVC+encoding+patented+or+not&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJmlzIFZBQVBJIEhFVkMgZW5jb2RpbmcgcGF0ZW50ZWQgb3Igbm90SO6EAVDyCliigQFwAXgBkAEAmAGiAaAB9xGqAQQwLjE5uAEDyAEA-AEBwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICBxAjGLACGCfCAggQABgIGB4YDcICCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDwgIKECEYChigARjDBMICCBAhGKABGMMEwgIFECEYoAHCAgQQIRgV4gMEGAAgQYgGAZAGCA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
>>> is VAAPI HEVC encoding patented or not
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=is+VAAPI+H264+encoding+patented+or+not&sca_esv=596226834&sxsrf=AM9HkKl4fSR7Myk6mZQSftwHYdNbZhnr4Q%3A1704557529388&ei=2XuZZYKcF8m9xc8Pj6u0OA&ved=0ahUKEwjC7KbQk8mDAxXJXvEDHY8VDQcQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=is+VAAPI+H264+encoding+patented+or+not&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJmlzIFZBQVBJIEgyNjQgZW5jb2RpbmcgcGF0ZW50ZWQgb3Igbm90MggQABiABBiiBEiP0wZQ5psGWLu5BnADeAGQAQCYAaoBoAGiBqoBAzAuNrgBA8gBAPgBAcICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPiAwQYACBBiAYBkAYI&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
>>> is VAAPI H264 encoding patented or not
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 5:51 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello to everyone.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using FreeBSD 14.0-p3 with the latest packages and I'm trying to
>>>> enable the VAAPI H264 / HEVC encoding for obs-studio,but it says that they
>>>> aren't supported. There may be a bug somewhere ?
>>>>
>>>> start-obs :
>>>>
>>>> sh << EOF
>>>> env LD_LIBMAP="`nv-sglrun printenv LD_LIBMAP | grep -v libGL`" obs
>>>> EOF
>>>>
>>>> root@marietto:/compat # ./start-obs
>>>> shim init
>>>>
>>>> info: Using EGL/X11
>>>> info: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz
>>>> info: CPU Speed: 3600.00MHz
>>>> info: Physical Cores: 8, Logical Cores: 16
>>>> info: Physical Memory: 31734MB Total, 19859MB Free
>>>> info: Kernel Version: FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p3
>>>> info: Distribution: FreeBSD "14.0"
>>>> info: Window System: X11.0, Vendor: The X.Org Foundation, Version:
>>>> 1.21.1
>>>> info: Qt Version: 6.6.1 (runtime), 6.6.1 (compiled)
>>>> info: Portable mode: false
>>>> info: OBS 30.0.2 (freebsd)
>>>> info: ---------------------------------
>>>> info: ---------------------------------
>>>> info: audio settings reset:
>>>> samples per sec: 48000
>>>> speakers: 2
>>>> max buffering: 960 milliseconds
>>>> buffering type: dynamically increasing
>>>> info: ---------------------------------
>>>> info: Initializing OpenGL...
>>>> info: Loading up OpenGL on adapter NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA GeForce
>>>> GTX 1060 3GB/PCIe/SSE2
>>>> info: OpenGL loaded successfully, version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 535.146.02,
>>>> shading language 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
>>>>
>>>> info: ---------------------------------
>>>> info: video settings reset:
>>>> base resolution: 1920x1080
>>>> output resolution: 1280x720
>>>> downscale filter: Bicubic
>>>> fps: 30/1
>>>> format: NV12
>>>> YUV mode: Rec. 709/Partial
>>>> info: NV12 texture support not available
>>>> info: P010 texture support not available
>>>> info: Audio monitoring device:
>>>> name: Default
>>>> id: default
>>>> info: ---------------------------------
>>>> info: [pipewire] No captures available
>>>> warning: v4l2loopback not installed, virtual camera disabled
>>>> info: NVENC supported
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *info: FFmpeg VAAPI H264 encoding not supported info: FFmpeg VAAPI HEVC
>>>> encoding not supported*
>>>>
>>>> info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] you can haz websockets
>>>> (Version: 5.0.1 | RPC Version: 1)
>>>> info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Qt version (compile-time):
>>>> 6.6.1 | Qt version (run-time): 6.6.1
>>>> info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Linked ASIO Version: 101201
>>>> info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Module loaded.
