[FFmpeg-user] h264_v4l2m2m Failed to set gop size: Invalid argument

[Andriy Gelman]

Hi,

On Fri, 11. Dec 00:03, Ram Shaffir wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using RPI4 running RaspiOS 64bit:
> Linux Dev64b 5.4.79-v8+ #1373 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 23 13:32:41 GMT 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux
> 
> I compiled FFmpeg ver 4.3 from this git:
> git clone --depth 1 --branch release/4.3 https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git
> 
> (I realized after the build that I used the '--enable-nonfree' as I was following a walkthrough tutorial and copy/paste some of the configuration params; I'm planning on rebuilding it without '--enable-nonfree')

> 
> my goal is to capture a video stream from a webcam to a file; however, I can't find the right parameters to have the video output played in "dumb" video players; most of the players show a black image or the first frame; I tried to add the following parameters but got the same result:

Does it work in ffplay? 

For debugging you may want to simplify the problem. Try to encode another video with
h264_v4lm2m.
Does a software encoder work with v4l2 input?

> 
> I searched for the error: " Failed to set gop size: Invalid argument " when using the h264_v4l2m2m encoder but didn't find anything I can use to fix it; I would be very grateful if you could help me with this issue.
> 

This means that the parameter is not supported on the hardware encoder.
Nothing to be concerned about.

-- 
Andriy