[Cin] Testing Nvidia Nvenc encoding

Sat Dec 28 21:37:26 CET 2024

Updated nv-codec-headers from 10.0.26.0 to 12.2.72.0 and checked into GIT.
Andrey's builds should be automatically going now for newer O/S package
creation.

550.54.14 is "supposedly" the minimum required driver version for Linux
according to the README associated with the release.  And this is the same
as what was written for the previous version.  So whatever worked before
should still work.  The previous information from a forum post said that
the minimum nvidia driver is 520-56-06 BUT I have since reread that and
determined that that was November 2022 - so out of date.

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 3:37 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> сб, 28 дек. 2024 г., 01:22 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
>
>> Andrew, I am having difficulty interpreting the statement "min driver
>> note".  According to:
>>
>>
>> https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/h264-nvenc-the-minimum-required-nvidia-driver-for-nvenc-is-520-56-06-or-newer/233144
>>
>> the minimum nvidia driver is 520-56-06.
>>
>> Is that what you mean should be included in the release notes?
>>
>
>
> I think this is official supported minimum driver version , yes. But in
> slackware for example you can find older nvidia-legacy driver I used for my
> older card.
>
> Remember, NVIDIA, like all other companies, literally in business selling
> you new hardware! So they "dark pattern" their info for 'nudging' users
> into using new hardware .....
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 7:20 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> пт, 27 дек. 2024 г., 05:09 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Great so it will be included in the next release. Thank you very much.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Can you also please copypaste  min driver notes into our  release notes
>>> so it will be easier for me to track it in case my older gt710 still stuck
>>> at older driver version (not a blocker, I surely can swap headers back to
>>> 2020 version locally).
>>>
>>> Thanks and sorry for relative inactivity. I hope to pick up some steam
>>> ..... may he after formal New Year date?
>>>
>>> Have (good) holidays!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 17:10 Terje J. Hanssen <terjejhanssen at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Den 26.12.2024 23:15, skrev Phyllis Smith:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the AppImage with the latest nvencoders for Nvidia graphics
>>>>> that goes with ffmpeg.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, nvenc works (as it correspondingly was expected to do with onevpl
>>>>> for  Intel qsv/hw).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 2:11 PM Terje J. Hanssen <
>>>>> terjejhanssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Den 24.12.2024 13:29, skrev Terje J. Hanssen:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Den 24.12.2024 00:58, skrev Phyllis Smith:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to the
>>>>>> *Readme *https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *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*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As shown in my previous post, the legacy (2015) NV-GF GTX 960 runs
>>>>>> with the following nv driver version on Slowroll:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Graphics:
>>>>>>   Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 driver: i915 v: kernel
>>>>>>   Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] driver: nvidia v: 550.135
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 4:04 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>>>>>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> вс, 22 дек. 2024 г., 01:53 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Andrew,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> most likely our nv headers drifted from that
>>>>>>>>> ffmpeg-7.0/proprietary driver assumes at runtime.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> in theory it should give users of new nvidia hardware av1 encoding
>>>>>>> ...... but not sure how it will work with older drivers and hardware.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> you can try to install something like nv-codec-headers and then
>>>>>>>>> add
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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