>>>> info: [vlc-video]: VLC 3.0.20 Vetinari found, VLC video source enabled
>>>> info: ---------------------------------
>>>> info: Loaded Modules:
>>>> info: vlc-video.so
>>>> info: text-freetype2.so
>>>> info: sndio.so
>>>> info: rtmp-services.so
>>>> info: oss-audio.so
>>>> info: obs-x264.so
>>>> info: obs-websocket.so
>>>> info: obs-webrtc.so
>>>> info: obs-transitions.so
>>>> info: obs-outputs.so
>>>> info: obs-filters.so
>>>> info: obs-ffmpeg.so
>>>> info: linux-v4l2.so
>>>> info: linux-pulseaudio.so
>>>> info: linux-pipewire.so
>>>> info: linux-jack.so
>>>> info: linux-capture.so
>>>> info: image-source.so
>>>> info: frontend-tools.so
>>>> info: ---------------------------------
>>>> info: ==== Startup complete
>>>> ===============================================
>>>> info: All scene data cleared
>>>> info: ------------------------------------------------
>>>> info: Switched to scene 'Scene'
>>>> info: ------------------------------------------------
>>>> info: Loaded scenes:
>>>> info: - scene 'Scene':
>>>> info: ------------------------------------------------
>>>> info: ==== Shutting down
>>>> ==================================================
>>>> info: All scene data cleared
>>>> info: ------------------------------------------------
>>>> info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_unload] Shutting down...
>>>> error: Tried to call obs_frontend_remove_event_callback with no
>>>> callbacks!
>>>> error: Tried to call obs_frontend_get_global_config with no callbacks!
>>>> error: [obs-websocket] [Config::Save] Unable to fetch OBS config!
>>>> info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_unload] Finished shutting down.
>>>> info: [Scripting] Total detached callbacks: 0
>>>> info: Freeing OBS context data
>>>> info: == Profiler Results =============================
>>>> info: run_program_init: 663.636 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSApp::AppInit: 3.125 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┗OBSApp::InitLocale: 0.784 ms
>>>> info: ┗OBSApp::OBSInit: 626.884 ms
>>>> info: ┣obs_startup: 1.247 ms
>>>> info: ┗OBSBasic::OBSInit: 598.145 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::InitBasicConfig: 0.085 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::ResetAudio: 0.149 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::ResetVideo: 92.565 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┗obs_init_graphics: 92.317 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┗shader compilation: 22.654 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::InitOBSCallbacks: 0.005 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::InitHotkeys: 0.022 ms
>>>> info: ┣obs_load_all_modules2: 365.069 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(frontend-tools.so): 27.908 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(image-source.so): 0.009 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(linux-capture.so): 0.374 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(linux-jack.so): 0.004 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(linux-pipewire.so): 3.652 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(linux-pulseaudio.so): 0.003 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(linux-v4l2.so): 0.856 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-ffmpeg.so): 5.617 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┃ ┗nvenc_check: 5.362 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-filters.so): 0.029 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-outputs.so): 0.007 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-transitions.so): 0.009 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-webrtc.so): 0.029 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-websocket.so): 4.649 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-x264.so): 0.003 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(oss-audio.so): 0.004 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(rtmp-services.so): 0.993 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(sndio.so): 0.005 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(text-freetype2.so): 0.035 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┗obs_init_module(vlc-video.so): 0.635 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::InitService: 0.773 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::ResetOutputs: 0.509 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::CreateHotkeys: 0.026 ms
>>>> info: ┣OBSBasic::InitPrimitives: 0.162 ms
>>>> info: ┗OBSBasic::Load: 67.014 ms
>>>> info: obs_hotkey_thread(25 ms): min=0.03 ms, median=0.17 ms, max=10.834
>>>> ms, 99th percentile=8.279 ms
>>>> , 100% below 25 ms
>>>> info: audio_thread(Audio): min=0.005 ms, median=0.036 ms, max=0.149 ms,
>>>> 99th percentile=0.101 ms
>>>> info: obs_graphics_thread(33.3333 ms): min=0.084 ms, median=0.987 ms,
>>>> max=22.184 ms, 99th percentile
>>>> =22.184 ms, 100% below 33.333 ms
>>>> info: ┣tick_sources: min=0.001 ms, median=0.009 ms, max=0.658 ms, 99th
>>>> percentile=0.658 ms
>>>> info: ┣output_frame: min=0.041 ms, median=0.212 ms, max=8.411 ms, 99th
>>>> percentile=8.411 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┗gs_context(video->graphics): min=0.04 ms, median=0.211 ms,
>>>> max=8.41 ms, 99th percentile=8.
