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Intel hardware acceleration in bionic-streamer #392

Open Nebred opened 5 years ago

Nebred commented 5 years ago

Description: I try to activate hardware acceleration in the Kurento experimental branch. Unfortunately the pipeline seems to hang somewhere and I am not able to see how I could fix it.

Hardware setup:

libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_39
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 0.39 (libva 1.7.3)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Bay Trail - 1.7.3
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh         : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointVLD

KMS Version:

Kurento Media Server version: 7.0.0~21.gdc6f414
Found modules:
        'core' version 7.0.0~11.gd5281780
        'elements' version 7.0.0~22.g6830065
        'filters' version 7.0.0~11.g3ade54b

Ubuntu Version 18.04

Other libraries versions:

root@cctv-recorder001:/build# dpkg -l | grep -Pi 'kurento|gst'
ii  gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0:amd64      1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1~ubuntu18.04.1                           amd64        GObject introspection data for the GStreamer Plugins Base library
ii  gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0:amd64             1.14.4-1~ubuntu18.04.1                                    amd64        GObject introspection data for the GStreamer library
ii  gir1.2-nice-0.1:amd64                  0.1.16-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbpd3ba5e           amd64        ICE library (GObject introspection)
ii  gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64               1.14.4-0ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.1                             amd64        libav plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer1.0-nice:amd64                0.1.16-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbpd3ba5e           amd64        ICE library (GStreamer plugin)
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64         1.14.4-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.1                             amd64        GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64        1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1~ubuntu18.04.1                           amd64        GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64        1.14.4-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.1                             amd64        GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64        1.14.4-1~ubuntu18.04.1                                    amd64        GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii  gstreamer1.0-tools                     1.14.4-1~ubuntu18.04.1                                    amd64        Tools for use with GStreamer
ii  gstreamer1.0-vaapi:amd64               1.14.4-1~ubuntu18.04.1                                    amd64        VA-API plugins for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer1.0-x:amd64                   1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1~ubuntu18.04.1                           amd64        GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
ii  kms-cmake-utils                        7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp7b7c43            all          Kurento CMake utils
ii  kms-cmake-utils-build-deps             7.0.0-0kurento1                                           all          build-dependencies for kms-cmake-utils
ii  kms-core                               7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbpd52817            amd64        Kurento Core module
ii  kms-core-build-deps                    7.0.0-0kurento1                                           all          build-dependencies for kms-core
ii  kms-core-dev                           7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbpd52817            amd64        Kurento Core module
ii  kms-elements                           7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp683006            amd64        Kurento Elements module
ii  kms-elements-build-deps                7.0.0-0kurento1                                           all          build-dependencies for kms-elements
ii  kms-elements-dev                       7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp683006            amd64        Kurento Elements module
ii  kms-filters                            7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp3ade54            amd64        Kurento Filters module
ii  kms-filters-build-deps                 7.0.0-0kurento1                                           all          build-dependencies for kms-filters
ii  kms-filters-dev                        7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp3ade54            amd64        Kurento Filters module
ii  kms-jsonrpc                            7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp791061            amd64        Kurento JSON-RPC library
ii  kms-jsonrpc-build-deps                 7.0.0-0kurento1                                           all          build-dependencies for kms-jsonrpc
ii  kms-jsonrpc-dev                        7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp791061            amd64        Kurento JSON-RPC library
ii  kmsjsoncpp                             1.6.3-1kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp15940b            amd64        Kurento jsoncpp library
ii  kmsjsoncpp-dev                         1.6.3-1kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp15940b            amd64        Kurento jsonrpc library
ii  kurento-media-server                   7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbpdc6f41            amd64        Kurento Media Server
ii  kurento-media-server-build-deps        7.0.0-0kurento1                                           all          build-dependencies for kurento-media-server
ii  kurento-module-creator                 7.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp65600f            all          Kurento Module Creator
ii  libgstreamer-gl1.0-0:amd64             1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1~ubuntu18.04.1                           amd64        GStreamer GL libraries
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:amd64    1.14.4-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.1                             amd64        GStreamer libraries from the "bad" set
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64   1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1~ubuntu18.04.1                           amd64        GStreamer libraries from the "base" set
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev:amd64 1.14.4-1ubuntu1.1~ubuntu18.04.1                           amd64        GStreamer development files for libraries from the "base" set
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0:amd64   1.14.4-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.1                             amd64        GStreamer development files for libraries from the "good" set
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64                1.14.4-1~ubuntu18.04.1                                    amd64        Core GStreamer libraries and elements
ii  libgstreamer1.0-dev:amd64              1.14.4-1~ubuntu18.04.1                                    amd64        GStreamer core development files
ii  libnice-dev                            0.1.16-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbpd3ba5e           amd64        ICE library (development files)
ii  libnice10:amd64                        0.1.16-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbpd3ba5e           amd64        ICE library (shared library)
ii  libsrtp2-1:amd64                       1:2.1.0-1kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp2061ec          amd64        Secure RTP (SRTP) and UST Reference Implementations - shared library
ii  libusrsctp1                            0.9.3.0+20190509-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp85d78a amd64        portable SCTP userland stack - shared library
ii  openh264                               1.8.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbpe251c8            amd64        OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc.
ii  openh264-gst-plugin                    1.0.0-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp0edd99            amd64        OpenH264 plugin for GStreamer
ii  openwebrtc-gst-plugins                 0.10.0+20190509-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp87c96f  amd64        OpenWebRTC specific GStreamer plugins
ii  openwebrtc-gst-plugins-dev             0.10.0+20190509-0kurento1.18.04~20190610114102.gbp87c96f  amd64        OpenWebRTC specific GStreamer plugins

What steps will reproduce the problem?

