[FFmpeg-user] AMD GPU + Vaapi encoding problem

Dennis Mungai dmngaie at gmail.com
Wed Apr 8 20:11:46 EEST 2020


On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 19:58, Ostap Batug <ostik0bleat at gmail.com> wrote:

> tried the command that you provided, the output was following:
> $ ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080
> -i :0 -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' -c:v h264_vaapi -b:v 7M -profile 578 -bf 0
> output.mp4
> ffmpeg version n4.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
>   built with gcc 9.3.0 (Artix Linux 9.3.0-1)
>   configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --disable-static
> --disable-stripping --enable-fontconfig --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls
> --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass
> --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdrm --enable-libfreetype
> --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgsm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libjack
> --enable-libmfx --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame
> --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg
> --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex
> --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab
> --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264
> --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid
> --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-omx --enable-shared
> --enable-version3
>   libavutil      56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
>   libavcodec     58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
>   libavformat    58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
>   libavdevice    58.  8.100 / 58.  8.100
>   libavfilter     7. 57.100 /  7. 57.100
>   libswscale      5.  5.100 /  5.  5.100
>   libswresample   3.  5.100 /  3.  5.100
>   libpostproc    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100
> [x11grab @ 0x557006694080] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate;
> consider increasing probesize
> Input #0, x11grab, from ':0':
>   Duration: N/A, start: 1586364393.466802, bitrate: N/A
>     Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (BGR[0] / 0x524742), bgr0, 1920x1080,
> 29.97 fps, 1000k tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc
> Please use -profile:a or -profile:v, -profile is ambiguous
> File 'output.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
> Stream mapping:
>   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo (native) -> h264 (h264_vaapi))
> Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x5570066a1040] Driver does not support some wanted packed
> headers (wanted 0xd, found 0).
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x5570066a1040] Driver does not support packed sequence
> headers, but a global header is requested.
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x5570066a1040] No global header will be written: this may
> result in a stream which is not usable for some purposes (e.g. not muxable
> to some containers).
> Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4':
>   Metadata:
>     encoder         : Lavf58.29.100
>     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (h264_vaapi) (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 /
> 0x31637661), vaapi_vld, 1920x1080, q=-1--1, 7000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 30k tbn,
> 29.97 tbc
>     Metadata:
>       encoder         : Lavc58.54.100 h264_vaapi
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x5570066a1040] Failed to end picture encode issue: 5
> (invalid VAContextID).
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x5570066a1040] Encode failed: -5.
> Video encoding failed
> Conversion failed!
>
> Then i have replaced -profile 578 option that you provided with a suggested
> -profile:v main, and the output was the following
>  ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080
> -i :0 -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' -c:v h264_vaapi -b:v 7M -profile:v main
> -bf 0 output.mp4
> ffmpeg version n4.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
>   built with gcc 9.3.0 (Artix Linux 9.3.0-1)
>   configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --disable-static
> --disable-stripping --enable-fontconfig --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls
> --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass
> --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdrm --enable-libfreetype
> --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgsm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libjack
> --enable-libmfx --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame
> --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg
> --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex
> --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab
> --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264
> --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid
> --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-omx --enable-shared
> --enable-version3
>   libavutil      56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
>   libavcodec     58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
>   libavformat    58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
>   libavdevice    58.  8.100 / 58.  8.100
>   libavfilter     7. 57.100 /  7. 57.100
>   libswscale      5.  5.100 /  5.  5.100
>   libswresample   3.  5.100 /  3.  5.100
>   libpostproc    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100
> [x11grab @ 0x557f0c7c7080] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate;
> consider increasing probesize
> Input #0, x11grab, from ':0':
>   Duration: N/A, start: 1586364590.199153, bitrate: N/A
>     Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (BGR[0] / 0x524742), bgr0, 1920x1080,
> 29.97 fps, 1000k tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc
> File 'output.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
> Stream mapping:
>   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo (native) -> h264 (h264_vaapi))
> Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x557f0c7d4040] Driver does not support some wanted packed
> headers (wanted 0xd, found 0).
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x557f0c7d4040] Driver does not support packed sequence
> headers, but a global header is requested.
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x557f0c7d4040] No global header will be written: this may
> result in a stream which is not usable for some purposes (e.g. not muxable
> to some containers).
> Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4':
>   Metadata:
>     encoder         : Lavf58.29.100
>     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (h264_vaapi) (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661),
> vaapi_vld, 1920x1080, q=-1--1, 7000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 30k tbn, 29.97 tbc
>     Metadata:
>       encoder         : Lavc58.54.100 h264_vaapi
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x557f0c7d4040] Failed to end picture encode issue: 5
> (invalid VAContextID).
> [h264_vaapi @ 0x557f0c7d4040] Encode failed: -5.
> Video encoding failed
> Conversion failed!
>
> P.S. i would like to use Vulkan anything, but i believe my GPU doesn't
