[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 7/7] hwcontext_qsv: Try to select a matching VAAPI device by default

[Mark Thompson]

Tries to find a device backed by the i915 kernel driver and loads the iHD
VAAPI driver to use with it.  This reduces confusion on machines with
multiple DRM devices and removes the surprising requirement to set the
LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME environment variable to use libmfx at all.
---
 libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
index 49b5952cef..59e4ed9157 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_qsv.c
@@ -1206,6 +1206,7 @@ static int qsv_device_create(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx, const char *device,
     QSVDevicePriv *priv;
     enum AVHWDeviceType child_device_type;
     AVHWDeviceContext *child_device;
+    AVDictionary *child_device_opts;
     AVDictionaryEntry *e;
 
     mfxIMPL impl;
@@ -1220,9 +1221,17 @@ static int qsv_device_create(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx, const char *device,
 
     e = av_dict_get(opts, "child_device", NULL, 0);
 
-    if (CONFIG_VAAPI)
+    child_device_opts = NULL;
+    if (CONFIG_VAAPI) {
         child_device_type = AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI;
-    else if (CONFIG_DXVA2)
+        // libmfx does not actually implement VAAPI properly, rather it
+        // depends on the specific behaviour of a matching iHD driver when
+        // used on recent Intel hardware.  Set options to the VAAPI device
+        // creation so that we should pick a usable setup by default if
+        // possible, even when multiple devices and drivers are available.
+        av_dict_set(&child_device_opts, "kernel_driver", "i915", 0);
+        av_dict_set(&child_device_opts, "driver",        "iHD",  0);
+    } else if (CONFIG_DXVA2)
         child_device_type = AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_DXVA2;
     else {
         av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "No supported child device type is enabled\n");
@@ -1230,7 +1239,7 @@ static int qsv_device_create(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx, const char *device,
     }
 
     ret = av_hwdevice_ctx_create(&priv->child_device_ctx, child_device_type,
-                                 e ? e->value : NULL, NULL, 0);
+                                 e ? e->value : NULL, child_device_opts, 0);
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;
 
-- 
2.20.1