>>>> 41 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┣render_video: min=0.02 ms, median=0.125 ms, max=8.379 ms, 99th
>>>> percentile=8.379 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┃ ┗render_main_texture: min=0.015 ms, median=0.098 ms,
>>>> max=8.356 ms, 99th percentile=8.35
>>>> 6 ms
>>>> info: ┃ ┗gs_flush: min=0.003 ms, median=0.018 ms, max=7.648 ms, 99th
>>>> percentile=7.648 ms
>>>> info: ┗render_displays: min=0.009 ms, median=0.603 ms, max=22.032 ms,
>>>> 99th percentile=22.032 ms
>>>> info: =================================================
>>>> info: == Profiler Time Between Calls ==================
>>>> info: obs_hotkey_thread(25 ms): min=25.037 ms, median=25.19 ms,
>>>> max=65.219 ms, 91.0569% within ±2% o
>>>> f 25 ms (0% lower, 8.94309% higher)
>>>> info: obs_graphics_thread(33.3333 ms): min=12.188 ms, median=33.322 ms,
>>>> max=52.604 ms, 78.8889% with
>>>> in ±2% of 33.333 ms (10% lower, 11.1111% higher)
>>>> info: =================================================
>>>> info: Number of memory leaks: 0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * but the vaapi codecs are recognized correctly :*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> # ffmpeg -codecs | grep vaapi
>>>>
>>>> ffmpeg version 6.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
>>>> built with FreeBSD clang version 16.0.6 (
>>>> https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-16.0.6-0
>>>> -g7cbf1a259152)
>>>>
>>>> configuration: --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/man
>>>> --datadir=/usr/local/share/ffmpeg --doc
>>>> dir=/usr/local/share/doc/ffmpeg
>>>> --pkgconfigdir=/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig --disable-static --disab
>>>> le-libcelt --enable-shared --enable-pic --enable-gpl --cc=cc --cxx=c++
>>>> --disable-alsa --disable-libo
>>>> pencore-amrnb --disable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libaom
>>>> --disable-libaribb24 --disable-libaribcapt
>>>> ion --enable-asm --enable-libass --disable-libbs2b --disable-libcaca
>>>> --disable-libcdio --disable-lib
>>>> codec2 --enable-libdav1d --disable-libdavs2 --disable-libdc1394
>>>> --disable-debug --enable-htmlpages -
>>>> -enable-libdrm --disable-libfdk-aac --disable-libflite
>>>> --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --en
>>>> able-frei0r --disable-libfribidi --disable-gcrypt --disable-libglslang
>>>> --disable-libgme --enable-gmp
>>>> --enable-gnutls --enable-version3 --disable-libgsm --enable-libharfbuzz
>>>> --enable-iconv --disable-li
>>>> bilbc --disable-libjack --enable-libjxl --disable-libklvanc
>>>> --disable-libkvazaar --disable-ladspa --
>>>> enable-libmp3lame --enable-lcms2 --disable-liblensfun
>>>> --disable-libbluray --enable-libplacebo --disa
>>>> ble-librsvg --disable-librtmp --enable-libxml2 --disable-lv2
>>>> --disable-mbedtls --disable-libmfx --di
>>>> sable-libmodplug --disable-libmysofa --enable-network --disable-nonfree
>>>> --enable-nvenc --disable-ope
>>>> nal --disable-opencl --disable-opengl --disable-libopenh264
>>>> --disable-libopenjpeg --disable-libopenm
>>>> pt --disable-openssl --disable-libopenvino --enable-optimizations
>>>> --enable-libopus --disable-pockets
>>>> phinx --disable-libpulse --disable-librabbitmq --disable-librav1e
>>>> --disable-librist --enable-runtime
>>>> -cpudetect --disable-librubberband --disable-sdl2 --enable-libshaderc
>>>> --disable-libsmbclient --disab
>>>> le-libsnappy --disable-sndio --disable-libsoxr --disable-libspeex
>>>> --disable-libsrt --disable-libssh
