[Cin] Vulkan hevc hdr decode regression on ffmpeg master?

Andrew Randrianasulu randrianasulu at gmail.com
Wed May 21 23:40:19 CEST 2025 

чт, 22 мая 2025 г., 00:33 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:

> Just an update:
> Finally got the HP Intel laptop to compile CinGG (it was probably due to
> the accumulated dust since it had been awhile since I booted it and even
> though closed, dust accumulated inside).  But the graphics hardware for
> either vaapi or vdpau still replies "Decoder msmpeg4 does not support
> device type vaapi" or vdpau and still uses SW decode.  And I am kind of
> tired of watching the Fight.Club.Trailer.avi (downloaded from the site you
> mentioned in this thread) even if Brad Pitt is in it.  Mediainfo reports it
> as MPEG-4 Visual.
>
> But I see that I have support for DIVX4 so will try that.  Attaching my
> vainfo and vdpauinfo output.
>

Probably you can just drop this ball forn now - from attached files it
looks like your graphic  hw simply does not support decoding mpeg4 ASP ...

But at least lets hope laptop will be light usable now,after you dusted it
off .....


> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> вт, 20 мая 2025 г., 22:15 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Downloaded a msmpeg4 file and unfortunately my computers are AMD / vdpau
>>> hardware.  The one vaapi laptop will not compile CinGG anymore.
>>>
>>
>>
>> oh, what's error?
>>
>>
>>
>> So the AMD computers get the error::
>>>
>>>> Decoder msmpeg4 does not support device type vaapi.
>>>> HW device init failed, using SW decode.
>>>> file:/root/Downloads/Fight.Club.Trailer.avi
>>>>   err: Operation not permitted
>>>>
>>> But I will still test decoding and encoding using software -- my
>>> rationale is that if it decodes correctly, then the encode will match
>>> between ffmpeg version 7.0 and future 8.0.
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> пн, 19 мая 2025 г., 03:04 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. I suspect patch8 was aimed at mpeg4 (old, ala xvid, not h265)
>>>>>> playback via some hw accelerated method? I'll try some files I have from
>>>>>> those old times ...
>>>>>>
>>>>> I loaded small h263 videos in ffmpeg 7.0 (current) which would run
>>>>> h263dec.c (I assume) and then encoded them using h264.mp4 format.  I then
>>>>> did the same thing in the ffmpeg.git version (future version 8.0) where
>>>>> patch8 was deleted.  Visually detected no problem and when I used the
>>>>> patchbay arithmetic subtract on the 2 versions of encoded files, they
>>>>> showed no anomalies.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am going by my understanding of context diff:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- a/libavcodec/h263dec.c
>>>> +++ b/libavcodec/h263dec.c
>>>> @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
>>>>      if (CONFIG_MPEG4_DECODER && avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG4)
>>>>          ff_mpeg4_frame_end(avctx, buf, buf_size);
>>>>
>>>> -    if (!s->divx_packed && avctx->hwaccel)
>>>> +    if (s->divx_packed && avctx->hwaccel)
>>>>          ff_thread_finish_setup(avctx);
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yes, file named h263  but also serves (or served? if patch not
>>>> applicable anymore) role in decoding
>>>>
>>>> DiVX type of codecs, old msmpeg4 was first of them, divx3/5/XVID
>>>> followed
>>>>
>>>> So, *I think* you need to raid
>>>>
>>>> samples.mplayerhq.hu
>>>>
>>>> and get some "packed B frame" xvid (or may be just make one with
>>>> Avidemux?) and then look if your vainfo/vdpauinfo shows MPEG4 decoding, set
>>>> cingg to this decode accel, and play vid in both sw and hw decode mode ?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry still not moved myself to check it out .....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> But I completely re-run make clean,  ./autogen.sh/configure/make dance
>>>>>>
>>>>> Finally, it compiled but I am not sure what made the difference as I
>>>>> always use "make clean" and then run "bld.sh" which includes "autogen.sh";
>>>>> i.e. -
>>>>>
>>>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> ( ./autogen.sh
>>>>>>   ./configure --with-single-user --with-git-ffmpeg=
>>>>>> https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
>>>>>>   make && make install ) 2>&1 | tee log
>>>>>> mv Makefile Makefile.cfg
>>>>>> cp Makefile.devel Makefile
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>>>>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> вс, 18 мая 2025 г., 02:56 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Checked into GIT the updated ffmpeg.git.patches for future potential
>>>>>>> upgrade to ffmpeg version 8.0.  And deleted ffmpeg.git.patch8 after
>>>>>>> attempting to determine what it was actually for and could find no
>>>>>>> information on that when included sometime in 2019 as patch7.  It is
>>>>>>> possible that it is no longer needed though - it may have been intended as
>>>>>>> a speed improvement; but if some relevant error resurfaces, it can then be
>>>>>>> revisited.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks. I suspect patch8 was aimed at mpeg4 (old, ala xvid, not h265)
>>>>>> playback via some hw accelerated method? I'll try some files I have from
>>>>>> those old times ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andrea, the failure in your last attached cin5.log as shown below
>>>>>>> appears to be due to commenting out libpostproc.a in configure.ac
>>>>>>> because that is needed by cinelerra-5.1/mpeg2enc build.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> make[2]: *** [Makefile:75: x86_64/hveg2enc] Error 1
>>>>>>>> make[2]: uscita dalla directory
>>>>>>>> «/home/paz/cinelerra5/cinelerra-5.1/mpeg2enc»
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For me deleting libpostproc.a from configure.ac worked for compiling
>>>>>> with ffmpeg.git
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I completely re-run make clean,  ./autogen.sh/configure/make
>>>>>> dance
>>>>>>
>>>>>> not sure why it did not work for you ....
>>>>>> make sure your user can rewrite global_config in the root of
>>>>>> cinelerra's main src tree? (if you tried building from root and then from
>>>>>> ordinary user)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>>>>>>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM Andrew Randrianasulu
>>>>>>>> <randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > So I was experimenting  with Vulkan decoding in cinelerra-gg.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > After some fight I get build using ffmpeg git
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > commit 038314bc6be2f35a82e9fba2228bcac2e4fee648 for ffmpeg
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > here is bunch of errors like this:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 296