  1. Build kurento-media-server 7 (bionic-streamer)
  2. Run kurento
  3. Stop kurento
  4. Install vaapi-drivers and gstreamer-plugins: 
    apt-get install i965-va-driver
apt-get install gstreamer1.0-vaapi
  5. Run kurento again

What is the expected result? Kurento is running fine

What happens instead? When restarting Kurento (Step 5) it is no longer working (Video not displayed).

Please provide any additional information below I will attach logs of the two kurento runs. If you compare them most of the startup process is identical. The first major difference I could identify is this:

with_hw_acc:2245:
  GST_EVENT gstevent.c:814:gst_event_new_caps: creating caps event video/x-raw(memory:VASurface), format=(string)NV12, width=(int)704, height=(int)576, interlace-mode=(string)progressive, multiview-mode=(string)mono, multiview-flags=(GstVideoMultiviewFlagsSet)0:ffffffff:/right-view-first/left-flipped/left-flopped/right-flipped/right-flopped/half-aspect/mixed-mono, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1, framerate=(fraction)20/1

without_hw_acc:2067:
  GST_EVENT gstevent.c:814:gst_event_new_caps: creating caps event video/x-raw, format=(string)I420, width=(int)704, height=(int)576, interlace-mode=(string)progressive, multiview-mode=(string)mono, multiview-flags=(GstVideoMultiviewFlagsSet)0:ffffffff:/right-view-first/left-flipped/left-flopped/right-flipped/right-flopped/half-aspect/mixed-mono, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1, chroma-site=(string)mpeg2, colorimetry=(string)1:4:8:3, framerate=(fraction)20/1

As you see the hardware-accelerated version uses an NV12 stream format and it seems, that kurento is not able to handle this stream correctly.

The hardware-accelerated uridecodebin itself is working fine. I used it in a gst-launch pipeline and received video data.

Do you have any Idea, if and how we could make the vaapi elements work in Kurento?

Log with hardware Acceleration Log without hardware Acceleration

mneundorfer commented 5 years ago

We ran into a similar issue, but found that everything works just fine if we use MJPEG input instead of a H264 stream.

What we, however, could not figure out so far is where the actual decoder responsible for decoding our incomoing RTSP stream is selected, preventing us from digging further into this.

@j1elo: Can you give us a hint here?

j1elo commented 5 years ago

@mneundorfer I had a look on the PlayerEndpoint code to refresh my memory. It seems that the actual decoding is still done inside the uridecodebin GStreamer element, which is what gets used as the main "all-in-one" decoding element for the PlayerEndpoint.

The uridecodebin element by default decodes up to video/x-raw. This is controlled with the caps property. The only case where we touch that property is when PlayerEndpoint is created with the useEncodedMedia() modifier enabled, in order to just depayload the RTP packets and otherwise pass the encoded video as-is to the Kurento pipeline.

Only think I can think of, is that you edit kmsagnosticcaps.h and change from

#define KMS_AGNOSTIC_RAW_VIDEO_CAPS \
  "video/x-raw;"

to 

#define KMS_AGNOSTIC_RAW_VIDEO_CAPS \
  "video/x-raw(ANY);"

This should match the old video/x-raw and the new video/x-raw(memory:VASurface) in places such as the agnosticbin element.

Note that video/x-raw also appears hardcoded in other files, such as kmsenctreebin.c (1, 2) so you should grep inside kms-omni-build and make sure to check out all places.

mneundorfer commented 5 years ago

Thanks for the quick reply @j1elo!

Sadly, this did not help - still no video playing when receiving H264 as input from the camera. I could not make any progress on that so far, but will give feedback as soon as I find something new... For anyone else stumbling across this so far: A workaround is to grab a JPEG stream from the camera.

In addition, I just noticed interesting behavior when using vaapih264enc in conjunction with dynamically adjusting the resolution (the initial problem being that as opposed to openh264enc, vaapih264enc does not seem to do that automatically). Inside kmsenctreebin.c::kms_enc_tree_bin_set_target_bitrate, I went ahead and inserted a code snipped that would - based on the currently measured bitrate - set a new width and height, i.e. using a smaller resolution in case the bitrate drops under a certain threshold (by using g_object_set to update the capsfilter). This results in fun image errors, such as the following. The root cause from what I could observe so far seems to be that somewhere in the pipeline the resolution change seems not to be synced correctly across the pipeline - at least the resulting stream in the browser switches between the old and the new resolution. Since I cannot reproduce this behavior when setting up a similar pipeline from scratch, I suspect there is something I am missing about how Kurento works.

image image

mneundorfer commented 5 years ago

Meanwhile, I am pretty sure that the root cause is that somewhere in the pipeline, the originally set resolution (i.e. the initial capsfilter being set) is still present. I observe that any newly applied resolution work just fine, except that there are some frames in between, to which the old resolution seems to be applied, resulting in the green/grey images.

