Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/3] libavcodec: add NETINT Quadra HW decoders & encoders
Hi Kieran,
Roughly one year ago I tried to buy one of these and I was asked to sign an NDA.
That was a "bug". You do not need to sign an NDA. If you have difficulty obtaining our hardware, contact me. Desmond
On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM Desmond Liu <desmond.liu@netint.ca> wrote:
Hi Kieran,
Roughly one year ago I tried to buy one of these and I was asked to sign an NDA.
That was a "bug". You do not need to sign an NDA. If you have difficulty obtaining our hardware, contact me.
Desmond
For what it's worth -- I've used the netint.com/contact-us/ contact form to submit this request on July 10th, 2025: ``` I am interested in purchasing a netint card. Is there price list? Is there a model that would work well outside of a rack mount, in a regular PC ... or will I have to improvise my own cooling solution? ``` I've heard nothing back, other that an automatic email to create a netint account for me. Pavel.
For what it's worth -- I've used the netint.com/contact-us/ contact form to submit this request on July 10th, 2025: ``` I am interested in purchasing a netint card. Is there price list? Is there a model that would work well outside of a rack mount, in a regular PC ... or will I have to improvise my own cooling solution? ```
I've heard nothing back, other that an automatic email to create a netint account for me.
Hi Pavel, sorry for the inconvenience. I have raised this issue with our sales and they should have sent an email to you. Meanwhile, we are adding purchase and support pages onto our website to serve individual buyers. Regards, Desmond
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM Desmond Liu <desmond.liu@netint.ca> wrote:
For what it's worth -- I've used the netint.com/contact-us/ contact form to submit this request on July 10th, 2025: ``` I am interested in purchasing a netint card. Is there price list? Is there a model that would work well outside of a rack mount, in a regular PC ... or will I have to improvise my own cooling solution? ```
I've heard nothing back, other that an automatic email to create a netint account for me.
Hi Pavel, sorry for the inconvenience. I have raised this issue with our sales and they should have sent an email to you. Meanwhile, we are adding purchase and support pages onto our website to serve individual buyers.
They did, thank you ... the price they mentioned is too high to satisfy my curiosity. Pavel.
They did, thank you ... the price they mentioned is too high to satisfy my curiosity.
You can sign up for an Akamai cloud account for testing/development. They have an "Accelerated Linode" with our hardware. If you sign up with a business e-mail, you can get a $100 credit but they may ask you to put in a deposit of $100 before you can use them. You may need to send a service request to activate the VM. Desmond
On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM Desmond Liu <desmond.liu@netint.ca> wrote:
They did, thank you ... the price they mentioned is too high to satisfy my curiosity.
You can sign up for an Akamai cloud account for testing/development. They have an "Accelerated Linode" with our hardware. If you sign up with a business e-mail, you can get a $100 credit but they may ask you to put in a deposit of $100 before you can use them. You may need to send a service request to activate the VM.
Desmond
I've cloned the netint ffmpeg fork from https://github.com/netintsteven/NI_FF_upstream/tree/upstream - looks like it was last updated on June 30th, 2025 -- about 2 months behind ffmpeg master - libavcodec/nicodec.h includes ni_device_api.h, so https://github.com/NETINT-Technologies/netint_libxcoder is a prerequisite ... that probably should be mentioned in the ffmpeg fork README.md
On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM Pavel Koshevoy <pkoshevoy@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM Desmond Liu <desmond.liu@netint.ca> wrote:
They did, thank you ... the price they mentioned is too high to satisfy my curiosity.
You can sign up for an Akamai cloud account for testing/development. They have an "Accelerated Linode" with our hardware. If you sign up with a business e-mail, you can get a $100 credit but they may ask you to put in a deposit of $100 before you can use them. You may need to send a service request to activate the VM.
Desmond
I've cloned the netint ffmpeg fork from https://github.com/netintsteven/NI_FF_upstream/tree/upstream - looks like it was last updated on June 30th, 2025 -- about 2 months behind ffmpeg master - libavcodec/nicodec.h includes ni_device_api.h, so https://github.com/NETINT-Technologies/netint_libxcoder is a prerequisite ... that probably should be mentioned in the ffmpeg fork README.md
also, netint_libxcoder README docs url returns a 404 Not Found: https://docs.netint.com/quadra/documentation/libxcoder
Hi Pavel,
also, netint_libxcoder README docs url returns a 404 Not Found: https://docs.netint.com/quadra/documentation/libxcoder
Thanks for pointing that out. The URL moved to https://docs.netint.com/vpu/quadra/documentation/libxcoder I'll look into getting that fixed. Regards, Desmond Liu
Hi Pavel,
I've cloned the netint ffmpeg fork from https://github.com/netintsteven/NI_FF_upstream/tree/upstream - looks like it was last updated on June 30th, 2025 -- about 2 months behind ffmpeg master - libavcodec/nicodec.h includes ni_device_api.h, so https://github.com/NETINT-Technologies/netint_libxcoder is a prerequisite ... that probably should be mentioned in the ffmpeg fork README.md
A lot of ffmpeg functionality is achieved through external libraries and header files (e.g. qsv, vulkan, vmaf just to name a few). There does not seem to be any centralized document in the ffmpeg repo on where to find external libraries. The README.md file in the ffmpeg repo doesn't seem appropriate. If you could point to a place, I'd be happy to make the change. Regards, Desmond Liu
To support the FFmpeg community and provide easier access to Netint hardware, we are launching a hardware reservation system. Active contributors will be able to reserve a VM equipped with Netint hardware on the Akamai cloud for development and testing. We will be demoing this system for the first time at NAB (April 19-22, Las Vegas). We look forward to seeing people there and supporting their work. Desmond Liu
To support the FFmpeg community and provide easier access to Netint hardware, we are launching a hardware reservation system. Active contributors will be able to reserve a VM equipped with Netint hardware on the Akamai cloud for development and testing.
We will be demoing this system for the first time at NAB (April 19-22, Las Vegas). We look forward to seeing people there and supporting their work.
The hardware reservation system is now available at https://reserve.netint.com Desmond Liu
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