> support Vulkan API
>
> On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 19:42, Dennis Mungai <dmngaie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 19:25, Ostap Batug <ostik0bleat at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > First of all sorry if this is a duplicate question, but during my
> search
> > > online i haven't found a solution.
> > > Hello, i have a problem, my CPU is pretty slow so i wanted to try use
> > VAAPI
> > > encoding for rtmp streaming. (On the side note, using vaapi is kind of
> > > counter intuitive, but that can be ju me being a newbie) Regardless of
> > what
> > > i try i get an error. Searching online i haven't found any information,
> > but
> > > here's the same error even without streaming, but direct copy paste
> from
> > "
> > > https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Hardware/VAAPI" of the middle screen
> > capture
> > > command
> > > $ ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -f x11grab -video_size
> > 1920x1080
> > > -i :0 -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' -c:v h264_vaapi -qp 24 output.mp4
> > > And this was the complete output:
> > > ffmpeg version n4.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
> > >   built with gcc 9.3.0 (Artix Linux 9.3.0-1)
> > >   configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --disable-static
> > > --disable-stripping --enable-fontconfig --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls
> > > --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass
> > > --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdrm
> --enable-libfreetype
> > > --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgsm --enable-libiec61883
> --enable-libjack
> > > --enable-libmfx --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame
> > > --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb
> > --enable-libopenjpeg
> > > --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex
> > > --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab
> > > --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264
> > > --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid
> > > --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-omx --enable-shared
> > > --enable-version3
> > >   libavutil      56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
> > >   libavcodec     58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
> > >   libavformat    58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
> > >   libavdevice    58.  8.100 / 58.  8.100
> > >   libavfilter     7. 57.100 /  7. 57.100
> > >   libswscale      5.  5.100 /  5.  5.100
> > >   libswresample   3.  5.100 /  3.  5.100
> > >   libpostproc    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100
> > > [x11grab @ 0x555f24fbc000] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate
> rate;
> > > consider increasing probesize
> > > Input #0, x11grab, from ':0':
> > >   Duration: N/A, start: 1586362599.799368, bitrate: N/A
> > >     Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (BGR[0] / 0x524742), bgr0, 1920x1080,
> > > 29.97 fps, 1000k tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc
> > > Stream mapping:
> > >   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo (native) -> h264 (h264_vaapi))
> > > Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
> > > [h264_vaapi @ 0x555f24fc9000] Driver does not support some wanted
> packed
> > > headers (wanted 0xd, found 0).
> > > [h264_vaapi @ 0x555f24fc9000] Driver does not support packed sequence
> > > headers, but a global header is requested.
> > > [h264_vaapi @ 0x555f24fc9000] No global header will be written: this
> may
> > > result in a stream which is not usable for some purposes (e.g. not
> > muxable
> > > to some containers).
> > > Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4':
> > >   Metadata:
> > >     encoder         : Lavf58.29.100
> > >     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (h264_vaapi) (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661),
> > > vaapi_vld, 1920x1080, q=-1--1, 29.97 fps, 30k tbn, 29.97 tbc
> > >     Metadata:
> > >       encoder         : Lavc58.54.100 h264_vaapi
> > > [h264_vaapi @ 0x555f24fc9000] Failed to end picture encode issue: 5
> > > (invalid VAContextID).
> > > [h264_vaapi @ 0x555f24fc9000] Encode failed: -5.
> > > Video encoding failed
> > > Conversion failed!
> > >
> > > Please help,
> > > My GPU is:
> > > 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> [AMD/ATI]
> > > Trinity [Radeon HD 7660G]
> > > And glxinfo:
> > > OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
> > > OpenGL renderer string: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.5.10-artix1-1, LLVM
> > > 9.0.1)
> > > OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.0.4
> > > OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30
> > > OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
> > > OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
> > > OpenGL core profile extensions:
> > > OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 20.0.4
> > > OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
> > > OpenGL context flags: (none)
> > > OpenGL extensions:
> > > OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 20.0.4
> > > OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES
> 3.10
> > > OpenGL ES profile extensions:
> > > And vainfo:
> > > vainfo: VA-API version: 1.7 (libva 2.6.0)
> > > vainfo: Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 20.0.4 for AMD ARUBA (DRM
> > > 2.50.0 / 5.5.10-artix1-1, LLVM 9.0.1)
> > > vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
> > >       VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
> > >       VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
> > >       VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
> > >       VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
> > >       VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
> > >       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
> > >       VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
> > >       VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
> > >       VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
> > >       VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
> > >       VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
> > >       VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
> > >
> > > I would be really thankful
> > >
> > >
> > Use the baseline profile, set a fixed bitrate (via -b:v) and explicitly
> > disable B-frames:
> >
> > ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080
> > -i :0 -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' -c:v h264_vaapi -b:v 7M -profile 578
> -bf 0
> > output.mp4
> >
> > The Mesa driver's VAAPI bits on AMD GPUs can be quite limited, and you
> may
> > have better results with their Vulkan-based AMF encoder(s).
> > Try the snippet above and report back.
> >
> > You may also get profiles such as main and high to work as vainfo claims
> > support for them, but set them explicitly via -profile:v and retest.
>
>

Could you try using the latest static builds?
For Linux, use Jon Van Sickle's binaries: https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/
Then retest and report back.

Thanks,

Dennis.


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