Correct parameters for MFXVideoENCODE_Query

[clayton__mark]

MFXVideoENCODE_Query continues to return MFX_ERR_UNSUPPORTED in all combinations of parameters.  Platform is Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7260U CPU @ 2.20GHz.

My vainfo returns the following information:

libva info: VA-API version 1.3.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: User requested driver 'iHD'
libva info: Trying to open /opt/intel/mediasdk/lib64/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_3
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.3 (libva 2.3.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver - 16.9.git_00f9ae_2018-10-01
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
      VAProfileVC1Simple              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile2            :	VAEntrypointVLD

and my relevant code is as follows

    mfxStatus sts = MFX_ERR_NONE;

    // Initialize the Session
    MFXVideoSession session;
    mfxIMPL impl = MFX_IMPL_AUTO_ANY;
    mfxVersion ver = {{0, 1}};
    sts = session.Init(impl, &ver);

    // Initialize the Encoder
    mfxENC = std::make_unique<MFXVideoENCODE>(session);

    // Set parameters for encoder
    mfxVideoParam mfxEncParams;
    memset(&mfxEncParams, 0, sizeof(mfxEncParams));

    mfxEncParams.IOPattern = MFX_IOPATTERN_IN_SYSTEM_MEMORY | MFX_IOPATTERN_OUT_SYSTEM_MEMORY;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.CodecId = MFX_CODEC_AVC;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.CodecLevel = MFX_LEVEL_AVC_1;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.TargetKbps = kbitrate;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.EncodedOrder = true;

    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.FourCC = MFX_FOURCC_NV12;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.Width = f_width;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.Height = f_height;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.CropX = 0;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.CropY = 0;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.CropW = f_width;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.CropH = f_height;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.FrameRateExtN = framerate;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.FrameRateExtD = 1;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.ChromaFormat = MFX_CHROMAFORMAT_YUV420;

    // Query the parameters to verify
    sts = mfxENC->Query(&mfxEncParams, &mfxEncParams);
    sts = mfxENC->Init(&mfxEncParams);

Are my parameters incorrect, and if so how can I verify the correct parameters for the platform? kbitrate, f_width, f_height, and framerate are external parameters that have been tested at values 5000, 640, 480, 25 respectively.

[Mark_L_Intel1]

Hi Mark,

It looks like your API usage is not in the correct sequence, actually mfxENC->Init() and mfxENC->Query() is reversed. You should call Init() first.

Mark

[Vitov__Anatoly]

But in SDK Developer Reference was written about MFXVideoENCODE_Query: "The application can call this function before or after it initializes the encoder"

[Mark_L_Intel1]

Hi Anatoly,

Sorry for the late response, I think there should be some conflict among the parameters, you can refer to the following file to check how Media SDK check the parameters:

https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK/blob/master/_studio/mfx_lib/shared/src/mfx_h264_enc_common_hw.cpp#L1925

This file also shows some information about the parameter unit we checked.

The other way to find the conflict is to start from a set of parameters which works, so you can this set from the sample_encode when it works normal. Then you change it toward your expected values, you will find which one causes the problem.

Mark