[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] ffmpeg: Add option to force a specific decode format

Fu, Linjie linjie.fu at intel.com
Wed Nov 14 03:35:21 EET 2018


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org] On Behalf
> Of Mark Thompson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 09:11
> To: ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] ffmpeg: Add option to force a
> specific decode format
> 
> On 14/11/18 00:50, Fu, Linjie wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Mark Thompson
> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 07:44
> >> To: ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
> >> Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] ffmpeg: Add option to force a
> specific
> >> decode format
> >>
> >> Fixes #7519.
> >> ---
> >>  doc/ffmpeg.texi      | 13 ++++++++++++
> >>  fftools/ffmpeg.c     | 10 ++++++++++
> >>  fftools/ffmpeg.h     |  4 ++++
> >>  fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c | 47
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  4 files changed, 74 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
> >> index 3717f22d42..d127bc0f0d 100644
> >> --- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi
> >> +++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
> >> @@ -920,6 +920,19 @@ would be more efficient.
> >>  When doing stream copy, copy also non-key frames found at the
> >>  beginning.
> >>
> >> + at item -decode_format[:@var{stream_specifier}]
> >> @var{pixfmt}[, at var{pixfmt}...] (@emph{input,per-stream})
> >> +Set the possible output formats to be used by the decoder for this
> stream.
> >> +If the decoder does not natively support any format in the given list for
> >> +the input stream then decoding will fail rather than continuing with a
> >> +different format.
> >> +
> >> +In general this should not be set - the decoder will select an output
> >> +format based on the input stream parameters and available components,
> >> and
> >> +that will be automatically converted to whatever the output requires.  It
> >> +may be useful to force a hardware decoder supporting output in
> multiple
> >> +different memory types to pick a desired one, or to ensure that a
> hardware
> >> +decoder is used when software fallback is also available.
> >> +
> >>  @item -init_hw_device
> >> @var{type}[=@var{name}][:@var{device}[, at var{key=value}...]]
> >>  Initialise a new hardware device of type @var{type} called @var{name},
> >> using the
> >>  given device parameters.
> >> diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.c b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
> >> index 38c21e944a..c651c8d3a8 100644
> >> --- a/fftools/ffmpeg.c
> >> +++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
> >> @@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ static void ffmpeg_cleanup(int ret)
> >>          avsubtitle_free(&ist->prev_sub.subtitle);
> >>          av_frame_free(&ist->sub2video.frame);
> >>          av_freep(&ist->filters);
> >> +        av_freep(&ist->decode_formats);
> >>          av_freep(&ist->hwaccel_device);
> >>          av_freep(&ist->dts_buffer);
> >>
> >> @@ -2800,6 +2801,15 @@ static enum AVPixelFormat
> >> get_format(AVCodecContext *s, const enum AVPixelFormat
> >>          const AVCodecHWConfig  *config = NULL;
> >>          int i;
> >>
> >> +        if (ist->decode_formats) {
> >> +            for (i = 0; ist->decode_formats[i] != AV_PIX_FMT_NONE; i++) {
> >> +                if (ist->decode_formats[i] == *p)
> >> +                    break;
> >> +            }
> >> +            if (ist->decode_formats[i] != *p)
> >> +                continue;
> >> +        }
> >> +
> >>          if (!(desc->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_HWACCEL))
> >>              break;
> >>
> >> diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.h b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
> >> index eb1eaf6363..b06fd18b1c 100644
> >> --- a/fftools/ffmpeg.h
> >> +++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
> >> @@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ typedef struct OptionsContext {
> >>      int        nb_ts_scale;
> >>      SpecifierOpt *dump_attachment;
> >>      int        nb_dump_attachment;
> >> +    SpecifierOpt *decode_formats;
> >> +    int        nb_decode_formats;
> >>      SpecifierOpt *hwaccels;
> >>      int        nb_hwaccels;
> >>      SpecifierOpt *hwaccel_devices;
> >> @@ -334,6 +336,8 @@ typedef struct InputStream {
> >>      int top_field_first;
> >>      int guess_layout_max;
> >>
> >> +    enum AVPixelFormat *decode_formats;
> >> +
> >>      int autorotate;
> >>
> >>      int fix_sub_duration;
> >> diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
> >> index d4851a2cd8..63bb05053b 100644
> >> --- a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
> >> +++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
> >> @@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ static void add_input_streams(OptionsContext *o,
> >> AVFormatContext *ic)
> >>          AVStream *st = ic->streams[i];
> >>          AVCodecParameters *par = st->codecpar;
> >>          InputStream *ist = av_mallocz(sizeof(*ist));
> >> +        char *decode_formats = NULL;
> >>          char *framerate = NULL, *hwaccel_device = NULL;
> >>          const char *hwaccel = NULL;
> >>          char *hwaccel_output_format = NULL;
> >> @@ -797,6 +798,49 @@ static void add_input_streams(OptionsContext
