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.
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
Provides omxanalogaudiosink and omxhdmiaudiosink elements on
the Raspberry PI.
- omxanalogaudiosink is capable to render raw mono or stereo audio
through the jack output.
- omxhdmiaudiosink is capable to render raw audio up to 8 channels
and transmit ac3/dts(IEC 61937) through the HDMI output.
- sinks provide a clock derived from rendered samples
- sinks support the GstStreamVolume interface by implementing
the volume and mute properties.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728962
Identical functionality spread of two different components.
We can't use a common base class because of different inheritance,
but let's try to share the code anyway.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726024
No mutex is locked while calling any OpenMAX functions anymore
and everything from the OpenMAX callbacks is inserted into a message
queue and handled from outside the callbacks.
Also there's only a single mutex and condition variable per component
now for handling anything from OpenMAX callbacks and a single mutex
for keeping our component/port state sane.
According to the OMX specification, implementations are allowed to call
callbacks in the context of their function calls. However, our callbacks
take locks and this causes deadlocks if the unerlying OMX implementation
uses this kind of in-context calls.
A solution to the problem would be a recursive mutex. However, a normal
recursive mutex does not fix the problem because it is not guaranteed
that the callbacks are called from the same thread. What we see in Broadcom's
implementation for example is:
- OMX_Foo is called
- OMX_Foo waits on a condition
- A callback is executed in a different thread
- When the callback returns, its calling function
signals the condition that OMX_Foo waits on
- OMX_Foo wakes up and returns
The solution I came up with here is to take a second lock inside the callback,
but only if recursion is expected to happen. Therefore, all calls to OMX
functions are guarded by calls to gst_omx_rec_mutex_begin_recursion() / _end_recursion(),
which effectively tells the mutex that at this point we want to allow calls
to _recursive_lock() to succeed, although we are still holding the master lock.
This change adds prelimary buildsystem hooks to
build gst-omx with the Android buildsystem. Like
the rest of GStreamer's Android hooks, the process
relies on the availability of androgenizer. A tool
developed by Collabora to automatically generate
Android.mk files from within the auto* setup.
Androgenizer is currently available at:
http://cgit.collabora.com/git/user/derek/androgenizer.git/
