TVH compiled-no stream profile VP9 or H265 available

Jonas Lang

I just purchased an HP Elitedesk with Kaby Lake processor with Intel HD 630. It's running Ubuntu 22.04 lts with a locally compiled TVH 4.3-2120~g18effa8ad and Kodi Nexus latest.

According to the output of vainfo these two profiles should be supported or maybe I'm reading the output incorrectly.

This is the build command I used

AUTOBUILD_CONFIGURE_EXTRA=--enable-libffmpeg_static\ --enable-vaapi\ --enable-trace\ --enable-debug ./Autobuild.sh

vainfo libva info: VA-API version 1.14.0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_14 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 vainfo: VA-API version: 1.14 (libva 2.12.0) vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 22.3.1 () vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointEncPicture VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD

This is the output of./configure

./configure Checking support/features checking for cc execinfo.h ... ok checking for cc -mmmx ... ok checking for cc -msse2 ... ok checking for cc -Wunused-result ... ok checking for cc -fstack-protector ... ok checking for cc -fstack-protector-strong ... ok checking for cc -fstack-check ... ok checking for cc -fPIE ... ok checking for cc strlcat ... fail checking for cc strlcpy ... fail checking for cc fdatasync ... ok checking for cc getloadavg ... ok checking for cc atomic32 ... ok checking for cc atomic64 ... ok checking for cc atomic_time_t ... ok checking for cc atomic_ptr ... ok checking for cc bitops64 ... ok checking for cc lockowner ... ok checking for cc qsort_r ... ok checking for cc stime ... fail checking for cc gmtoff ... ok checking for cc recvmmsg ... ok checking for cc sendmmsg ... ok checking for cc gnu_libiconv ... fail checking for cc libiconv ... fail ^ using build-in glibc iconv routines checking for cc ifnames ... ok checking for cc cclang_threadsan ... fail checking for py module gzip ... ok checking for pkg-config ... ok checking for xgettext ... ok checking for msgmerge ... ok checking for gzip ... ok checking for bzip2 ... ok checking for pkg openssl ... ok (detected 3.0.2) checking for cc linux/dvb/version.h ... ok checking for pkg zlib ... ok (detected 1.2.11) checking for pkg libpcre2-8 ... ok (detected 10.39) checking for pkg liburiparser ... ok (detected 0.9.6) checking for pkg avahi-client ... ok (detected 0.8) checking for cmake ... ok checking for cc -lstdc++ ... ok checking for pkg libva >=0.38.0 ... ok (detected 1.14.0) checking for pkg libva-drm >=0.38.0 ... ok (detected 1.14.0) checking for cc sys/inotify.h ... ok checking for cc inotify_init1 ... ok checking for cc dvbcsa/dvbcsa.h ... ok checking for cc -ldvbcsa ... ok fetching dvb-scan files ... ok checking for cc epoll_create1 ... ok checking for pkg dbus-1 ... ok (detected 1.12.20) Compiler: Using C compiler: cc Using LD flags: -ldvbcsa Build for arch: x86_64 Binaries: Using PYTHON: python Using GZIP: gzip Using BZIP2: bzip2 Options: pie yes ccdebug no cardclient yes cwc yes cccam yes capmt yes constcw yes linuxdvb yes satip_server yes satip_client yes hdhomerun_client yes hdhomerun_static yes iptv yes tsfile yes dvbscan yes timeshift yes trace yes avahi yes zlib yes libav yes ffmpeg_static yes libx264 yes libx264_static yes libx265 yes libx265_static yes libvpx yes libvpx_static yes libtheora yes libtheora_static yes libvorbis yes libvorbis_static yes libfdkaac no libfdkaac_static no libopus yes libopus_static yes nvenc no vaapi yes mmal no omx no inotify yes epoll yes pcre no pcre2 yes uriparser yes ccache no tvhcsa yes bundle no pngquant no kqueue no dbus_1 yes android no gtimer_check no slow_memoryinfo no libsystemd_daemon no pcloud_cache yes ddci yes cclang_threadsan no gperftools no execinfo yes mmx yes sse2 yes W_unused_result yes f_stack_protector yes f_stack_protector_strong yes f_stack_check yes f_PIE yes fdatasync yes getloadavg yes atomic32 yes atomic64 yes atomic_time_t yes atomic_ptr yes bitops64 yes lockowner yes qsort_r yes gmtoff yes recvmmsg yes sendmmsg yes ifnames yes py_gzip yes bin_pkg_config yes bin_xgettext yes bin_msgmerge yes bin_gzip yes bin_bzip2 yes ssl yes linuxdvbapi yes linuxdvb_ca yes upnp yes bin_cmake yes stdcpp yes libogg_static yes hwaccels yes inotify_h yes inotify_init1 yes dvbcsa yes epoll_create1 yes mpegts yes mpegts_dvb yes Packages: openssl 3.0.2 zlib 1.2.11 libpcre2-8 10.39 liburiparser 0.9.6 avahi-client 0.8 libva 1.14.0 libva-drm 1.14.0 dbus-1 1.12.20 Installation paths: Prefix: /usr/local Binaries: ${prefix}/bin Libraries: ${prefix}/lib Data files: ${prefix}/share Man pages: ${datadir}/man Final Binary: /home/peter/build/tvheadend/master/build.linux/tvheadend Tvheadend Data Directory: /usr/local/share/tvheadend

