[Cin] Testing Nvidia Nvenc encoding

[Phyllis Smith]

Great so it will be included in the next release. Thank you very much.

On Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 17:10 Terje J. Hanssen <terjejhanssen at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Den 26.12.2024 23:15, skrev Phyllis Smith:
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> Here is the AppImage with the latest nvencoders for Nvidia graphics that
> goes with ffmpeg.
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> https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/testing/cin-x86_64_nvencupdate.AppImage
> For comparison, here is the appimage containing the original nvencoders
> from 2020.
>   https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/images/CinGG-20241031-x86_64.AppImage
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> I've did a quick test with h64_nvenc.mp4 and h265_nvenc.mp4 (w/setting
> format=Not Interlaced)
> Both AppImages works with similar fps speeds on my Nvidia GF GTX 960.
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> I am not sure if encoding with formats h264_nvenc.mp4, h265_nvenc.mp4, or
> h264_nvenc.qt actually work from an AppImage that was created on a computer
> that does not have an Nvidea graphics card or its software.  But for some
> reason, I do not think that that matters and it should work.
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> Yes, nvenc works (as it correspondingly was expected to do with onevpl
> for  Intel qsv/hw).
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> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 2:11 PM Terje J. Hanssen <terjejhanssen at gmail.com>
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>> Den 24.12.2024 13:29, skrev Terje J. Hanssen:
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>> Den 24.12.2024 00:58, skrev Phyllis Smith:
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>> Downloaded latest version of nv-codec-headers release and built CinGG
>> with it and no problems here.  Unfortunately the 4 different computers I
>> attempted to test on did not have the correct Nvidia hardware or software.
>> Why? I do not know but will try one more later.
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>> According to the
>> *Readme *https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers
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>> *FFmpeg version of headers required to interface with Nvidias codec APIs.*
>> *Corresponds to Video Codec SDK version 12.0.16.*
>> *Minimum required driver versions:*
>> *Linux: 550.54.14 or newer*
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>> As shown in my previous post, the legacy (2015) NV-GF GTX 960 runs with
>> the following nv driver version on Slowroll:
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>> Graphics:
>>   Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 driver: i915 v: kernel
>>   Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] driver: nvidia v: 550.135
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>> If you want and have a test download, I can give it a try on my legacy GF
>> GTX 960 SkyLake workstation, to see if your new AppImage (still) works as
>> previously.
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>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 4:04 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> вс, 22 дек. 2024 г., 01:53 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
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>>>> Andrew,
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>>>>> most likely our nv headers drifted from that ffmpeg-7.0/proprietary
>>>>> driver assumes at runtime.
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>>>> I have been wondering about nv-codec-headers as we are at:
>>>>    https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers/releases/tag/n10.0.26.0
>>>> but I am unsure about updating to:
>>>>    https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers/releases/tag/n12.2.72.0
>>>> because if you look at:
>>>>    https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers/releases/
>>>> the release versions go from 12.xx to 8.x and it is really weird AND
>>>> there is no year on the release dates but just day and month.
>>>> Since it is such an important part of ffmpeg inside CinGG, I am
>>>> concerned but will at least try the 12.2.72.0 just to see what it does.
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>>> in theory it should give users of new nvidia hardware av1 encoding
>>> ...... but not sure how it will work with older drivers and hardware.
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>>>>> you can try to install something like nv-codec-headers and then add
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