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

Sun Dec 10 19:06:58 CET 2023

вс, 10 дек. 2023 г., 21:03 Terje J. Hanssen <terjejhanssen at gmail.com>:

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> 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:
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>> 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
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I think nvidia hw only started to support av1 in latest 4000 series ? So no
help on gt730 ...

> 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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well, I think you can just put all arguments in one line ?

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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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