I'm receiving my DVBS channels via a Digibit Twin Sat>IP tuner.In Kodi I cannot play any of the HEVC UHD demo channels with VAAPI HEVC hardware acceleration enabled.They will play VAAPI HEVC hardware acceleration disabled.Everything else plays fine.

As an experiment I installed NextPVR on the same PC with an identical Kodi setup. With VAAPI HEVC hardware acceleration enabled in NextPVR the HEVC UHD demo channels play fine. The only thing I can think of that may be causing the problem is the lack of available stream profiles in TVH H265 and VP9.

I really would appreciate it if someone here could shed any light on this.

Jonas Lang

Anyone got any suggestions on this issue.

Saen Acro

Kodi problem is how will play content.
If want to transcode before play on Kodi is other thing,
but not mentioned in question.

ukn_unknown

Assuming you pasted all output from vainfo you are missing a lot of codecs and profiles. My guess is that you did not enabled GuC. To answer your questions: Yes ... you have HEVC available for decoding with VAAPI, but only 2 profiles: Main and Main10. Confirm that your input is one of those.
My recommendation is to accept 'non-free' and install GuC FW from Intel. Instructions are available for Ubuntu 20.04 (try 20.04 first to confirm functionality):
https://tvheadend.org/d/8186-tvheadend-build-and-install-on-lubuntu-20-04-64bit-with-igpu-8-for-gpu-transcoding?r=48662#message-48662 Follow the instructions for iGPU11 up to the point where you download source code, after that use your compile flow.

I am a little confused on how do you plan to encode? h264_vaapi? Decode VAAPI is enable only if you use a VAAPI encoder ... in this moment you only have h264_vaapi low_power available.

Edited:
Another reason might be that tvh user doesn't have access to vaapi hw encoder. Details are in the thread above.

Jonas Lang

Ukn Unknown wrote:
> Assuming you pasted all output from vainfo you are missing a lot of codecs and profiles. My guess is that you did not enabled GuC. To answer your questions: Yes ... you have HEVC available for decoding with VAAPI, but only 2 profiles: Main and Main10. Confirm that your input is one of those.
> My recommendation is to accept 'non-free' and install GuC FW from Intel. Instructions are available for Ubuntu 20.04 (try 20.04 first to confirm functionality):
> https://tvheadend.org/d/8186-tvheadend-build-and-install-on-lubuntu-20-04-64bit-with-igpu-8-for-gpu-transcoding?r=48662#message-48662 > Follow the instructions for iGPU11 up to the point where you download source code, after that use your compile flow.

> I am a little confused on how do you plan to encode? h264_vaapi? Decode VAAPI is enable only if you use a VAAPI encoder ... in this moment you only have h264_vaapi low_power available.

Thanks for the response.Not a lot happening on the forum these days regarding technical responses so it's much appreciated.

Yes that's the complete output from vainfo I pasted. You say I'm missing a lot of codecs and profiles. You say by enabling GuC I should remedy that. I came across this thread and it looks like this user couldn't resolve the GuC issue. Could you shed any further light on this. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2484927

Just to confirm the input you refer to that I use is Main10.

I'll be honest I find it extremely difficult to follow that thread on Ubuntu 20.04.It really needs to be cleaned up particularly the primary post I'm committed to Ubuntu 22.04 with Kernel 5.19 so going back to Ubuntu 20.04 is not really an option here.

I know the subject of Intel graphics on Linux in general and Ubuntu in particular is fraught with conflicting advice on the web.

On the current build command I'm using could you see any improvement I could make to optimise the built in Intel HD630 GPU. This is the current command I'm using.Any suggestions on any improvements would be greatly appreciated.

