[FFmpeg-user] Compiling FFmpeg with Nvidia GPU acceleration

[Michael Shaffer]

You could try using Ubuntu Linux. I followed the Nvidia instructions for
installing acceleration on my GTX 1080 and it worked fine.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 9:47 AM madderek--- via ffmpeg-user <
ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffmpeg-user <ffmpeg-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Carl
> Zwanzig
> Sent: 15 January 2021 21:13
> To: ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] Compiling FFmpeg with Nvidia GPU acceleration
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> Thanks very much for taking the trouble to reply.
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> I'm following the instructions here, Windows section:
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> https://docs.nvidia.com/video-technologies/video-codec-sdk/ffmpeg-with-nvidia-gpu/
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> What I'm trying to achieve is joining many images together which have been
> produced by a video enhancing program.  The command line is:
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> ffmpeg -framerate 59.94  -start_number 160004 -i P:\xmas5\%06d.png -c:v
> libx264 -preset veryslow -tune film -profile:v high -pix_fmt yuv420p -level
> 4.1 -crf 17 -r 59.94 -threads 2 P:\xmaspng_80002-99932_Dione-DVx4_png.mkv
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> Some times it's TIFFs not PNGs.
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> I am hoping that the Nvidia GPU acceleration will speed up what is a very
> slow process.  That's all I want it for, and I'm trying to achieve this on
> a clean install of Windows 10 on a spare disc.  Nvidia RTX 2080Ti.
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> I've managed to install make (I'm not an expert on any of this!) but now
> the make command produces:
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> C:\Windows\System32\nv-codec-headers>make install PREFIX=/usr
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> make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
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> The makefile in that directory contains:
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> PREFIX = /usr/local
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> LIBDIR = lib
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> INSTALL = install
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> SED = sed
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> all:
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> ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
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>               $(SED) 's#@@PREFIX@@#$(shell cygpath -m ${PREFIX})#'
> ffnvcodec.pc.in > ffnvcodec.pc
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> else
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>               $(SED) 's#@@PREFIX@@#$(PREFIX)#' ffnvcodec.pc.in >
> ffnvcodec.pc
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> endif
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> install: all
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>               $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -d '$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/ffnvcodec'
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>               $(INSTALL) -m 0644 include/ffnvcodec/*.h
> '$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/ffnvcodec'
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>               $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -d
> '$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig'
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>               $(INSTALL) -m 0644 ffnvcodec.pc
> '$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig'
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> uninstall:
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>               rm -rf '$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/ffnvcodec'
> '$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig/ffnvcodec.pc'
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> .PHONY: all install uninstall
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> The following command from the documentation also fails:
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> C:\FFmpeg>./configure --enable-nonfree -disable-shared --enable-cuda-sdk
> --enable-libnpp --toolchain=msvc --extra-cflags=-I../nv_sdk
> --extra-ldflags=-libpath:../nv_sdk
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> '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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> operable program or batch file.
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> But I'm not sure whether this is due to the previous failure.
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> If I'm on the completely wrong track I'm prepared to format the disc and
> start again!  (What a pity there's not an image of Windows all prepared
> with this and ready to go!)
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> Thanks again for taking an interest in my problem - I am a beginner here!
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> Derek
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> On 1/15/2021 10:49 AM, madderek--- via ffmpeg-user wrote:
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> > I cannot get the 'make' command to work - I get  'make' is not
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> > recognized as an internal or external command,
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> > operable program or batch file.
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> Well.... install make (nvidia's instructions include that).
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> What's your intended build environment? VisualStudio of msys2/mingw? If
> mingw, did you install the 'c' compiler?
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> The nvidia instructions don't cover installing a heap of things, like the
> compiler and a lot of packages. (They also say "–-toolchain=msvc" even as
> they're giving instructions for mingw, which is suspect (I haven't looked
> at the code yet to see if it matters.)
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> So first, make sure you have a working build environment, that's out the
> scope of this list. Then look at the instructions for building ffmpeg-
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> I use "Option 2: MSYS2" of
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>  <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MinGW>
> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MinGW
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> If you're using visual studio, see
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>  <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MSVC>
> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MSVC
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> You'll have to manually install any needed packages, usually ./configure
> will tell you when something's missing.
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> Once you can build ffmpeg without cuda, then try building with cuda. And
> you may want to follow up with nvidia if you're using their instructions.
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> Later,
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> z!
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