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  • #47621
    taiziccf
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    VAINFO confirms that I have hardware acceleration. But it always get to SW encoding.

    Session file shows:

    NXAGENT – Version 8.11.3

    Copyright (C) 2001, 2024 NoMachine.

    See http://www.nomachine.com/ for more information.

    Session: Starting session at Tue Apr  2 23:23:27 2024.

    Info: Agent running with pid 2303.

    Info: Slave server running with pid 2321.

    Info: Listening to slave connections on port 12001.

    Info: Display running with pid 2322.

    Info: Audio server started with pid 2335.

    Info: Audio client started with pid 2336.

    Info: Display server started with pid 2349.

    “The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (nxkb) reports:”

    “> “Warning:          Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored

    “> ”                  X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.

    “> ”                  This warning only shows for the first high keycode.

    “Errors from nxkb are not fatal to the X server”

    Session: Session started at Tue Apr  2 23:23:27 2024.

    “The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (nxkb) reports:”

    “> “Warning:          Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored

    “> ”                  X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.

    “> ”                  This warning only shows for the first high keycode.

    “Errors from nxkb are not fatal to the X server”

    Info: Using MIT-SHM extension.

    Info: Using SSE3 for screen analysis.

    Info: Screen blanking running with pid 2743.

    Session: Connected to display server ‘:0’ at ‘Tue Apr  2 23:25:45 2024’.

    Session: Connected to events server ‘:0’ at ‘Tue Apr  2 23:25:45 2024’.

    Info: Screen capture running with pid 2744.

    Info: Screen analysis running with pid 2745.

    Info: Using damage extension for screen updates.

    Info: Using grab method ‘CopyArea’.

    Info: Using screen size 1280×800.

    Info: Display server for 106531926F885866D9C467E1AACF071A connected on Tue Apr  2 23:25:45 2024.

    Info: Audio server for 106531926F885866D9C467E1AACF071A connected on Tue Apr  2 23:25:45 2024.

    Info: Audio client for 106531926F885866D9C467E1AACF071A connected on Tue Apr  2 23:25:45 2024.

    Info: RT handler running with pid 2790.

    libva info: VA-API version 1.19.0

    libva info: User environment variable requested driver ‘iHD’

    libva info: Trying to open /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so

    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_18

    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

    Info: Intel Quick Sync H.264 acceleration is not supported.

    Info: Please consider updating your Intel drivers.

    Info: Using H.264 software encoder.

    Info: Audio reader running with PID 2825.

    2303 2825 2024-04-02 23:25:46 383.070 AudioIoPipeWireClientConnection: WARNING! No parameters or invalid ID

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    #47659
    taiziccf
    Participant

    Now I am getting different error however still no hardware encoding.

     

    NXAGENT – Version 8.11.3

    Copyright (C) 2001, 2024 NoMachine.

    See http://www.nomachine.com/ for more information.

    Session: Starting session at Sun Apr  7 00:24:24 2024.

    Info: Agent running with pid 3408.

    Info: Slave server running with pid 3419.

    Info: Display running with pid 3420.

    Info: Listening to slave connections on port 12001.

    Info: Audio server started with pid 3430.

    Info: Audio client started with pid 3433.

    Info: Display server started with pid 3452.

    “The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (nxkb) reports:”

    “> “Warning:          Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored

    “> ”                  X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.

    “> ”                  This warning only shows for the first high keycode.

    “Errors from nxkb are not fatal to the X server”

    Session: Session started at Sun Apr  7 00:24:24 2024.

    “The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (nxkb) reports:”

    “> “Warning:          Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored

    “> ”                  X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.

    “> ”                  This warning only shows for the first high keycode.

    “Errors from nxkb are not fatal to the X server”

    Info: Using MIT-SHM extension.

    Info: Using SSE3 for screen analysis.

    Info: Screen blanking running with pid 3697.

    Session: Connected to display server ‘:0’ at ‘Sun Apr  7 00:24:27 2024’.

    Session: Connected to events server ‘:0’ at ‘Sun Apr  7 00:24:27 2024’.

    Info: Screen capture running with pid 3698.

    Info: Using damage extension for screen updates.

    Info: Screen analysis running with pid 3699.

    Info: Using screen size 1056×1116.

    Info: Using grab method ‘CopyArea’.

    Info: Display server for 04426BCAD6794F28DD6151B000EC70EA connected on Sun Apr  7 00:24:27 2024.

