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

Sun Dec 10 19:03:35 CET 2023

On 12/10/23 18:37, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
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> вс, 10 дек. 2023 г., 20:32 Terje J. Hanssen via Cin 
> <cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org>:
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>     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
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>>     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......
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>>     I realize my aging hardware which is fast enough for other tasks,
>>     needs some "AV1 upgrade", if possible.
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>>     But first I wonder, what is expected possible to do (obtain) with
>>     AV1 de-/encoding on my existing 64bit hardware:
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>>         1) laptop 2018: Dell XPS 13-9370: quad core i7-8550U CPU (8.
>>         gen Kabylake) and Intel UHD Graphics
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>>         2) WS infinity:  MSI Z170A mobo:  quad core i7-6700K CPU (6.
>>         gen Skylake), NVIDIA GeForce GT-730 graphics
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>     I continue the "AV1 de-/encoding on my existing 64bit hardware"
>     question above as a branch here (instead of a new related thread).
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>     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
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>     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.
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>     System output as background info:
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>         fmpeg -encoders -hide_banner | grep av1
>          V....D libaom-av1 libaom AV1 (codec av1)
>          V....D librav1e librav1e AV1 (codec av1)
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> From phoronix articles librav1e and SVT-AV1 should be faster, but 
> sometimes at  quality cost.
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> Sorry, not tried them personally due to svt demanding 64-bit system 
> and rav1e demanding rust.
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> So for this task you are on your own .. sorry!
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Ok, I leave those out here for now.
The actual rest seems to be libaom-av1 and  av1_nvenc

I also wonder if there is a ffmpeg code line or equivalent behind the 
av1.webm profile that can be tested?

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>          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
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>         libaom3 v. 3,7.1
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>         libSvtAv1Enc1 v. 1.7.0
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>         libva-vdpau-driver v. 0.7.4
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>         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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