DietPi-Software | FFmpeg: Enable HW encoding (RPi)

[Fourdee]

ADMIN EDIT

Please help testing the new RPi packages: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/869#issuecomment-490047405

G_AGI --reinstall ffmpeg

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Requires binary compiles:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/475#issuecomment-292734524

Programs such as Emby, should benefit vastly from this.

[Fourdee]

RPi devices (all distros) will now install our compiled FFmpeg binary with OpenMAX enabled.

[Fourdee]

Tests:

• 🈯️ ARMv6
• 🈯️ ARMv7
• 🈯️ Stretch

Emby + OpenMAX enabled in transcode options:

• 1080p, no stuttering :clinking_glasses:
  

[Fourdee]

libmp3lame libfdk-aac libx264

root@DietPi:~# ffmpeg
ffmpeg version git-2017-04-14-3f1c527 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 4.9.2 (Raspbian 4.9.2-10)
  configuration: --enable-static --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --enable-pthreads --enable-nonfree --enable-omx --enable-omx-rpi --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame
  libavutil      55. 61.100 / 55. 61.100
  libavcodec     57. 92.100 / 57. 92.100
  libavformat    57. 72.101 / 57. 72.101
  libavdevice    57.  7.100 / 57.  7.100
  libavfilter     6. 84.101 /  6. 84.101
  libswscale      4.  7.101 /  4.  7.101
  libswresample   2.  8.100 /  2.  8.100
  libpostproc    54.  6.100 / 54.  6.100

Completed.

[Fourdee]

Needs recompile with prefix --prefix=/usr, else /usr/local/lib and export LD_LIBARY_PATH required.

[WolfganP]

@Fourdee could you please share how can we install this custom version for testing? Thx in advance.

[Fourdee]

@WolfganP
Once re-compiled (should be done tomorrow), testing branch install can be used. I'll let you know when its ready + instructions.

[Fourdee]

@WolfganP

Ready for testing, you could install the updated FFmpeg binaries with simply:

INSTALL_URL_ADDRESS='http://dietpi.com/downloads/binaries/rpi/ffmpeg_rpi.7z'
wget "$INSTALL_URL_ADDRESS" -O package.7z
7z x -y package.7z -offmpeg_rpi
dpkg -i ffmpeg_rpi/*.deb
rm -R ffmpeg_rpi
rm package.7z

[Fourdee]

Marking as completed.

@WolfganP
If you run any tests, please let me know if any issues.

[WolfganP]

Will do @Fourdee

[MichaIng]

@Fourdee
Maybe it's time to compile a new version? Even Debian Stretch repo is some subversions further via security patches: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/ffmpeg

V4.0.2 available on Buster repo (for testing) and GitHub sources of course: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/releases

[Fourdee]

@MichaIng

Yep, agree.

Heres the old compile code I used, here for reference. I'll take a look at this when I can:

#FFmpeg ---------------------------------------------
#RPi tool chain
# cd /root
# git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools.git --depth=1

# export CCPREFIX="/root/tools/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian-x64/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-"

apt-get install -y git checkinstall build-essential libomxil-bellagio-dev libmp3lame-dev libvorbis-dev libtheora-dev libspeex-dev yasm pkg-config libflac-dev libopenjpeg-dev -y
git clone https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git --depth=1
cd FFmpeg

#LIBFDK-AAC
apt-get install -y libfftw3-dev pkg-config autoconf automake libtool libtool-bin unzip
git clone https://github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac.git --depth=1
cd fdk-aac
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-shared --prefix=/usr
make -j $(nproc --all)
checkinstall --nodoc --fstrans=yes #libfdk-aac
mv *.deb /root/
cd ..

#lame
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz
tar xzvf lame-3.99.tar.gz
cd lame-3.99
./configure --enable-shared --prefix=/usr #--enable-static --host=arm-linux --prefix=${CCPREFIX}
make -j $(nproc --all)
mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/lame
checkinstall --nodoc --fstrans=yes #libmp3lame
mv *.deb /root/
cd ..


#x264
git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264 --depth=1
cd x264
./configure --disable-asm --enable-shared --prefix=/usr #--host=arm-linux --cross-prefix=${CCPREFIX} --enable-static --disable-asm --extra-cflags='-march=armv6' --extra-ldflags='-march=armv6'
make -j $(nproc --all)
checkinstall --nodoc --fstrans=yes #libx264
mv *.deb /root/
cd ..

#OpenMax headers
wget https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenMAX-IL/api/1.1.2/OpenMAX_IL_1_1_2_Header.zip -O package.zip
unzip package.zip -d IL
rm package.zip


#REQUEST:  --enable -libass --enable-libx265

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-static --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --enable-pthreads --enable-nonfree --enable-omx --enable-omx-rpi --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame
make -j $(nproc --all)

mkdir -p /usr/share/ffmpeg
checkinstall --nodoc --install=no --fstrans=yes
mv *.deb /root/

#Install
#export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
apt-get install libx264-142 libmp3lame0

#FFmpeg ---------------------------------------------

[MichaIng]

I guess Debian armhf packages do not (fully) support RPi?
E.g. https://packages.debian.org/buster/libx265-165

[MichaIng]

The ffmpeg package from archive.raspberrypi.org repo got HW acceleration:

ffmpeg (7:3.2.12-1~deb9u1+rpt1) stretch; urgency=medium

  [ Dave Stevenson ]
  * avcodec/omx: Fix handling of fragmented buffers
  [ Serge Schneider ]
  * Add libraspberrypi0 dependency
  * Set --arch=armhf
  [ Arindam Chaudhuri ]
  * Enable Raspberry Pi HW acceleration

 -- Serge Schneider <[email protected]>  Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:56:06 +0000

Same for the package from Buster branch:

ffmpeg (7:4.1-1+rpt1) buster; urgency=medium

  [ Dave Stevenson ]
  * avcodec/omx: Fix handling of fragmented buffers
  [ Serge Schneider ]
  * Add libraspberrypi0 dependency
  * Set --arch=armhf
  [ Arindam Chaudhuri ]
  * Enable Raspberry Pi HW acceleration

 -- Serge Schneider <[email protected]>  Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:17:15 +0000

These packages are preferred by APT over the ones from Raspbian repo (identical to Debian repo), so I suggest we revert to APT install on RPi as well.

However some quick test would be great, including AAC/x264/x265.

[MichaIng]

Included and merged: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/2875

Actually since the repo version is newer, an APT upgrade must have upgraded the package already (present since end of January), so it's just to avoid installing our own compiled package first.