[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] added support for hardware assist H264 video encoding for the Raspberry Pi

Amancio Hasty ahasty at gmail.com
Thu Jun 16 11:16:42 CEST 2016


> On May 9, 2016, at 7:55 AM, Amancio Hasty <ahasty at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> So what is the next step?
> 
> If you want testers I suggest posting to ccrisan’s motionpie mailing list.
> Cheers
> Amancio
> 
> 
>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 7:27 PM, Amancio Hasty <ahasty at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am not a lawyer…
>> 
>> 
>> I updated the patch.  vc264.c now has a the copyright notice embedded in 
>> a volatile global so if a binary is compiled against vc264.o , the copyright notice
>> can be displayed by:
>> strings ffmpeg | grep -i copyright
>> 
>> LICENSE.md has been updated to include Broadcom’s copyright notice.
>> 
>> A distribution of a  binary that includes vc264.o should include LICENSE.md and if 
>> that is missing,  the copyright notice can be displayed via the shell
>> command ‘strings’ .
>> 
>> Amancio
>> <c-0001-added-support-for-hardware-assist-H264-video-encodin.patch>
>>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Lou Logan <lou at lrcd.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 20:07:01 -0700, Amancio Hasty wrote:
>>> 
>>>> From 874a72eec2a78f4935fea091003e534b5f8d5413 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>> From: Amancio Hasty <ahasty at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 18:56:05 -0700
>>>> Subject: [PATCH] added support for hardware assist H264  video encoding for
>>>> the Raspberry Pi
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> configure              |  12 ++
>>>> libavcodec/Makefile    |   1 +
>>>> libavcodec/allcodecs.c |   2 +
>>>> libavcodec/vc264.c     | 387 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 4 files changed, 402 insertions(+)
>>>> create mode 100644 libavcodec/vc264.c
>>>> 
>>> [...]
>>>> diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
>>>> index 2a25d66..3c7bd9b 100644
>>>> --- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
>>>> +++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
>>>> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ void avcodec_register_all(void)
>>>>   initialized = 1;
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Nit: Whitespace on the line above should be removed.
>>> 
>>> [...]
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/libavcodec/vc264.c
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,387 @@
>>>> +/*  H.264 hardware assist video encoding code taken from
>>>> + * raspberry's os :
>>>> + *   /opt/vc/src/hello_pi/hello_encode/encode.c
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> +Copyright (c) 2012, Broadcom Europe Ltd
>>>> +Copyright (c) 2012, Kalle Vahlman <zuh at iki>
>>>> +                    Tuomas Kulve <tuomas at kulve.fi>
>>>> +All rights reserved.
>>>> +
>>>> +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>>>> +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
>>>> +* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>>>> +      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>>>> +      * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>>>> +      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
>>>> +      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
>>>> +      * Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the
>>>> +      names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
>>>> +      derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
>>>> +
>>>> +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
>>>> +ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
>>>> +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
>>>> +DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
>>>> +DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
>>>> +(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
>>>> +LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
>>>> +ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
>>>> +(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
>>>> +SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>>> 
>>> I wonder if any of the above legalese is compatible. Granted, I see a
>>> similar paragraph in "libavformat/aadec.c".
>>> 
>>>> + * ffmpeg driver for hardware assist video H.264 encoding using Broadcom's GPU
>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2016 Amancio Hasty ahasty at gmail.com
>>>> + *
>>>> + *
>>>> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>>>> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
>>>> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
>>>> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>>> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>>> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
>>>> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
>>>> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
>>>> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
>>>> + *
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * @ file vc264.c
>>>> + * Broadcom bm2865's Visual Core hardware assist h264 using
>>>> +   openMax interface to the GPU.
>>>> +
>>>> +*/
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <stdio.h>
>>>> +#include <stdlib.h>
>>>> +#include <string.h>
>>>> +#define OMX_SKIP64BIT
>>>> +#include "bcm_host.h"
>>>> +#include "ilclient.h"
>>>> +#include "avcodec.h"
>>>> +#include "internal.h"
>>>> +
>>>> +typedef struct VC264Context {
>>>> +  OMX_VIDEO_PARAM_PORTFORMATTYPE format;
>>>> +  OMX_PARAM_PORTDEFINITIONTYPE def;
>>>> +  COMPONENT_T *video_encode;
>>>> +  COMPONENT_T *list[5];
>>>> +  OMX_BUFFERHEADERTYPE *buf;
>>>> +  OMX_BUFFERHEADERTYPE *out;
>>>> +  ILCLIENT_T *client;
>>>> +  OMX_VIDEO_PARAM_BITRATETYPE bitrateType;
>>>> +  int  width;
>>>> +  int height;
>>>> +  int bit_rate;
>>>> +} VC264Context;
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +static int vc264_init(AVCodecContext *avctx) {
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +   OMX_ERRORTYPE r;
>>>> +   int error;
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +   VC264Context *vc = avctx->priv_data;
>>>> +
>>>> +   vc->width = avctx->width;
>>>> +   vc->height = avctx->height;
>>>> +   vc->bit_rate = avctx->bit_rate;
>>>> +   printf("vc264: bit rate %d \n", avctx->bit_rate);
>>>> +#if FF_API_CODED_FRAME
>>>> +FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
>>>> +
>>>> +   avctx->coded_frame = av_frame_alloc();
>>>> +   avctx->coded_frame->pict_type = AV_PICTURE_TYPE_I;
>>>> +FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
>>>> +#endif
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +   memset(&vc->list, 0, sizeof(vc->list));
>>>> +   bcm_host_init();
>>>> +   if ((vc->client = ilclient_init()) == NULL) {
>>>> +      return -3;
>>>> +   }
>>>> +   error = OMX_Init();
>>>> +
>>>> +   if (error  != OMX_ErrorNone) {
>>>> +      ilclient_destroy(vc->client);
>>>> +      av_log(avctx,AV_LOG_ERROR,"in vc264_init OMX_Init failed ");
>>>> +     return -4;
>>>> +    }
>>>> +
>>>> +   // create video_encode
>>>> +   r = ilclient_create_component(vc->client, &vc->video_encode, (char *) "video_encode",
>>>> +				 ILCLIENT_DISABLE_ALL_PORTS |
>>>> +				 ILCLIENT_ENABLE_INPUT_BUFFERS |
>>>> +				 ILCLIENT_ENABLE_OUTPUT_BUFFERS);
>>> 
>>> Tabs should be converted to spaces. There are many instances of tabs
>>> being used in this patch.
>>> 
>>> Others will have to provide a more technical review (not to mention
>>> possible additions docs, Changelog, MAINTAINERS, and
>>> libavcodec/version.h).
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>> 
> 

Any thoughts on how we may proceed forward?

Thank You,
Amancio




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