[Cin] News and enhancements with CinGG/FFmpeg 6.1 ?

[Terje J. Hanssen]

Den 10.12.2023 03:16, skrev Andrew Randrianasulu:
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> вс, 10 дек. 2023 г., 04:35 Terje J. Hanssen <terjejhanssen at gmail.com>:
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>     Den 10.12.2023 01:47, skrev Andrew Randrianasulu:
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>>     вс, 10 дек. 2023 г., 03:32 Phyllis Smith via Cin
>>     <cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org>:
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>>         Weird, but when I list the encoders via:  ./ffmpeg -encoders
>>         (where ffmpeg is in cinelerra's subdirectory of
>>         thirdparty/ffmpeg-6.1) qsv is not listed that I can see.
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>>     well, it requires intel's media SDK .... try to look at gentoo
>>     forum link I found, it lists package names.
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>     My FFmpeg 6.0.1 (not the latest 6.1) on Tumbleweed-Slowroll has
>     currently only AV1 QSV Decoder (no encoder):
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>         ffmpeg -codecs -hide_banner | grep av1
>          DEV.L. av1                  Alliance for Open Media AV1
>         (decoders: libdav1d libaom-av1 av1 av1_cuvid av1_qsv )
>         (encoders: libaom-av1 librav1e libsvtav1 av1_nvenc av1_amf )
>          DEAIL. wmav1                Windows Media Audio 1
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>     _Notice_:
>     All Intel GPU media users are encouraged to switch to VPL to take
>     advantage of hardware capabilities as soon as they become available.
>     The switch to VPL from Media SDK in FFMPEG, is simple. Just
>     substitute ‘--enable-libvpl’ instead of ‘--enable-libmfx’
>     https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/onevpl-in-ffmpeg-for-great-streaming-on-intel-gpus.html#gs.1xy8fq
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Additional urls related to oneAPI - oneVPL and VA-API on LInux

    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/how-to-choose-video-processing-software.html
    https://spec.oneapi.io/onevpl/2.3.1/index.html
    https://spec.oneapi.io/onevpl/2.3.1/appendix/VPL_apnds_e.html


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> oh, update treadmill running again!
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> Anyway for AV1 on A380 I found this post:
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> https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-arc-a380-qsv-hwa?page=2
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> it was working at the end but was picky about configuration options 
> ...... in september 2023  or so.
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> so, you can't be sure it works just because wiki lists it as supported :(

Yes, I think we may be in some early stage while things mature.

To another Jelly user question about Vaapi vs QSync - performance 
difference, it was estimated that QSV can be 10~20% faster than VAAPI
https://www.reddit.com/r/jellyfin/comments/y7k70s/vaapi_vs_qsync_performance_difference/?rdt=62899


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>>     Warning, not sure how well qsv can co-exist with vaapi on any
>>     given (not so new) hw configuration, so watch out for installing
>>     files (may be rpm/deb package will warn if something about to be
>>     overwritten?)
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>>         On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 6:37 PM Terje J. Hanssen
>>         <terjejhanssen at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>             Den 09.12.2023 00:10, skrev Phyllis Smith:
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>>>                 I am wondering if the news and enhancements of
>>>                 importance to
>>>                 CinGG/FFmpeg 6.1 users may  be outlined, including
>>>                 what is ready now and
>>>                 expected upcoming next?
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>>>             Although not exactly as requested, I have updated
>>>             November News to better outline what *CinGG *takes
>>>             advantage**of in the 6.1 version of ffmpeg. If you can
>>>             think of anything I left out as it pertains to
>>>             Cinelerra, please email that. A lot of the new features
>>>             are only really relevant on the command line and these
>>>             are best outlined in many places on the internet
>>>             already.  In addition I have minimally tested new
>>>             formats of WBMP and HDR and have the ffmpeg/video
>>>             directory format files ready for GIT checkin.
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>>>             I have tried testing AV1 capability with little success
>>>             yet, but will continue to see if I can get an updated
>>>             dav1d library version update for newer operating systems.
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>>>             **https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/news-updates/november-2023-release-and-build-farm-announcement/
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>>             Thank you.
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>>             Re: 5, only "NVIDIA NVENC AV1 encoding support" seems to
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>>             What about Intel (Arc) AV1 QSV and AMD AMF encoders in
>>             FFmpeg?
>>             https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-AV1-QSV-Encode-FFmpeg
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