[Cin] Prepping HW upgrade options for AV1 de-/encoding

[Terje J. Hanssen]

Den 03.12.2023 22:29, skrev Terje J. Hanssen:
> Already touched this topic barely in another thread
> https://lists.cinelerra-gg.org/pipermail/cin/2023-December/007346.html
>
> But so many SW and HW pieces are mentioned around, it is almost a 
> full-time reading and study:
> VAAPI, MESA, VULKAN, Intel Quick Sync Video etc......
>
> I realize my aging hardware which is fast enough for other tasks, 
> needs some "AV1 upgrade", if possible.
>
> But first I wonder, what is expected possible to do (obtain) with AV1 
> de-/encoding on my existing 64bit hardware:
>
>     1) laptop 2018: Dell XPS 13-9370: quad core i7-8550U CPU (8. gen
>     Kabylake) and Intel UHD Graphics
>
>     2) WS infinity:  MSI Z170A mobo:  quad core i7-6700K CPU (6. gen
>     Skylake), NVIDIA GeForce GT-730 graphics
>
>

I continue the "AV1 de-/encoding on my existing 64bit hardware" question 
above as a branch here (instead of a new related thread).

This part is also related to another 2021 thread, [Cin] tried to update 
av1.webm profile
https://www.mail-archive.com/cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org/msg02804.html
which refere to FFmpeg's AV1 Video Encoding Guide
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/AV1

To start with the workstation 2) above, I want suggestions how to test 
the possible AV1 encoding options (libaom, SVT-AV1, MESA, VAAPI, VDPAU) 
using my  system enabled ffmpeg 6.0.1 commands,, and also suggestions to 
required change in system/graphics settings.

System output as background info:

    fmpeg -encoders -hide_banner | grep av1
      V....D libaom-av1           libaom AV1 (codec av1)
      V....D librav1e             librav1e AV1 (codec av1)
      V..... libsvtav1 SVT-AV1(Scalable Video Technology for AV1)
    encoder (codec av1)
      V....D av1_nvenc            NVIDIA NVENC av1 encoder (codec av1)
      V....D av1_amf              AMD AMF AV1 encoder (codec av1)
      A....D wmav1                Windows Media Audio 1

    libaom3 v. 3,7.1

    libSvtAv1Enc1 v. 1.7.0

    libva-vdpau-driver v. 0.7.4

    vainfo
    Trying display: wayland
    error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment.
    Trying display: x11
    libva info: VA-API version 1.20.0
    libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_drv_video.so
    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_20
    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
    vainfo: VA-API version: 1.20 (libva 2.20.0)
    vainfo: Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 23.2.1 for NV106
    vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
           VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc

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    inxi -zdGCS
    System:
       Kernel: 6.6.1-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME v: 45.1
         Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed-Slowroll 20231119
    CPU:
       Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-6700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    cache:
         L2: 1024 KiB
       Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4200 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3:
    800 4: 800
         5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
    Graphics:
       Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 730] driver: nouveau v: kernel
       Device-2: Microdia Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
       Device-3: MACROSILICON USB3.0 UHD
         driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
       Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
    driver: X:
         loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: nouveau
    gpu: nouveau
         resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz
       API: OpenGL v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 23.2.1 renderer: NV106
       API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
    Drives:
       Local Storage: total: 8.8 TiB used: 5.02 TiB (57.1%)
       ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVPV512HDGL-00000
         size: 476.94 GiB
       ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Intel model: SSDSA2CW160G3 size: 149.05 GiB
       ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST3500418AS size: 465.76 GiB
       ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST3500418AS size: 465.76 GiB
       ID-5: /dev/sdd vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD size: 7.28 TiB
         type: USB
       Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: BD-RE BH10LS30
         dev-links: cdrom
       Features: speed: 40 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
         rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram

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