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Accelerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - longsleep - 03-12-2016

Starting with Kernel 3.10.65-2-pine64-longsleep-43 the media modules are included. This means one could use the hardware video engine on the SoC. So i felt why not try it - and surprisingly it worked Smile.

Pine64 decodes 1080p H.264 and HEVC just fine and smooth with Cedrus from linux-sunxi community.

You can do it yourself following the Cedrus build instructions on http://linux-sunxi.org/Cedrus

HEVC bbb-1920x1080-cfg02.mkv
Code:
MPlayer 1.2.1 (Debian), built with gcc-5.3.1 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing bbb-1920x1080-cfg02.mkv. libavformat version 56.40.101 (external) libavformat file format detected. [lavf] stream 0: video (hevc), -vid 0 [lavf] stream 1: audio (aac), -aid 0 VIDEO:  [HEVC]  1920x1080  0bpp  60.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) Clip info: encoder: libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1 creation_time: 2014-04-22 08:46:13 Load subtitles in ./ [VDPAU SUNXI] VE version 0x1689 opened [VDPAU SUNXI] OSD disabled! ========================================================================== Forced video codec: ffmpeg12vdpau Forced video codec: ffh264vdpau Forced video codec: ffhevcvdpau Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family libavcodec version 56.60.100 (external) Selected video codec: [ffhevcvdpau] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg HEVC / H.265 (VDPAU)) ========================================================================== ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 6 ch, floatle, 0.0 kbit/0.00% (ratio: 0->1152000) Selected audio codec: [ffaac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio)) ========================================================================== AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample) Starting playback... Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [vdpau] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 HEVC VDPAU acceleration Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [vdpau] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 HEVC VDPAU acceleration A:   1.9 V:   0.8 A-V:  1.089 ct:  0.056   0/  0 86% 135%  7.5% 50 0


H.264 big_buck_bunny_1080p_H264_AAC_25fps_7200K.MP4
Code:
MPlayer 1.2.1 (Debian), built with gcc-5.3.1 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing big_buck_bunny_1080p_H264_AAC_25fps_7200K.MP4. libavformat version 56.40.101 (external) libavformat file format detected. [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb6fd8688]Protocol name not provided, cannot determine if input is local or a network protocol, buffers and access patterns cannot be configured optimally without knowing the protocol [lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0 [lavf] stream 1: audio (aac), -aid 0, -alang und VIDEO:  [H264]  1920x1080  24bpp  25.000 fps  7254.9 kbps (885.6 kbyte/s) Clip info: major_brand: mp42 minor_version: 1 compatible_brands: isommp423gp5 creation_time: 2011-08-04 01:51:12 title: big_buck_bunny_1080p_surround.avi_006.AVI.MP4 artist: created with SUPER(C).v2011.bld.49 encoder: eRightSoft comment: 09:51:32 Load subtitles in ./ [VDPAU SUNXI] VE version 0x1689 opened [VDPAU SUNXI] OSD disabled! ========================================================================== Forced video codec: ffmpeg12vdpau Forced video codec: ffh264vdpau Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family libavcodec version 56.60.100 (external) Selected video codec: [ffh264vdpau] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264 (VDPAU)) ========================================================================== ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 96.1 kbit/3.40% (ratio: 12009->352800) Selected audio codec: [ffaac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio)) ========================================================================== AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample) Starting playback... Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [vdpau] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 H.264 VDPAU acceleration Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [vdpau] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 H.264 VDPAU acceleration A:   7.5 V:   6.7 A-V:  0.776 ct:  0.071   0/  0 60% 42%  1.4% 50 0


Pine64 SoC temperature is stable at around 70C while decoding HEVC 1080p (without a heat sink, no enclosure).

For easy mplayer launches with the correct parameters feel free to use https://github.com/longsleep/build-pine64-image/blob/master/simpleimage/platform-scripts/mplayer-play.sh


I will not support this overly much, but it confirms that the BSP Kernel has everything which is needed to use the media decoder in the Pine64.

Cheers
Simon

RE: Accellerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - Ghost - 03-12-2016

This is a development that may please a lot of people, thank you for your efforts.

RE: Accellerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - ssvb - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 01:27 PM)longsleep Wrote: Starting with Kernel 3.10.65-2-pine64-longsleep-43 the media modules are included. This means one could use the hardware video engine on the SoC. So i felt why not try it - and surprisingly it worked Smile.
Yes, because Jens Kuske (jemk) has done the job, required for supporting Allwinner A64 - https://github.com/linux-sunxi/libvdpau-sunxi/commit/cba127cf8457a7e4a2e02832f0b653e85f2c97c7 Wink
And it reused a lot of the earlier Allwinner H3 related code, that's why the Allwinner A64 patch is so small.