    Info: Audio server for 04426BCAD6794F28DD6151B000EC70EA connected on Sun Apr  7 00:24:27 2024.

    Info: Audio client for 04426BCAD6794F28DD6151B000EC70EA connected on Sun Apr  7 00:24:27 2024.

    Info: RT handler running with pid 3743.

    libva info: VA-API version 1.19.0

    libva info: User environment variable requested driver ‘iHD’

    libva info: Trying to open /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so

    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_18

    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

    3408 3698 2024-04-07 00:24:28 691.080 QuickSync/QuickSync: WARNING! Failed to set display handle. Error is -17: Device operation failure.

    Info: Using H.264 software encoder.

    Info: Audio reader running with PID 3791.

    3408 3791 2024-04-07 00:24:28 850.763 AudioIoPipeWireClientConnection: WARNING! No parameters or invalid ID

    #47689
    Britgirl
    Keymaster

    Please check in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu if you have the library libmfxhw64.so – if not please create symbolic link to libmfxhw64.so.1 from a shell with:

    cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
    
    sudo ln -s cd libmfxhw64.so.1 libmfxhw64.so

    Restart nomachine and try again to see if NoMachine is using Intel’s mfx hardware encoding.

    #47709
    taiziccf
    Participant

    I already have it

    sudo ln -s libmfxhw64.so.1 libmfxhw64.so

    ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘libmfxhw64.so’: File exists

     

     

    #47715
    Britgirl
    Keymaster

    The next step is to understand if it’s a drivers problem or not. Can you try the package libmfx-tools and encode with its sample encoder? The procedure is here:

    https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK/wiki/Intel-media-stack-on-Ubuntu

    sudo apt-get install libmfx-tools
    
    export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
    wget https://github.com/lu-zero/fate-samples/raw/master/h264-conformance/AUD_MW_E.264
    
    # Encode H.264 stream w/ Low Power encoder on gen9+ (skl+)
    /usr/share/mfx/samples/sample_encode h264 \
    -w 176 -h 144 -f 30 -cqp -qpi 30 -qpp 30 -qpb 30 -qsv-ff \
    -i AUD_MW_E.yuv -o encoded_AUD_MW_E.264
    #47716
    taiziccf
    Participant

    /usr/share/mfx/samples/sample_encode h264 -w 176 -h 144 -f 30 -cqp -qpi 30 -qpp 30 -qpb 30 -qsv-ff -i AUD_MW_E.264 -o encoded_AUD_MW_E.264

    libva info: VA-API version 1.20.0

    libva info: User environment variable requested driver ‘iHD’

    libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_20

    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

    Encoding Sample Version 8.4.27.0

    Input file formatYUV420

    Output videoAVC

    Source picture:

    Resolution176x144

    Crop X,Y,W,H0,0,176,144

    Destination picture:

    Resolution176x144

    Crop X,Y,W,H0,0,176,144

    Frame rate30.00

    QPI30

    QPP30

    QPB30

    Gop size256

    Ref dist1

    Ref number2

    Idr Interval0

    Target usagebalanced

    Memory typevaapi

    Media SDK implhw

    Media SDK version1.255

    Processing started

    Frame number: 1

    Encoding fps: 4082

    Processing finished

    Guess is working correctly?

    #47723
    taiziccf
    Participant

    latest session log

    NXAGENT – Version 8.11.3

     

    Copyright (C) 2001, 2024 NoMachine.

    See http://www.nomachine.com/ for more information.

     

    Session: Starting session at Fri Apr 12 20:14:06 2024.

    Info: Agent running with pid 2938.

    Info: Slave server running with pid 2949.

    Info: Display running with pid 2950.

    Info: Listening to slave connections on port 12001.

    Info: Audio server started with pid 2962.

    Info: Audio client started with pid 2963.

    Info: Display server started with pid 2965.

    “The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (nxkb) reports:”

    “> “Warning:          Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored

    “> ”                  X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.

    “> ”                  This warning only shows for the first high keycode.

    “Errors from nxkb are not fatal to the X server”

    Session: Session started at Fri Apr 12 20:14:06 2024.

    “The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (nxkb) reports:”

    “> “Warning:          Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored

    “> ”                  X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.

    “> ”                  This warning only shows for the first high keycode.

    “Errors from nxkb are not fatal to the X server”

    Info: Using MIT-SHM extension.

    Info: Using SSE3 for screen analysis.

    Info: Screen blanking running with pid 3210.

    Info: Screen capture running with pid 3211.

    Session: Connected to display server ‘:0’ at ‘Fri Apr 12 20:14:35 2024’.

