TVHeadend build/install on Lubuntu 20.04-64bit with iGPU 8+ transcoding

Alin Gherghescu · 2022-12-03T02:38:34+00:00

This tutorial is intended for beginners interested in compiling tvheadend with HW GPU transcoding (using iGPU form Intel gen 8+). It is a little messy how I...

apollo

Hi,
I hope that's what you wanted

[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dg6uFxB1cpqSTzdp7--cQbK52_vg53_q?usp=sharing]

ukn_unknown

apollo no ... not the log. My goal is to replicate the issue you have on my setup.
For that you need to save (using DVR feature) a video of 30s - 60s with profile 'pass': Configuration / Recording / Digital Video Recording Profiles --> on the right side look for: General Settings / Stream profile = pass.
To start the actual recording you have to go to: Electronic Program Guide ; select one show (anything with blue bar - that is available now) click on the 'i' icon on the left side (new window should open).
At the bottom of that window there is a button Recording ... press on it.
Wait for 30 sec.
Go to Digital Video Recorder / Upcoming Current Recordings ; select the line with the show (you are recording) and press button Stop (red).
"Do you really want .... " --> Yes.
Now select Digital Video Recorder / Finished Recordings you should see that recording. Select that show and press the button Download (above).
Upload the file somewhere ... should be a ts file relative large (could be even 100MB)

apollo

Hi,
I think I did what you asked me to do this time...🙂

[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11HmKL2YPtc-WDwLvQEIRElnV7C6LV08z?usp=sharing]

ukn_unknown

apollo 🙂 no ... this is a 'link' to the file ... not the recording. The file has to be large ... many MB.
"Now select Digital Video Recorder / Finished Recordings you should see that recording. Select that show and press the button Download (above)."
--> you have to select the recording (left click on it) and press the Download button that is above the selected line (with a green arrow down).

apollo

Forgive me...
Thank you

[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11HmKL2YPtc-WDwLvQEIRElnV7C6LV08z?usp=sharing]

ukn_unknown

apollo No problem. Received.

ukn_unknown

apollo bad news 🙁 ... when I loaded the file using ffmpeg from HDD it was able to play it; so I don't know how to repro your problem. Probably I have to find a way to load the file without ffmpeg to repro the problem.

logs.txt

3kB

apollo

Hi, is it possible to reinstall tvheadend with your settings? Thanks

ukn_unknown

apollo I have to think about this problem.
my settings are:
codec profile

stream profile

ukn_unknown

apollo I was able to load the file without using ffmpeg (I used --tsfile <FILE_PATH>) and it works as expected (is transcoding properly in H264 or HEVC).
In this log you can see I tested pass, h264 and hevc ... all working. There are some warnings ... but I get that on many channels - I don't think is the real reason of your failure.

logs.txt

3kB

apollo

Hi,
I'm installing ubuntu, can you kindly tell me if the step I'm doing is correct?🙂
Thanks

ukn_unknown

apollo you need to add 'sudo' in front of the command. I fixed the documentation. Also what you did is OK ... you can continue.

ukn_unknown

ukn_unknown
BTW : I think you should exit 'su mode' because might not generate the same results for future commands.

apollo

Hi, I have the same problems...
Is it possible to write privately?
Thanks

chewitt

apollo Is it possible to write privately?

No.

apollo

OK thank you

apollo

Hi,
the problem occurs with the mpegts container, with mkv the playback does not stop.
Thanks

apollo

ukn_unknown

Hi stranger, since ffmpeg vaapi works please when you can and if you want could you consider the attached code to see if it can work? Thanks

ffmpeg -i - -f mpegts -mpegts_transport_stream_id 0x0006 -mpegts_service_id 0x0601 -metadata service_provider="SMR6" -metadata service_name="TF1" -c:a copy -c:v [codec video preferito] -hide_banner -loglevel panic pipe:1

ukn_unknown

apollo sorry ... I was out for sometime.
It is strange that MPEG-TS/av-lib is not working in your case ... it works on my case.
I can make a temporary change where I can add this part:
-mpegts_transport_stream_id 0x0006 -mpegts_service_id 0x0601 -metadata service_provider="SMR6" -metadata service_name="TF1"
But I want to make sure that you understand that ffmpeg command above has container MPEG-TS; so if you tell me doesn't work in your case, some of the parameters are not valid with other containers (like mpegts_transport_stream_id )
If you make MPEG-TS/av-lib work ... I can add those parameters for that container.

apollo

Hi,
I tried the guides for version 22 and 24 several times, I always encounter the same problem,
transcoding (h264 vaapi + aac) mpegts container stops after a few seconds.
Transcoding (h264 vaapi + copy) mpegts container stops after a few seconds.
Transcoding (h264 vaapi + disable) mpegts container does not stop.
Transcoding (h264 vaapi + aac) matroska container does not stop.
I don't know what to do anymore, I'm almost 99% sure that I've done all the steps described in the guide.
In version 24 I also tried to enable guc3...🙂🙂
Thanks

ukn_unknown

apollo
Not being able to repro your problem is like shutting in dark ... but you should know that you have many other audio options for encoding: mp2, vorbis, flac, libopus, libvorbis, libtheora ... check all those to see if all are failing.
The fact that video only works is interesting ... but I don't know how to use this info.
Alternatively, if I remember right you started the development on an old laptop ... can you try the installation process on that laptop? use guc = 1 .... because is before iGPU8.
A second alternative (more complicated) is for you to try my new branch that has new transcoding scheme. The discussion was on this branch: tvheadend/tvheadend1792.
git clone https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend.git
replace with:
git clone https://github.com/uknunknown/tvheadend.git
git switch dev_new_transcoding

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