I will provide a patch for kmsenctreebin.c, in case anyone is interested and wants to take a look...

mneundorfer commented 5 years ago

We figured it out: The problem is that vaapih264enc produces stream-format: avc, where as the software encoder produces stream-format: byte-stream. When adding a capsfilter behind the vaapih264enc which enforces byte-stream, everything works just fine.

Since this does not happen in our small pipeline we built from scratch, I suspect it has something to with how vaapih264enc and the next element in the pipeline negotiate their format.

mneundorfer commented 4 years ago

After a few more weeks of testing, I think we have got this for vaapih264enc. @j1elo, are you in general interested in a PR which integrates VAAPI encoding for H264?

micaelgallego commented 4 years ago

Of course, we would love to offer hardware-accelerated transcoding in Kurento.

j1elo commented 4 years ago

Hi @mneundorfer, did you get any new insights on the decoding issue?

In https://github.com/Kurento/kms-elements/pull/22 you mention that:

As an FYI: There does not seem to be an issue with vaapidecode in general, at least everything works fine when

  • the uridecodebin is replaced by a dedicated pipeline consisting of rtspsrc and vaapih264dec
  • uridecodebin is used from a plain GStreamer pipeline (e.g. gst-launch1.0 uridecodebin url="rtsp://..." ! vaapih264enc ! avdec_h264 ! autovideosink)

What you say is interesting because the decoding issues in Kurento seem to be caused exclusively by a problem inside the uridecodebin itself. I say this based on the first point you raise:

the uridecodebin is replaced by a dedicated pipeline consisting of rtspsrc and vaapih264dec

what I understand from this is that you have manually changed the Kurento source code to remove the uridecodebin and instead configure a pair of (rtspsrc, vaapih264dec), and this made the Kurento pipeline to work correctly. However if you revert the changes and leave the uridecodebin, then the problem happens again.

We need to use uridecodebin because PlayerEndpoint is able to get inputs from a variety of resources, such as HTTP, RTSP, local files, and actually anything that uridecodebin supports.

Even though the Kurento pipelines are pretty long and sometimes overwhelming, they are really conceptually simple, as the most complex thing that is done (in this case) is just decoding the input stream, and re-encoding it again before passing it to the WebRTC elements.

Here I'm attaching a couple of Graphviz dot files that show a PlayerEndpoint-to-WebRtcEndpoint pipeline, which might help you understand what is going on inside Kurento. You can open these with the xdot tool:

playerinternal-raw-transcoding shows the internal pipeline that PlayerEndpoint uses to create an uridecodebin element and decode all media, which is the default thing to do. If you enable the useEncodedMedia property in PlayerEndpoint, then it won't try to decode the media. The final result of this process is passed on to an appsink element.

Then, player-raw-transcoding shows the rest of the pipeline, getting its data from the leftmost appsrc and processing it all the way towards the WebRTC part at the right.

The pair appsink/appsrc is used because all incoming buffers are checked for valid timestamps in process_sample function so that's why a gst-launch command cannot be exactly equivalent to the pipeline inside Kurento. However I'd be surprised if this function is really causing the decoding problems you observed.

mneundorfer commented 4 years ago

Hey @j1elo,

Sorry no, I didn't.

what I understand from this is that you have manually changed the Kurento source code to remove the uridecodebin and instead configure a pair of (rtspsrc, vaapih264dec), and this made the Kurento pipeline to work correctly. However if you revert the changes and leave the uridecodebin, then the problem happens again.

That is precise, this is exactly what happened.

We need to use uridecodebin because PlayerEndpoint is able to get inputs from a variety of resources, such as HTTP, RTSP, local files, and actually anything that uridecodebin supports.

Of course, removing uridecodebin in favor of rtspsrc isn't an option.

Here I'm attaching a couple of Graphviz dot files that show a PlayerEndpoint-to-WebRtcEndpoint pipeline, which might help you understand what is going on inside Kurento.

Yeah, generating dot graphs for the internal state of Kurento is a great idea, I already used that before to get more insights. However, it does not really help me in understanding the root issue here. Might be my very limited GStreamer knowledge.

Anyways, I attached another dot file (please rename the extension after download, GitHub does not allow dot files...) showing the pipeline with the rtspsrc/vaapidec combination in place. Maybe it is of any use for you

RobotnickIsrael commented 4 years ago

Hi there, any news about this one? I'm actually more interested in NVIDIA acceleration (since intel servers usually don't come with GPU), but I guess it should be the same idea.