    Session: Connected to events server ‘:0’ at ‘Fri Apr 12 20:14:35 2024’.

    Info: Using damage extension for screen updates.

    Info: Screen analysis running with pid 3212.

    Info: Using grab method ‘CopyArea’.

    Info: Using screen size 1056×1116.

    Info: Display server for 56E4998825CCDF05446F19B2805CAB71 connected on Fri Apr 12 20:14:35 2024.

    Info: Audio server for 56E4998825CCDF05446F19B2805CAB71 connected on Fri Apr 12 20:14:35 2024.

    Info: Audio client for 56E4998825CCDF05446F19B2805CAB71 connected on Fri Apr 12 20:14:35 2024.

    Info: RT handler running with pid 3258.

    libva info: VA-API version 1.20.0

    libva info: User environment variable requested driver ‘iHD’

    libva info: Trying to open /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so

    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_20

    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

    2938 3212 2024-04-12 20:14:36 230.306 QuickSync/QuickSync: WARNING! Failed to set display handle. Error is -17: Device operation failure.

    Info: Using H.264 software encoder.

    Info: Audio reader running with PID 3316.

    #47727
    Britgirl
    Keymaster

    There is a difference in what is printed in the earlier logs and what is printed in the example procedure (#post-47716).

    Logs show:
    libva info: VA-API version 1.19.0
    libva info: Trying to open /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so

    Your example:
    libva info: VA-API version 1.20.0
    libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

    It’s a different libva version and also a different filepath for the iHD driver.

    You should check that you don’t have mixed libva libraries. For example, if you’re using Debian/Ubuntu, from a shell run dpkg -l libva*. What’s the output?

    Next, make sure you’re using the iHD driver that is being used in your example, which is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so. A quick way to do that is to rename iHD_drv_video.so which is in /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/to something else, for example:

    cd /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/
    mv iHD_drv_video.so iHD_drv_video.so.original

    and restart NoMachine. Does that help?

    #47731
    taiziccf
    Participant

    I had done this

    cd /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/

    mv iHD_drv_video.so iHD_drv_video.so.original

    #47736
    taiziccf
    Participant

    i had done the mv iHD_drv_video.so iHD_drv_video.so.original

    but still do not have HW encode even after restart the VM.

    just to recap, this ubuntu is a VM running in Proxmox with iGPU passthrough, and i can do HW encoding using Handbrake. the iGPU is located at 01:00:0 instead of usual 00:02:0, does this matter?

    #47740
    Britgirl
    Keymaster

    The output you pasted show that ihd is still being loaded from /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so. Try restarting nxserver again. Knowing its proxmox can make a difference yes. What’s the exact distro and display manager your replicating?

    #47747
    taiziccf
    Participant

    I had just built the new intel/media-driver from github.

    this time is version for VA-API 1.22. but still i don’t have HW encoder, although I am still able to transcode video using HWEncoder by handbrake.

    I am using Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.10 with x11. (bear in mind previously even with 22.04, 22.10, 21.04 also not having a working NoMachine hardware encoder.)

    below latest vainfo show 1.22.

    ~/build_media$ vainfo

    Trying display: wayland

    Trying display: x11

    libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0

    libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so

    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22

    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

    vainfo: VA-API version: 1.22 (libva 2.20.0)

    vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics – 24.2.1 (829a706db)

    vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints

    VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc

    VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointStats

    VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD

    VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice

    VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD

    VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice

    VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD

    VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice

    VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointFEI

    VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

    VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD

    VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice

    VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointFEI

    VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

    #47749
    taiziccf
    Participant

    and i had did the sha256sum for both file and it is identical.

    chchia@ubuntu:/opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64$ sha256sum iHD_drv_video.so

    ae099cf3cacfade679db75624a99fcdcf2f8c1e3bca753c91ea3f5230600e931  iHD_drv_video.so

    chchia@ubuntu:/opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64$ cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/

    chchia@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri$ sha256sum iHD_drv_video.so

    ae099cf3cacfade679db75624a99fcdcf2f8c1e3bca753c91ea3f5230600e931  iHD_drv_video.so

     

    #47750
    taiziccf
    Participant

    sudo dpkg -l libva*

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    #47766
    Britgirl
    Keymaster

    Are you still getting the same error when running iHD_drv_video.so from /usr?

    QuickSync/QuickSync: WARNING! Failed to set display handle. Error is -17: Device operation failure.

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