AUTOBUILD_CONFIGURE_EXTRA=--enable-libffmpeg_static\ --enable-vaapi\ --enable-trace\ --enable-debug ./Autobuild.sh

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Saen Acro

Accelerate building by this script.
https://tvheadend.org/d/4492-manual-building-deb-packages-on-clean-ubuntu-or-other-debian-distros#Automated-build-script

Jonas Lang

saen acro wrote:
> Accelerate building by this script.

> https://tvheadend.org/d/4492-manual-building-deb-packages-on-clean-ubuntu-or-other-debian-distros#Automated-build-script

What do you mean here by “accelerate building by this script”

ukn_unknown

Let's start with easy stuff: make sure 'hts' user has access to video render. From https://tvheadend.org/d/8186-tvheadend-build-and-install-on-lubuntu-20-04-64bit-with-igpu-8-for-gpu-transcoding?r=48662#message-48662 Follow the part:
!hts.png!

Restart the server and check if you can decode with VAAPI.

Enable GuC is a little more complicated task.
BTW: what CPU do you have? I might have gave you some wrong info ... You might have iGPU 9.5 (not iGPU 11).

Saen Acro

Jonas Lang wrote:
> saen acro wrote:
> > Accelerate building by this script.
> > https://tvheadend.org/d/4492-manual-building-deb-packages-on-clean-ubuntu-or-other-debian-distros#Automated-build-script >

> What do you mean here by “accelerate building by this script”

By no need to type long command on prompt.

Also build log created.

Read article.

Jonas Lang

Ukn Unknown wrote:
> Let's start with easy stuff: make sure 'hts' user has access to video render. From https://tvheadend.org/d/8186-tvheadend-build-and-install-on-lubuntu-20-04-64bit-with-igpu-8-for-gpu-transcoding?r=48662#message-48662 > Follow the part:
> !hts.png!
> Restart the server and check if you can decode with VAAPI.
>
> Enable GuC is a little more complicated task.

> BTW: what CPU do you have? I might have gave you some wrong info ... You might have iGPU 9.5 (not iGPU 11).

Just before I get into changing anything here’s the full spec on the PC I’m using

https://support.hp.com/ie-en/document/c05369814

I’m using the built in Intel HD 630 graphics for this. Could you have a look at the spec and let me know what you think is the best direction to go with this. It’s the i5 version of CPU.

Thanks again.

ukn_unknown

Your CPU has iGPU 9.5 (Intel names it iGPU 9): https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-intel_core_i5_7500 scroll down to internal graphics and hw codec support.
Instructions above should be used with any CPU type ... are related to OS.
with 24 EU and 192 Shaders ... probably you can transcode h264->hevc 1080 25 (decent quality).
BTW: I always use "./Autobuild.sh" to build (on all my intel platforms).

Jonas Lang

I’m using the Digibit Twin Sat>IP tuner and Kodi as a front end. Kodi refused to play any of the HEVC UHD demo channels on Astra 28.2 with hardware acceleration enabled for VAAPI HEVC in the settings section so I assumed my available profiles in TVH was the problem. With VAAPI HEVC disabled the software takes over and plays the TS streams.

As an experiment I installed Next PVR. Strangely enough this plays the HEVC UHD demo channels with VAAPI HEVC hardware acceleration enabled. I confirmed this by running intel_gpu_top.

This really is puzzling now.

Saen Acro

It's problem of Kodi or HTSP PVR plug-in in Kodi.
It was discussed before.
You can record this channel with TVH and play it with Kodi,
if no problem with this then
https://github.com/kodi-pvr/pvr.hts

Jonas Lang

saen acro wrote:
> It's problem of Kodi or HTSP PVR plug-in in Kodi.
> It was discussed before.
> You can record this channel with TVH and play it with Kodi,
> if no problem with this then

> https://github.com/kodi-pvr/pvr.hts

Yes I can record this transport stream and it will play in Kodi.

The problem does appear to lie with the Kodi PVR-HTS add on. I installed the latest PVR-HTS add on from the XBMC PPA which I added to Ubuntu.

Why would I want to compile this add on. Does the one from the XBMC PPA not work.

Saen Acro

Problem is in addon itself.

Addon do not send some info to Kodi or send it incorrectly.

Where I say something to compile it,
just send info how to contact creators of it.

Jonas Lang

saen acro wrote:
> Problem is in addon itself.
> Addon do not send some info to Kodi or send it incorrectly.
>
> Where I say something to compile it,

> just send info how to contact creators of it.

Yes I’ll report this behaviour to the add on maintainer but I don’t expect much of a response.

Strangely using LibreELEC which has the TVH server and PVR HTS packaged this behaviour is not shown. It works perfectly playing UHD Live TV.