Intel Media FFMPEG Transcode Container

This project hosts a container demonstrating the use of ffmpeg using GPU offload for transcode operations.

The Dockerfile itself is constructed from templates/* and Dockerfile.solution, and provides a multi-stage Docker container with the final container being a minimal run-time installation on top of the base OS.

Usage examples

Getting the container

You can pull the container from Harbor:

export OS_DISTRO=ubuntu
export PACKAGE_STREAM=eoan
TAG=${OS_DISTRO}-${PACKAGE_STREAM}
docker pull amr-registry.caas.intel.com/vtt-osgc/solutions/intel-media-ffmpeg:${TAG}
docker tag amr-registry.caas.intel.com/vtt-osgc/solutions/intel-media-ffmpeg:${TAG} intel-media-ffmpeg

Build Ubuntu container

export OS_DISTRO=ubuntu
export OS_RELEASE=eoan
export PACKAGE_STREAM=eoan
export PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=https://repositories.intel.com/graphics
export TAG=test-build-${OS_DISTRO}-${PACKAGE_STREAM}-$(date +%Y%m%d)
scripts/build-dockerfile.sh
scripts/build-image.sh

Build Red Hat container

export OS_DISTRO=rhel
export OS_RELEASE=8.0
export PACKAGE_STREAM=8.0
export PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=https://repositories.intel.com/graphics
export TAG=test-build-${OS_DISTRO}-${PACKAGE_STREAM}-$(date +%Y%m%d)
scripts/build-dockerfile.sh
scripts/build-image.sh

Verify hardware access

TAG=${TAG:-latest}
docker run \
  --rm \
  --device=/dev/dri \
  -e QSV_DEVICE=${QSV_DEVICE:-/dev/dri/renderD128} \
  -it \
  intel-media-ffmpeg:${TAG} \
  info

The above will provide information about the software in the container, as well as the detected Intel graphics hardware.

If you are in a multicard environment, see Appendix A.

Test hardware accelerated FFMPEG media operations

First download test content into ./media, then launch the Docker container mounting that path to the /media volume, running the 'test' command.

NOTE: The test media stream is currently hard coded to expect the name AUD_WM_E.264 in the container.

TAG=${TAG:-latest}
mkdir $(pwd)/media
wget -O $(pwd)/media/AUD_MW_E.264 \
  https://fate-suite.libav.org/h264-conformance/AUD_MW_E.264
docker run \
  --rm \
  --device=/dev/dri \
  -e QSV_DEVICE=${QSV_DEVICE:-/dev/dri/renderD128} \
  --volume $(pwd)/media:/media \
  -it \
  intel-media-ffmpeg:${TAG} \
  test

The above will:

1. Download a test content file from fate-suite.libav.org into $(pwd)/media
2. Instantiate the 'intel-media-ffmpeg' container
3. Perfom the following tests:
   1. decode AUD_MW_E.264 to AUD_MW.yuv
   2. encode AUD_MW.yuv to AUD_MW_E.h264
   3. transcode AUD_MW_E.264 to AUD_MW_E.hevc
   4. transcode AUD_MW_E.264 to two streams at once, AUD_1N-5M.h264 and AUD_1N-4M60FPS.h264

Once completed, you can check the contents of $(pwd)/media for the following files:

AUD_MW_E.264
AUD_MW.yuv
AUD_MW_E.h264
AUD_MW_E.hevc
AUD_1N-5M.h264
AUD_1N-4M60FPS.h264

Launch a shell in the container

The examples below are all assumed to be running in the container's environment:

TAG=${TAG:-latest}
docker run \
  --rm \
  --device=/dev/dri \
  -e QSV_DEVICE=${QSV_DEVICE:-/dev/dri/renderD128} \
  -it \
  intel-media-ffmpeg:${TAG} \
  shell

Decode

AVC (H.264) video decode and save as YUV 420P raw file:

NOTE: Run the following in the container launched previously.

IN_FILE=AUD_WM_E.264
OUT_FILE=AUD_MW.yuv
  ffmpeg \
    -hwaccel qsv \
    -qsv_device ${QSV_DEVICE:-/dev/dri/renderD128} \
    -c:v h264_qsv \
    -i /media/"${IN_FILE}" \
    -vf hwdownload,format=nv12 -pix_fmt yuv420p \
    -y \
    /media/"${OUT_FILE}"

Encode

Encode a 10 frames of 720p raw input as H264 with 5Mbps using VBR mode:

NOTE: Run the following in the container launched previously.

IN_FILE=AUD_MW.yuv
OUT_FILE=AUD_MW_E.h264
  ffmpeg \
    -loglevel debug \
    -init_hw_device vaapi=va:${QSV_DEVICE:-/dev/dri/renderD128} \
    -init_hw_device qsv=hw@va \
    -filter_hw_device hw \
    -f rawvideo \
    -pix_fmt yuv420p \
    -s:v 176x144 \
    -i /media/"${IN_FILE}" \
    -vf hwupload=extra_hw_frames=64,format=qsv \
    -c:v h264_qsv \
    -b:v 5M \
    -frames:v 10 \
    -y \
    /media/"${OUT_FILE}"

Transcode

AVC (H.264) => HEVC (H.265) with 5Mbps using VBR

NOTE: Run the following in the container launched previously.

IN_FILE=AUD_MW_E.264
OUT_FILE=AUD_MW_E.hevc
  ffmpeg \
    -loglevel debug \
    -hwaccel qsv \
    -qsv_device ${QSV_DEVICE:-/dev/dri/renderD128} \
    -c:v h264_qsv \
    -i /media/"${IN_FILE}" \
    -c:v hevc_qsv \
    -b:v 5M \
    -y \
    /media/"${OUT_FILE}"

1:N transcoding

NOTE: Run the following in the container launched previously.

IN_FILE=AUD_MW_E.264
OUT_FILE=AUD_1N_
  ffmpeg \
    -hwaccel qsv \
    -qsv_device ${QSV_DEVICE} \
    -c:v h264_qsv \
    -i /media/"${IN_FILE}" \
    -filter_complex "split=2[s1][s2]; \
                     [s1]scale_qsv=1280:720[o1]; \
                     [s2]vpp_qsv=framerate=60[o2]" \
    -map [o1] -c:v h264_qsv -b:v 5M /media/"${OUT_FILE}-5M.mp4" \
    -map [o2] -c:v h264_qsv -b:v 4M /media/"${OUT_FILE}-4M60FPS.h264"

Appendix A: Multicard

Most of the filters and drivers for ffmpeg will default to connecting to /dev/dri/renderD128.

If you have multiple cards, the card you want to connect to might be exposed on a different render interface.

You can configure which interface is used by setting the QSV_DEVICE environment variable prior to running intel-docker (or by passing -e QSV_DEVICE to docker if you run it manually.)

You can find out the correct path for your Intel Graphics card by running:

ls -l /dev/dri/by-path/pci-*$(lspci | grep Intel.*Graphics | cut -d " " -f1)*

If the interface is on /dev/dri/renderD129, set QSV_DEVICE as follows:

export QSV_DEVICE=/dev/dri/renderD129