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 9
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 296
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 8
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 298
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 8
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 300
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 300
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 300
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 302
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 304
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 304
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 304
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 306
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 308
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 308
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 308
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 310
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 312
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 312
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 312
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 314
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 316
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 316
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 316
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 318
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 320
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 320
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 320
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 322
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 324
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 324
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 324
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 326
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 328
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 328
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Could not find ref with POC 328
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f72ad00] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Could not find ref with POC 330
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f77b3c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 2
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Could not find ref with POC 332
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f789480] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 1
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Could not find ref with POC 332
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Error constructing the frame RPS.
>>>>>>>> > [hevc @ 0x6f7465c0] Skipping invalid undecodable NALU: 3
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > file itself:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ic9DZXMSo07EJMqCFaQRKSSrSw6y1mYv/view
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > But I see some kind of first frame corruption I never saw on 7.0
>>>>>>>> build
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > https://paste.pics/860707666060d195485e07ea7b057ce8
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > and speed kinda down from 58 fps to just 50-51  relative to
>>>>>>>> ffmpeg libs 7.0?
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > hw:
>>>>>>>> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
>>>>>>>> > [AMD/ATI] Lexa PRO [Radeon 540/540X/550/550X / RX 540X/550/550X]
>>>>>>>> (rev
>>>>>>>> > c7)
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > mesa:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series (radeonsi,
>>>>>>>> > polaris12, ACO, DRM 3.61, 6.12.26-x64)
>>>>>>>> > OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa
>>>>>>>> > 25.2.0-devel (git-ef63e3e4d2)
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > cingg home git:
>>>>>>>> > git://git.cinelerra-gg.org/goodguy/cinelerra.git
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > I set two evn. variables specific to my system, but mostly I
>>>>>>>> wanted to
>>>>>>>> > get libplacebo and libzimg for HDR->SDR conversion
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > EXTRA_LIBS :=  -lOpenCL -lSvtAv1Enc -lvpl -ldav1d -lxvidcore -lass
>>>>>>>> > -lbluray -lsnappy -lzimg -lplacebo -lshaderc_shared -lnuma -lva
>>>>>>>> > -lva-x11 `pkg-config --libs x11` -lva-drm -ldl
>>>>>>>> > FFMPEG_EXTRA_CFG :=  --enable-libvpl --disable-doc --enable-opencl
>>>>>>>> > --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-frei0r --enable-libdav1d
>>>>>>>> --enable-libzimg
>>>>>>>> > --enable-libxvid --enable-libass --enable-libbluray
>>>>>>>> --enable-libsnappy
>>>>>>>> > --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-vulkan
>>>>>>>> > --disable-debug --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/include/vpl
>>>>>>>> > --extra-cflags=-I/usr/include/svt-av1 --extra-ldflags=" -lva
>>>>>>>> > `pkg-config --libs libva` -lva-x11 -lva-drm -ldl"
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > cingg configure:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > ./configure --with-git-ffmpeg=https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
>>>>>>>> > --with-single-user --enable-libsvtav1 --disable-dav1d
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > I used bunch of patches (attached, done by Phyllis and me) and
>>>>>>>> > manually removed posprocess.a ref. from our configure.ac for now
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One more patch/hack just for making building easier attached (on top
>>>>>>>> of 0001-3 patches for cingg)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ffmpeg.git patches  go into thirdparty/src, and you probably want to
>>>>>>>> move away ffmpeg.git.patch8 out of  this directory so it will not
>>>>>>>> fail
>>>>>>>> patching
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > there is still some problem with attaching ffmpeg filters
>>>>>>>> > per-input-file, but main Vulkan decode problem still visible
>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>> > any filters
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > I run just-compiled cin binary like this:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > RADV_PERFTEST=video_decode bin/cin
>>>>>>>> > ~/K38_sdcard1/Documents/iPhone11_4K-recorder_59.940HDR10.mov
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > and got corruption as visible on screenshot  at the start of this
>>>>>>>> email
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Playing image forward cleans up  this corruption, but returning to
>>>>>>>> > timeline beginning bring it back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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