> *o,
> >> AVFormatContext *ic)
> >>              ist->top_field_first = -1;
> >>              MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(top_field_first, i, ist->top_field_first, ic,
> >> st);
> >>
> >> +            MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(decode_formats, str,
> decode_formats, ic,
> >> st);
> >> +            if (decode_formats) {
> >> +                const char *p, *q;
> >> +                int i, nb_formats;
> >> +                char tmp[32];
> >> +
> >> +                nb_formats = 0;
> >> +                for (p = decode_formats; p; p = strchr(p + 1, ','))
> >> +                    ++nb_formats;
> >> +
> >> +                ist->decode_formats =
> >> +                    av_malloc_array(nb_formats + 1, sizeof(*ist-
> >decode_formats));
> >> +                if (!ist->decode_formats)
> >> +                    exit_program(1);
> >> +
> >> +                p = decode_formats;
> >> +                for (i = 0; i < nb_formats; i++) {
> >> +                    q = strchr(p, ',');
> >> +                    if (!q) {
> >> +                        ist->decode_formats[i] = av_get_pix_fmt(p);
> >> +                        if (ist->decode_formats[i] == AV_PIX_FMT_NONE)
> >> +                            break;
> >> +                        continue;
> >> +                    }
> >> +                    if (q - p > sizeof(tmp) - 1)
> >> +                        break;
> >> +                    memcpy(tmp, p, q - p);
> >> +                    tmp[q - p] = 0;
> >> +                    ist->decode_formats[i] = av_get_pix_fmt(tmp);
> >> +                    if (ist->decode_formats[i] == AV_PIX_FMT_NONE)
> >> +                        break;
> >> +                    p = q + 1;
> >> +                }
> >> +                if (i < nb_formats) {
> >> +                    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL,
> >> +                           "Unrecognised decode format: %s.\n", p);
> >> +                    exit_program(1);
> >> +                }
> >> +                ist->decode_formats[nb_formats] = AV_PIX_FMT_NONE;
> >> +            } else {
> >> +                ist->decode_formats = NULL;
> >> +            }
> >> +
> >>              MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(hwaccels, str, hwaccel, ic, st);
> >>              if (hwaccel) {
> >>                  // The NVDEC hwaccels use a CUDA device, so remap the name
> here.
> >> @@ -3583,6 +3627,9 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
> >>          "audio bitrate (please use -b:a)", "bitrate" },
> >>      { "b",            OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,
> >> { .func_arg = opt_bitrate },
> >>          "video bitrate (please use -b:v)", "bitrate" },
> >> +    { "decode_format",  OPT_VIDEO | OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG |
> >> OPT_EXPERT |
> >> +                        OPT_SPEC | OPT_INPUT,                                    { .off =
> >> OFFSET(decode_formats) },
> >> +        "set output format(s) to be used by decoder, fail if none of these
> >> formats are available", "format" },
> >>      { "hwaccel",          OPT_VIDEO | OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT
> |
> >>                            OPT_SPEC | OPT_INPUT,                                  { .off =
> >> OFFSET(hwaccels) },
> >>          "use HW accelerated decoding", "hwaccel name" },
> >> --
> >> 2.19.1
> >>
> >
> > Is there any other conditions which will cause the hwaccel failed and
> fallback to software path?
> > Like profile was not supported by hardware?
> 
> If this option is set then get_format will never choose a format not on the list
> you provide, so it shouldn't be able to use software decode unless a
> software format is on the list.
> 
> > I applied the patch and tested some cases, like yuv422  VAAPI decoding
> (currently not supported), HEVC decoding with unsupported profile.
> > It reports an error like "hwaccel initialization returned error", and continue
> to decode and produce less frames than expected. (which I thought fallback
> still happened).
> 
> Can you give an example?  With -v debug there will be output saying exactly
> what happened in ff_get_format().
> 
> - Mark


Got information like this:

[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Unknown HEVC profile: 0
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Decoding SPS
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Unknown HEVC profile: 0
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Decoding PPS
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Format vaapi_vld chosen by get_format().
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Format vaapi_vld requires hwaccel initialisation.
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Codec hevc profile 0 not supported for hardware decode.
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Failed setup for format vaapi_vld: hwaccel initialisation returned error.
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Format vaapi_vld not usable, retrying get_format() without it.
[hevc @ 0x55b87457dbc0] Error parsing NAL unit #3.
cur_dts is invalid (this is harmless if it occurs once at the start per stream)
[hevc @ 0x55b87458b7c0] nal_unit_type: 1(TRAIL_R), nuh_layer_id: 0, temporal_id: 0
[hevc @ 0x55b87458b7c0] Could not find ref with POC 0

See the attached report file  for more details.

Thanks,
- Linjie

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