[FFmpeg-user] AMD GPU + Vaapi encoding problem

[Ted Park]

Hello,

> Okay, i've used latest static build from git of amd64 arch, it can't find
> option -vaapi_device,
> and this is the output (ran from the extracted archive path):
> $ ./ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -f x11grab -video_size
> 1920x1080 -i :0 -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' -c:v h264_vaapi -b:v 7M
> -profile:v main -bf 0 output.mp4
> ffmpeg version N-52056-ge5d25d1147-static https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/
> Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
>  built with gcc 8 (Debian 8.3.0-6)
>  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static
> --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio
> --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r
> --enable-gnutls --enable-gmp --enable-libgme --enable-gray --enable-libaom
> --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass --enable-libvmaf --enable-libfreetype
> --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb
> --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr
> --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus
> --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc
> --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265
> --enable-libxml2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi
> --enable-libzimg
>  libavutil      56. 42.101 / 56. 42.101
>  libavcodec     58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100
>  libavformat    58. 42.100 / 58. 42.100
>  libavdevice    58.  9.103 / 58.  9.103
>  libavfilter     7. 77.100 /  7. 77.100
>  libswscale      5.  6.101 /  5.  6.101
>  libswresample   3.  6.100 /  3.  6.100
>  libpostproc    55.  6.100 / 55.  6.100
> Unrecognized option 'vaapi_device'.
> Error splitting the argument list: Option not found


The option might not be there any more, try using -init_hw_device instead, and use -hwaccels to list additional hardware support?
Also confirm this is the same machine (or at least with similar hardware) that ran the earlier command?

Regards,
Ted Park