Intel(R) Media Driver for VAAPI

Introduction

The Intel(R) Media Driver for VAAPI is a new VA-API (Video Acceleration API) user mode driver supporting hardware accelerated decoding, encoding, and video post processing for GEN based graphics hardware.

License

The Intel(R) Media Driver for VAAPI is distributed under the MIT license with portions covered under the BSD 3-clause “New” or “Revised” License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:

https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

&

https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause

Prerequisites

For Ubuntu 16.04 and above

# apt install autoconf libtool libdrm-dev xorg xorg-dev openbox libx11-dev libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dev

Equivalents for other distributions should work.

Dependencies

Libva - https://github.com/intel/libva

GmmLib - https://github.com/intel/gmmlib (please check https://github.com/intel/media-driver/wiki/Comparability-with-GmmLib)

Building

  1. Build and install libva master
  2. Build and install gmmlib master
  3. Get media repo and format the workspace folder as below (suggest the workspace to be a dedicated one for media driver build):
<workspace>
    |- media-driver

$ mkdir <workspace>/build_media

$ cd <workspace>/build_media

$ cmake ../media-driver

$ make -j8

Install

$ sudo make install

This will install the following files (e.g. on Ubuntu):

-- Installing: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
-- Installing: /etc/profile.d/intel-media.sh
-- Installing: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/igfxcmrt64.so

For iHD_drv_video.so please export related LIBVA environment variables.

export LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH=<path-contains-iHD_drv_video.so>
export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD

Supported Platforms

BDW (Broadwell)

SKL (Skylake)

BXT (Broxton) / APL (Apollo Lake)

KBL (Kaby Lake)

CFL (Coffee Lake)

CNL (Cannonlake)

ICL (Ice Lake)

Supported Codecs

CODECBDWSKLBXT/APLKBLCFLCNLICL*
AVCD/E1D/E1D/E1/E2D/E1/E2D/E1/E2D/E1D/E1/E2
MPEG-2D/E1D/E1DD/E1D/E1D/E1D/E1
VC-1DDDDDDD
JPEGDD/E2D/E2D/E2D/E2D/E2D/E2
VP8DDDDDD/E1D/E1
HEVC 8bitD/E1D/E1D/E1D/E1D/E1D/E1/E2
HEVC 10bitDDDD/E1D/E1/E2
VP9 8bitDDDDD/E2
VP9 10bitDDDD/E2

D - decoding

E1 - VME based encoding

E2 - Low power encoding

* ICL encoding is pending on i915 support on upstream, for more information, please check Known Issues and Limitations #5.

Supported Decoding Features

Supported decoding output format and max resolution:

(2k=2048x2048, 4k=4096x4096, 8k=8192x8192, 16k=16384x16384)

CodecTypeBDWSKLBXT/APLKBLCFLCNLICL
AVCOutputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12
Max Res.4k4k4k4k4k4k4k
MPEG-2OutputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12
Max Res.2k2k2k2k2k2k2k
VC-1OutputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12
Max Res.4k4k4k4k4k4k4k
JPEG*Max Res.16k16k16k16k16k16k16k
VP8OutputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12
Max Res.4k4k4k4k4k4k4k
HEVC 8bitOutputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12/YUY2/AYUV
Max Res.8k8k8k8k8k8k
HEVC 10bitOutputP010P010P010P010P010/Y210/Y410
Max Res.8k8k8k8k8k
VP9 8bitOutputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12/AYUV
Max Res.4k8k8k8k8k
VP9 10bitOutputP010P010P010P010/Y410
Max Res.8k8k8k8k

* JPEG output format: NV12/411P/422H/422V/444P/BGRP/RGBP/YUY2/ARGB

Supported Encoding Features

Low Power Encoding:

Supported input format and max resoultuion:

(4k=4096x4096, 16k=16384x16384)

CodecTypeBDWSKLBXT/APLKBLCFLCNLICL***
AVCInputNV12More*More*More*
Max Res.4k4k4k4k
JPEGInput/OutputNote**Note**Note**Note**Note**Note**
Max Res.16k16k16k16k16k16k
HEVC 8bitInputNV12/AYUV
Max Res.8K
HEVC 10bitInputP010/Y410
Max Res.8k
VP9 8bitInputNV12/AYUV
Max Res.8k
VP9 10bitInputP010/Y410
Max Res.8k

* KBL/CFL/ICL AVC encoding supported input formats: NV12/YUY2/YUYV/YVYU/UYVY/AYUV/ARGB

** JPEG encoding supports input format NV12/YUY2/UYVY/AYUV/ABGR/Y8 and output format YUV400/YUV420/YUV422H_2Y/YUV444/RGB24.

*** ICL encoding is pending on i915 support on upstream, for more information, please check Known Issues and Limitations #5.

VME Based Encoding:

Supported input format and max resolution:

(2k=2048x2048, 4k=4096x4096, 8k=8192x8192)

CodecTypeBDWSKLBXT/APLKBLCFLCNLICL*
AVCInputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12
Max Res.4k4k4k4k4k4k4k
MPEG2InputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12
Max Res.2k2k2k2k2k2k
VP8InputNV12NV12
Max Res.4k4k
HEVC 8bitInputNV12NV12NV12NV12NV12NV12/AYUV
Max Res.8k8k8k8k8k8k
HEVC 10bitInputNV12P010/Y410
Max Res.8k8k

* ICL encoding is pending on i915 support on upstream, for more information, please check Known Issues and Limitations #5.

Supported Video Processing

Supported Feature List

Video ProcessingBDWSKLBXT/APLKBLCFLCNLICL
BlendingYYYYYYY
CSC (Color Space Conversion)YYYYYYY
De-interlaceYYYYYYY
De-noiseYYYYYYY
Luma KeyYYYYYYY
MirroringYYYYYYY
ProcAmp (brightness,contrast,hue,saturation)YYYYYYY
RotationYYYYYYY
ScalingYYYYYYY
SharpeningYYYYYYY
STD/E (Skin Tone Detect & Enhancement)YYYYYYY
TCC (Total Color Control)YYYYYYY
Color fillYYYYYYY
Chroma SitingNYYYYYY

CSC/Scaling Format List

PlatformFormatNV12YV12I420P010YUY2UYVYY210AYUVY410
BDWInputYYYY
OutputYYYY
SKL/BXT/APL/KBL/CFLInputYYYYY
OutputYYYY
ICLInputYYYYYYYYY
OutputYYYYYYYY

Known Issues and Limitations

  1. Intel(R) Media Driver for VAAPI is recommended to be built against gcc compiler v6.1 or later, which officially supported C++11.

  2. SKL: Green or other incorrect color will be observed in output frames when using YV12/I420 as input format for csc/scaling/blending/rotation, etc. on Ubuntu 16.04 stock (with kernel 4.10). The issue can be addressed with the kernel patch: WaEnableYV12BugFixInHalfSliceChicken7 commit 0b71cea29fc29bbd8e9dd9c641fee6bd75f6827

  3. HuC firmware is needed for AVC low power encoding bitrate control, including CBR, VBR, etc. As of now, HuC firmware support is disabled in Linux kernels by default. Please, refer to i915 kernel mode driver documentation to learn how to enable it. Mind that HuC firmware support presents in the following kernels for the specified platforms:

    • APL/KBL: starting from kernel 4.11
    • CFL: starting from kernel 4.15

  4. ICL: preliminary support and may not be fully functional. It requires Linux kernel 4.17+ loaded with i915.alpha_support=1 parameter to be tried.

  5. ICL encoding has two known issues:

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