>>>> --enable-libsvtav1 --disable-libtensorflow --disable-libtesseract
>>>> --disable-libtheora --disable-libt
>>>> wolame --disable-libuavs3d --enable-libv4l2 --enable-vaapi
>>>> --disable-vapoursynth --enable-vdpau --di
>>>> sable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis
>>>> --disable-libvo-amrwbenc --disable-libvpl --ena
>>>> ble-libvpx --enable-vulkan --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264
>>>> --enable-libx265 --disable-libxavs2 --e
>>>> nable-libxcb --disable-libxvid --disable-outdev=xv --disable-libzimg
>>>> --disable-libzmq --disable-libz
>>>> vbi
>>>> libavutil 58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
>>>> libavcodec 60. 31.102 / 60. 31.102
>>>> libavformat 60. 16.100 / 60. 16.100
>>>> libavdevice 60. 3.100 / 60. 3.100
>>>> libavfilter 9. 12.100 / 9. 12.100
>>>> libswscale 7. 5.100 / 7. 5.100
>>>> libswresample 4. 12.100 / 4. 12.100
>>>> libpostproc 57. 3.100 / 57. 3.100
>>>>
>>>> DEV.L. av1 Alliance for Open Media AV1 (decoders: libdav1d libaom-av1
>>>> av1 av1_cuvi
>>>> d) (encoders: libaom-av1 libsvtav1 av1_nvenc av1_vaapi)
>>>> DEV.LS h264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (decoders: h264
>>>> h264_v4l2m2m
>>>> h264_cuvid) (encoders: libx264 libx264rgb h264_nvenc h264_v4l2m2m
>>>> h264_vaapi)
>>>> DEV.L. hevc H.265 / HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) (decoders: hevc
>>>> hevc_v4l2m2
>>>> m hevc_cuvid) (encoders: libx265 hevc_nvenc hevc_v4l2m2m hevc_vaapi)
>>>> DEVIL. mjpeg Motion JPEG (decoders: mjpeg mjpeg_cuvid) (encoders: mjpeg
>>>> mjpeg_vaapi)
>>>> DEV.L. mpeg2video MPEG-2 video (decoders: mpeg2video mpegvideo
>>>> mpeg2_v4l2m2m mpeg2_cuvid)
>>>> (encoders: mpeg2video mpeg2_vaapi)
>>>> DEV.L. vp8 On2 VP8 (decoders: vp8 vp8_v4l2m2m libvpx vp8_cuvid)
>>>> (encoders: libvpx
>>>> vp8_v4l2m2m vp8_vaapi)
>>>> DEV.L. vp9 Google VP9 (decoders: vp9 vp9_v4l2m2m libvpx-vp9 vp9_cuvid)
>>>> (encoders:
>>>> libvpx-vp9 vp9_vaapi)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mario.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Mario.
>>
> First, VAAPI  is not a codec. It is Video Acceleration-API and is
> supported by some tools directly, but most often using Mesa or
> libva-VADPAU. Without VA-API support, the graphics will be handled by the
> CPU, not the GPU. Both H.264 (AVC) nd H.265 (HVEC) are supported by VAAPI.
>
> Are you building ffmpeg from source or installing a package? Patented
> ports need to be built "NONFREE=on" for patented codecs. I am not sure what
> options the ffmpeg package is built with.
>
> Are you sure that Video Acceleration is working on your GPU? I have an
> Alder Lake Intel GPU and, as of last week, the device in FreeBSD's drivers.
> (New GPU firmware was added this week, but I have yet to try it to confirm
> whether it fixes the issue.) Easy check is to play a high res (780 or
> higher) video. If you have VA-API working, CPU usage will not change much.
> With VA-API support, it will increase significantly. More accurate check is
> to install graphics/xdpiinfo  and run it (no args) or graphics/glx-utils
> and run "glxinfo into a pager (more, less, or most). glxinfo is quite
> verbose. You want to look for "Accelerated:'' about 50 lines from the top.
>
> I am not an expert on all of this, but I've learned a bit trying to get my
> Alder Lake work properly on FreeBSD.
> --
> Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
> E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
> PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
>


-- 
Mario.