One big restriction of the OMX buffer pool has always been
that the GstMemory objects were flagged with NO_SHARE.
This was because the buffer pool needed to be sure that when
a buffer returned to the pool, it would be safe to release the
OMX buffer back to OpenMAX.
With this change, this is no longer a restriction. What this
commit introduces is a new allocator that allows us to track
the GstMemory objects independently. Now, when a buffer returns
to the pool, it is not necessary for the memory to be released
as well. We simply track the memory's ref count in the allocator
and we return the OMX buffer back when the memory's ref count
drops to 0.
The reason for doing this is to allow implementing zero-copy
transfers in situations where we may need to copy or map a
certain region of the buffer. For instance, omxh264enc ! h264parse
should be possible to be zero-copy by using an OMX buffer pool
between them.
We are now always checking which files are present or not, even when using our
internal copy of OMX, rather than hardcoding the ones present in it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792043
It seems cleaner to use the proper meson tools to include this path
rather than manually tweak the build flags.
This also allows us to simplify the OMX extensions detection code. We
are now always checking which files are present, even when using our
internal copy of OMX, rather than hardcoding the ones present in it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792043
The OMX spec doesn't support HEVC but the OMX stack of the
zynqultrascaleplus adds it as a custom extension.
It uses the same API as the one of Android's OMX stack.
I used the H264 encoder code as a template.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785434
The zynqultrascaleplus OMX implementation has a custom extension
allowing decoders to output dmabuf and so avoid buffers copy between OMX
and GStreamer.
Make use of this extension when built on the zynqultrascaleplus. The
buffer pool code should be re-usable for other platforms as well.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784847
