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

Terje J. Hanssen terjejhanssen at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 00:02:18 CET 2023



Den 10.12.2023 19:04, skrev Andrew Randrianasulu:
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> вс, 10 дек. 2023 г., 20:37 Andrew Randrianasulu <randrianasulu at gmail.com>:
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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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I took my first AV1 rendering test with CinGGs default av1.webm preset 
by loading a standard SD DV file clip.

    du -sh dv*
    389M    dv01_07.dv
    30M    dv01_07.webm


    ffprobe -hide_banner dv01_07.dv
    [dv @ 0x5595e79b4580] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
    inaccurate
    Input #0, dv, from 'dv01_07.dv':
       Metadata:
         timecode        : 01:09:35:09
       Duration: 00:01:53.28, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 28800 kb/s
       Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo, yuv420p, 720x576 [SAR 16:15 DAR
    4:3], 25000 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
       Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s


    ffprobe -hide_banner dv01_07.webm
    [libdav1d @ 0x560ccddb3380] libdav1d 1.0.0
    Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'dv01_07.webm':
       Metadata:
         ENCODER         : Lavf60.16.100
       Duration: 00:01:53.28, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2220 kb/s
       Stream #0:0: Video: av1 (Main), yuv420p(tv,
    bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 720x576 [SAR 1:1 DAR 5:4], 25 fps, 25 tbr,
    1k tbn, 1k tbc
         Metadata:
           DURATION        : 00:01:53.243000000
       Stream #0:1: Audio: vorbis, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
         Metadata:
           DURATION        : 00:01:53.281000000

Rendering took 0:03:33 or 1.87 x the Duration
This webm file was displayed ok in VLC and FFplay on Leap 15.5


>         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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> https://ottverse.com/analysis-of-svt-av1-presets-and-crf-values/
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> may be crf 26 (ish) and preset 6 ?
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> On 36 core machine with avx512 it surely was fast, but on 4c .. I 
> guess 1.25 fps or so will be best you can get? (for fullhd source)
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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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