OpenVX Media Extension Library#

vx_amd_media is an OpenVX AMD media extension module. This module has mainly two OpenVX extension nodes. com.amd.amd_media.decode node for video/jpeg decoding and com.amd.amd_media.encode node for video encoding

List of OpenVX Media Extension Nodes:#

Node name	Function	Parameters
com.amd.amd_media.decode	Video/JPEG decoder	Supports MP4/JPEG input files and outputs YUV or RGB
com.amd.amd_media.encode	Video encoder	Supports input YUV/RGB input and .264 elementary stream output

Build Instructions#

Pre-requisites#

AMD OpenVX™ library
FFMPEG 4.0 or above, installed via MIVisionX setup script or download from following link
- download
amdgpu Linux mesa driver for hardware support. Install with –no-dkms after installing ROCm.
- amdgpu

Example 1: decode video with runvx using software decoder#

Following is an example gdf to decode 1 video stream using CPU decoder and decoded images will be written to output.yuv file

import vx_amd_media

# read input sequences
data vid1 = scalar:STRING,"1,<fname_with_full_path.mp4>:0"
data nvimg  = image:1920,1080,NV12:write,output.yuv
data loop = scalar:INT32,0
data opencl_out = scalar:INT32,0
node com.amd.amd_media.decode vid1 nvimg NULL loop opencl_out

Example 2: decode video with runvx using hardware decoder#

Following is an example gdf to encode 1 video stream using hardware and decoded images will be written to output.yuv file

import vx_amd_media

# read input sequences
data vid1 = scalar:STRING,"1,<fname_with_full_path.mp4>:1"
data nvimg  = image:1920,1080,NV12:write,output.yuv
data loop = scalar:INT32,0
data opencl_out = scalar:INT32,0
node com.amd.amd_media.decode vid1 nvimg NULL loop opencl_out

Example 3: Encoding from yuv image to .264 file#

Following is an example gdf to encode to .h264 stream from a YUV input file

Sample command: runvx -frames:<#framestoencode> file <encoder.gdf>

import vx_amd_media

# read input sequences
data yuvimg  = image:1920,1080,NV12:read,input.yuv
data vid1 = scalar:STRING,"fname_with_full_path.264"
data aux_output = array:UINT8,256
data gpu_mode = scalar:BOOL,FALSE
node com.amd.amd_media.encode vid1 yuvimg NULL aux_output gpu_mode

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OpenVX Media Extension Library

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