It is really difficult for people to figure out why nvcodec has
0 features. Even the debug log is cryptic. Also make sure the errors
go to the ERROR log level, which is more likely to be enabled by
default.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3776>
NVDEC launches CUDA kernel function (ConvertNV12BLtoNV12 or so)
when CuvidMapVideoFrame() is called. Which seems to be
NVDEC's internal post-processing kernel function, maybe
to convert tiled YUV to linear YUV format or something similar.
A problem if we don't pass CUDA stream to the CuvidMapVideoFrame()
call is that the NVDEC's internel kernel function will use default CUDA stream.
Then lots of the other CUDA API calls will be blocked/serialized.
To avoid the unnecessary blocking, we should pass our own
CUDA stream object to the CuvidMapVideoFrame() call
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3605>
Rewriting GstCudaConverter object, since the old implementation was not
well organized and it's hard to add new features.
Moreover, the conversion operations were not very optimized.
Major change of this implementation:
* Remove redundant intermediate conversion operations such as
any RGB -> ARGB(64) conversion or any YUV -> Y444 (or 16bits Y444).
That's not required most of cases. The only required case is
converting 24bits (such as RGB/BGR) packed format to 32bits format
because CUDA texture object does not support sampling 24bits format
* Use normalized sample fetching (i.e., [0, 1] range float value)
and also normalized coordinates system for CUDA texture.
It's consistent with the other graphics APIs such as Direct3D
and OpenGL, that makes sampling operations much easier.
* Support a kind of viewport and adopt math for colorspace conversion
from GstD3D11 implementation
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3389>
GstCudaConverter object can do colorspace conversion and scale at once.
Adding new element "cudaconvertscale" to do that, this can
save unnecessary GPU operation if colorspace conversion and
rescale is required for given input stream format.
Most of codes are taken from d3d11convert element
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3389>
Handle d3d11 device context in set_context() method with
additional device compatibility check so that only NVIDIA GPU
associated d3d11 device can be configured in the element.
And clear old d3d11 device per set_info() for d3d11 device to be
updated as well.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3018>
Adding nvautogpu{h264,h265}enc class which will accept upstream logical
GPU device object (GstCudaContext or GstD3D11Device) instead of
using pre-assigned GPU instance.
If upstream logical GPU device object is not NVENC compatible
(e.g., D3D11 device of non-NVIDIA GPU) or it's system memory,
then user specified "cuda-device-id" or "adapter-luid" property
will be used for GPU device selection.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2666>
GstCudaMemory supports CPU access via CUDA pinned host memory already
and it would show faster memory transfer performance between
GPU and CPU than copying from/to normal system memory.
If downstream supports video meta, we can passthrough CUDA memory.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2690>
Make all codecs consistent so that subclass can know additional DPB
size requirement depending on render-delay configuration regardless
of codec. Note that render-delay feature is not implemented for AV1
yet but it's planned.
Also, consider new_sequence() is mandatory requirement, not optional
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2343>
Adding new encoder elements nvd3d11{h264,h265}enc for Direct3D11
input support and re-written nvcuda{h264,h265}enc elements.
Newly writeen elements have some differences compared with old
nv{h264,h265}enc including non-backward compatible changes.
* RGBA is not a supported input format any more:
New elements will support only YUV formats to avoid implicit conversion
done by hardware. Ideally it should be done by upstream element
in order to have more control on it. Moreover, RGBA support can cause
redundant RGBA -> YUV conversion if multiple encoders are
used for the same RGBA input
* Subsampled planar format support is dropped:
I420 and YV12 format are not supported formats for Direct3D11.
Although it's supported in CUDA mode, it's not a hardware friendly
memory layout and it will waste GPU memory since UV planes
will have large padding due to the memory layout requirement of NVENC.
* GL support is dropped: Similar to the RGBA case,
GL support in encoder would be suboptimal if GL input is
used by multiple encoders, because each encoder will copy GL memory
into CUDA memory.
Upstream cudaupload element can be used for GL <-> CUDA
interop instead.
* No more pre-allocation of encoder input surfaces. New implementation
will use input CUDA memory without copy (zero-copy) or
will copy into a NVENC's input buffer struct in case of
system memory input.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1997>
On GstVideoDecoder::{drain,flush}, we send null packet with
CUVID_PKT_ENDOFSTREAM flag to drain out decoder. Which will
reset CUVID parser as well.
To continue decoding after the drain, the next input buffer
should include sequence headers otherwise CUVID parser will
not report any decodeable frame.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1911>
* Hide GstCudaMemory member variables
* Make GstCudaAllocator object GstCudaContext independent
* Set offset/stride of memory correctly via video meta
* Drop GST_BUFFER_POOL_OPTION_VIDEO_ALIGNMENT support.
This implementation actually does not support custom alignment
because we allocate device memory via cuMemAllocPitch
of which alignment is almost uncontrollable
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1834>
* cudaupload/download
- Specify only formats actually we can deal with
nvcodec elements, not all video formats
- Supports CUDA output for download and input for upload in order
to make passthrough possible, like other upload/download elements.
* cudabasetransform
- Reset conversion element if upstream CUDA memory
holds different CUDA context and the element can accept it.
This is the same behavior as corresponding d3d11 filter elements.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1834>
It's almost pointless and makes little sense as subclass might
want to modify refcount of the object or so. And all subclasses
are already casting them to non-const version as well.
In a general sense, we need to avoid passing refcounted object
with const qualifier.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1238>
boolean return value is not sufficient for representing the reason
of error in most cases. For instance, any errors around new_sequence()
would mean negotiation error, not just *ERROR*.
And some subclasses will allocate buffer/memory/surface on new_picture()
but it could be failed because of expected error, likely flushing
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1019>
boolean return value is not sufficient for representing the reason
of error in most cases. For instance, any errors around new_sequence()
would mean negotiation error, not just *ERROR*.
And some subclasses will allocate buffer/memory/surface on new_picture()
but it could be failed because of expected error, likely flushing
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1019>
