ffmpeg video encoder doesn't work with GPU

Hi,

I compiled last ffmpeg (+ x264 libs) and tried recode divx\mpg\other to mkv..
But.. average fps is 3-5fps.. Why GPU for encoding not used?

[jamesh]

Because nobody has writen the code to do it. There needs to be some sort of plugin interface (or similar) to redirect encoding to the GPU. Which doesn't currently exist.

Ok.. What x264 encoder will be use hardware acceleration?

[mahjongg]

I assume you mean what encoder will use the GPU?

As said, one that will be written to do so!


Also, as moderator, I changed the subject header to something more sensible.

I mean any other encoder (if ffmpeg not support GPU, may be exists other app? )

Ok, i undestand you.
Sorry for my bad english =) Maybe you will create Russian forum in 'Communtity' section ?))

[mahjongg]

No problem with your bad English, we, the forum moderators, are here to help with that.

My answer meant that AFAIK (as far as I know) no encoder interface at all seems to exist at the moment that takes advantage of the GPU. If one exited it would be trivial to choose which hardware encoder to use.

But also AFAIK it also remains to be seen if simultaneous encoding and decoding (both hardware accelerated) is possible with this GPU.

more info can be found here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=15523

The raspberry PI foundation (charity) is busy designing a camera module for the CSI connector on the board (the one behind the Ethernet connector). I'm assuming they will also write interface code to to video encoding for it, and will release it simultaneously with the camera module.

A Russian forum can only be created when we can find a Russian speaking forum moderator, one that is also fluent in English.

[dom]

The h264 encoder is accessible through OpenMAX. This should be enough information to make use of it:
http://www.khronos.org/openmax/il/
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... components
along with the decoder code in /opt/vc/src/hello_pi/hello_video.

However we are waiting for someone to have a go.

Hello again, )

I contacted with ffmpeg developers, and them promise help us ))
If we give them GPU API\SPEC information - ffmpeg will be support GPU encoding .
Where i can find this info?

[dom]

Hello again, )

I contacted with ffmpeg developers, and them promise help us ))
If we give them GPU API\SPEC information - ffmpeg will be support GPU encoding .
Where i can find this info?

The links in previous post.

links ok, but official API documentation\specification anywhere exists?

THAT IS THE API.
It is an industry standard. The Broadcom specifics are shown by the sample code.
You have to browse around a little !

ghans

THAT IS THE API.
It is an industry standard. The Broadcom specifics are shown by the sample code.
You have to browse around a little !

ghans

There is no need for this sort of tone IMHO. x09 is clearly making an effort to communicate in his non-native language. How is your Russian ghans? Have a bit of patience!

To anybody still following this , there has been some
progess on the transcoding front :

https://github.com/arjenv/omxtx/

Keyword "omxtx" will get you the main thread.
Let's see if some ffmpeg hacker is interested ...


ghans

[rurwin]

On a similar line, I downloaded two versions of Big Buck Bunny yesterday, and neither of them work with hello-video. The H264 one seems to be in a quicktime wrapper, which I suppose is a bad idea. I have mencoder on my PC, but I have no idea of what mystical incantation to use to produce something playable on the RPi. Can anyone enlighten me?

[dom]

On a similar line, I downloaded two versions of Big Buck Bunny yesterday, and neither of them work with hello-video. The H264 one seems to be in a quicktime wrapper, which I suppose is a bad idea. I have mencoder on my PC, but I have no idea of what mystical incantation to use to produce something playable on the RPi. Can anyone enlighten me?

Have you tried mkvextract?
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=7547&p=92801

Why not pay someone to write it?

Who should pay ?

ghans

The people who want it done. Open Source != free. I'll happily write the code if someone is willing to pay for my time

Kickstarter !
Even VideoLAN is doing it !

ghans

The people who want it done. Open Source != free. I'll happily write the code if someone is willing to pay for my time

Hi MindChild, how much do you want for code it. Probably i would donate you too.

The people who want it done. Open Source != free. I'll happily write the code if someone is willing to pay for my time

Hi MindChild, how much do you want for code it. Probably i would donate you too.

i'm intrested in it too