[FFmpeg-user] how to use Intel qsv codec for ffmpeg 4.0

Dennis Mungai dmngaie at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 23:03:06 EEST 2018


Hey,

Any feedback on the solution posted above?

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 09:03 Dennis Mungai <dmngaie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, one question to the OP:
>
> What version/variant of the Media SDK did you use to build FFmpeg?
> Is it the one issued in the licensed Media SDK or the opensource iMSDK
> (see https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK)?
>
> Either way, you may need to insert a hwupload filter into the video
> filters with a fixed frame pool size, as shown below:
>
> ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -vcodec h264_qsv -i input-file -acodec aac -ac 2 -b:a
> 48k -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 2000k -vf
> "hwupload=extra_hw_frames=10,scale_qsv=960:720" -g 25 -r 25.0 -f flv
> output-file
>
> Should that bring you any issues (such as a fallback to software-based
> encoding), you may also pick up the h/w device for qsv as shown below:
>
> ffmpeg -init_hw_device qsv=qsv:MFX_IMPL_hw_any -hwaccel qsv
> -filter_hw_device qsv -vcodec h264_qsv -i input-file -acodec aac -ac 2 -b:a
> 48k -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 2000k -vf
> "hwupload=extra_hw_frames=10,scale_qsv=960:720" -g 25 -r 25.0 -f flv
> output-file
>
> See that with the second command:
>
> (a). We initialize a hwaccel device named qsv, picking the IMPL_hw_any qsv
> platform device, and
>
> (b). Specify that we want to use that device for both hwaccel (-hwaccel
> qsv) and for the video filter chain (-filter_hw_device qsv).
>
> (c). The extra_hw_frames=n option is used to set an initial pool size.
>
> If it's feeding into a scaler, then probably 2 or 3 frames are sufficient,
> but if it's feeding into an encoder with look-ahead enabled (LA-BRC with
> target usage equivalent of 1), then you might need over 100. As such, it's
> currently under user control.
>
> Test and report back.
>
>
>
> On 20 June 2018 at 08:40, Li, Zhong <zhong.li at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> Looks like qsv transcoding on system memory is broken.
>> Would you please create a ticket on https://trac.ffmpeg.org/?
>>
>> And for you case, switching to full hardware path is benefit to
>> performance.
>> Try: ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -vcodec h264_qsv -i input-file -acodec aac -ac 2
>> -b:a 48k -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 2000k -vf " scale_qsv=960:720" -g 25 -r 25.0
>> -f flv output-file
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ffmpeg-user [mailto:ffmpeg-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of
>> > qw
>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 10:17 AM
>> > To: FFmpeg user questions <ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] how to use Intel qsv codec for ffmpeg 4.0
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >
>> > I use the following ffmpeg command, and it's ok for ffmpeg 3.4.1.
>> >
>> >
>> > /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -vcodec h264_qsv -i input-file -acodec aac -ac 2
>> -b:a
>> > 48k -vcodec h264_qsv -b:v 2000k -vf "scale=960:720" -g 25 -r 25.0 -f flv
>> > output-file
>> >
>> >
>> > But the command fails for ffmpeg 4.0. The error message is shown as
>> below:
>> >
>> >
>> > ffmpeg version 4.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers
>> >   built with gcc 4.8.5 (GCC) 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-16)
>> >   configuration: --prefix=/usr/local --enable-nonfree --enable-static
>> > --enable-libmfx --enable-gpl
>> >   libavutil      56. 14.100 / 56. 14.100
>> >   libavcodec     58. 18.100 / 58. 18.100
>> >   libavformat    58. 12.100 / 58. 12.100
>> >   libavdevice    58.  3.100 / 58.  3.100
>> >   libavfilter     7. 16.100 /  7. 16.100
>> >   libswscale      5.  1.100 /  5.  1.100
>> >   libswresample   3.  1.100 /  3.  1.100
>> >   libpostproc    55.  1.100 / 55.  1.100
>> > Input #0, flv, from './1.flv':
>> >   Metadata:
>> >     jd-6cn-test     : hello jdcloud
>> >     hasMetadata     : true
>> >     hasVideo        : true
>> >     hasAudio        : true
>> >     lasttimestamp   : 33
>> >     lastkeyframetimestamp: 33
>> >     videosize       : 8229939
>> >     audiosize       : 526094
>> >     datasize        : 848
>> >     metadatacreator : flvmeta 1.2.1
>> >     audiodelay      : 0
>> >     canSeekToEnd    : true
>> >     hasCuePoints    : false
>> >     hasKeyframes    : true
>> >   Duration: 00:00:32.60, start: 0.040000, bitrate: 2151 kb/s
>> >     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive),
>> > 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2017 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 50 tbc
>> >     Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 124 kb/s File
>> > './ffmpeg_qsv_transcoder_1.flv' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
>> Stream
>> > mapping:
>> >   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (h264_qsv) -> h264 (h264_qsv))
>> >   Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native)) Press [q] to stop,
>> [?] for
>> > help [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder:
>> not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video
>> > decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0:
>> Internal bug,
>> > should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the
>> > MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream
>> #0:0:
>> > Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error
>> > initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized (-8) Error while
>> decoding
>> > stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened [h264_qsv @
>> > 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not initialized
>> (-8) Error
>> > while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should not have happened
>> > [h264_qsv @ 0x2032e80] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: not
>> > initialized (-8) Error while decoding stream #0:0: Internal bug, should
>> not
>> > have happened Too many packets buffered for output stream 0:1.
>> > [aac @ 0x21398c0] Qavg: 1872.197
>> > [aac @ 0x21398c0] 2 frames left in the queue on closing Conversion
>> failed!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > What's wrong with the ffmpeg command?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> >
>> > andrew
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > At 2018-06-19 23:30:28, "DopeLabs" <dopelabs at dubstep.fm> wrote:
>> > >have you searched the man page or. this page for "qsv" ?
>> > >
>> > >https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html
>> > >
>> > >> On Jun 19, 2018, at 1:44 46AM, qw <applemax82 at 163.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> I want to use Intel qsv encoder/decoder for ffmpeg 4.0. I use
>> > '--enable-libmfx' to configure ffmpeg, and build it. What's ffmpeg
>> command
>> > to use Intel qsv h.264 encoder/decoder to do transcoding?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks!
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Regards
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Andrew
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