RE: Accellerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - Andrew2 - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 01:27 PM)longsleep Wrote: Pine64 SoC temperature is stable at around 70C while decoding HEVC 1080p.

For easy mplayer launches with the correct parameters feel free to use https://github.com/longsleep/build-pine64-image/blob/master/simpleimage/platform-scripts/mplayer-play.sh

You should add that your Pine64+ is not even wearing a heatsink Smile

If you would spend the 50 Cent for an el cheapo heatsink then the temperature would be below 60°C already.

BTW: Using VDPAU you can then also use VLC (2.2.0 or above, no support for HEVC currently) or mpv to watch video HW accelerated (also in a desktop environment).

RE: Accellerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - longsleep - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 02:00 PM)Andrew2 Wrote: You should add that your Pine64+ is not even wearing a heatsink Smile

If you would spend the 50 Cent for an el cheapo heatsink then the temperature would be below 60°C already.

Done. I also forgot to mention that this temperature was HEVC 1080p@60FPS. Decoding spreed-1080p.mkv which is HEVC 1080p@29.97FPS is 55-60C around 65C (again without heat-sink).

(03-12-2016, 02:00 PM)Andrew2 Wrote: BTW: Using VDPAU you can then also use VLC (2.2.0 or above, no support for HEVC currently) or mpv to watch video HW accelerated (also in a desktop environment).

I tried VLC (from Ubuntu Xenial repository) and it does freeze with H.264 after a couple of seconds - so for now mplayer it is.

RE: Accellerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - Andrew2 - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 03:33 PM)longsleep Wrote: I tried VLC (from Ubuntu Xenial repository) and it does freeze with H.264 after a couple of seconds - so for now mplayer it is.

In Armbian we include an own mpv package since a few days:

Code:
tk@bananapi:~$ mpv --version mpv 0.16.0-git-9d2980d (C) 2000-2016 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects built on Sat Mar  5 16:11:21 EET 2016 ffmpeg library versions:   libavutil       55.17.103   libavcodec      57.24.102   libavformat     57.25.100   libswscale      4.0.100   libavfilter     6.31.100   libswresample   2.0.101 ffmpeg version: n3.0

I just tried it out with a desktop/GUI build for the old slow dual core A20, connected an USB disk that was lying around, double clicked a huge .mp4 and to my surprise even this 1080p/H.264 file was played absolutely smoothly on this old board. I will try to build a .deb for Pine64 the next days and post a link.

RE: Accellerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - tllim - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 01:58 PM)ssvb Wrote:
(03-12-2016, 01:27 PM)longsleep Wrote: Starting with Kernel 3.10.65-2-pine64-longsleep-43 the media modules are included. This means one could use the hardware video engine on the SoC. So i felt why not try it - and surprisingly it worked Smile.
Yes, because Jens Kuske (jemk) has done the job, required for supporting Allwinner A64 - https://github.com/linux-sunxi/libvdpau-sunxi/commit/cba127cf8457a7e4a2e02832f0b653e85f2c97c7 Wink
And it reused a lot of the earlier Allwinner H3 related code, that's why the Allwinner A64 patch is so small.

Thanks to jemk and longsleep.
... TL Lim

RE: Accelerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - vedranius - 04-11-2016

Hi,
I'm really a n00b with this stuff, but I need to run RTMP stream smoothly on Pine64+ 2GB
Any suggestions how can I do this?
I've tried with mplayer, mpv, cvlc, and all of them are really slow, dropping frames and such.
I suppose any of them isn't HW accelerated?

Thanks! Smile
EDIT:
And I've tried to install vdpau, pixman and all dependencies.
And every time I get this error when trying to make and make install "libvdpau-sunxi": 
Code:
fatal error:"pixman.h: No such file or directory"

Any idea what's wrong? Thanks!

RE: Accelerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - longsleep - 04-11-2016

I am probably stating the obvious but you are missing 'pixman.h' in the include path.

RE: Accelerated H.264 and HEVC video decoding with Cedrus - vedranius - 04-11-2016

(04-11-2016, 01:38 PM)longsleep Wrote: I am probably stating the obvious but you are missing 'pixman.h' in the include path.

Ye, kinda solved that.
But now when I try to play I get that this is missing: libvdpau_nvidia.so