memcpy alternative in intel media sdk?

[boukhalfa__zakaria]

The intel IPP contains a memcpy alternative. Why is there no alternative for this in the intel media sdk?

Does it make sense to use it anyway in a h264 decoder? I saw in the samples that the "normal" std::memcpy are used.

[Anna_B_Intel]

Hi Zack,

If you are doing only hardware-accelerated h264 decoding on GPU, it's better to use the video memory. If you additionally want to do some work on CPU you, we recommend to use system memory. So you don't need to copy something by yourself.

Best wishes,

Anna

[boukhalfa__zakaria]

Okay, and when I do additional work on the CPU, why is the ipp memcpy not available via the media sdk API?

As far as I understand it is used internally by the SDK.

[Anna_B_Intel]

Yes, h264 decoder uses ipp. Media SDK has functionality for copying frames, memory is optimised inside it.

Best wishes,

Anna

[boukhalfa__zakaria]

Hi Anna,

what function to you mean, can you post a link to the docu where it is described?

[Anna_B_Intel]

Hi Zack,

For copying frames you can use VPP without any filters (just init it with the same input and output parameters). Also you can look at mfxExtVPPFieldProcessing structure. You can find more detailed information at the mediasdk-man.pdf.

Best wishes,

Anna