Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of Hardware/QuickSync

Timestamp:

May 21, 2019, 8:44:32 AM (7 years ago)

Author:

Zhong,Li

Comment:

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Hardware/QuickSync

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-WARNING:  DO NOT install the Intel Media SDK without being sure that you need it, especially on Linux.  In many cases you don't need it, and trying to use it may break other things.
 
 "Intel Quick Sync Video" is the marketing name for a set of hardware features available inside many Intel GPUs.
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 == Linux ==
 
-You can download the installation binary Media Server Studio from [https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-media-server-studio/].[[BR]]
-However, only limited HW platforms and Linux distributions are supported by Media Server Studio. [[BR]]
-A whole open source media stack is provided with much wider HW platforms and Linux distributions supported. 
+A whole open source media stack is provided with much wider HW platforms and Linux distributions supported. [[BR]]
+(You can also download the installation binary Media Server Studio from [https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-media-server-studio/].[[BR]]
+However, only limited HW platforms and Linux distributions are supported by Media Server Studio.)
 
 === Intel open source media stack ===
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 The library has a large number of options to set, the possible valid values of are dependent on the version and hardware.  libavcodec attempts to map common options sensibly to the libmfx options, but the mapping is crude and has holes, especially around rate control.
 
-Using an invalid combination is likely to provoke the message: "Selected ratecontrol mode is not supported by the QSV runtime. Choose a different mode."  Usually this message is accurate, but it can also refer to other issues like the lack of a usable device.
-
 
 == Installing the Media SDK on Linux ==
 
+=== Install with open source MSDK stack ===
+Install MSDK and iHD driver: [[BR]]
+* Follow the guide of https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK to build from source code. [[BR]]
+* Starting from Ubuntu 19.04, it is possible to install via apt (see: https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK/wiki/Intel-media-stack-on-Ubuntu):
+
+{{{
+sudo apt-get install libva-dev libmfx-dev
+}}}
+
+=== Install with MediaServerStudio ===
 Note that the kernel patches and modified system libraries are all required.  It is recommended not to install this on any machine also used for other purposes, as it does not use normal distribution mechanisms and may break / be broken by other packages unexpectedly.
 
 Build machine:
 * Build and install the packaged dispatcher: <https://github.com/lu-zero/mfx_dispatch>.  (It is also possible to extract the necessary files from the Media SDK installation as described in the install manual - this is not recommended, just use the package instead.)
-* Build ffmpeg with --enable-libmfx.
 
 Target machine:
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 * Reboot.
 
+=== Build FFmpeg with MSDK ===
+
+{{{
+ ./configure --enable-libmfx && make -j8 && make install
+}}}
+
 
 == Licence status of i965 VAAPI driver ==