Thank you Petter,

richard_s_2 · ‎02-22-2013

Hi,

I am encountering MFX_ERR_DEVICE_FAILED when I run mfxSession.SyncOperation(), and am fairly confused as to what may be causing it. My program is similar to "simple_3_encode - d3d - async" from the SDK Tutorial, except I made the following changes:

modified the session to include VPP for color conversion, so structurally, it is VPP followed by Encode
made multiple simultaneous sessions and each session runs in parallel

Everything works perfectly when I have 4 sessions, but once I bump it up to 5 sessions, I consistently receive MFX_ERR_DEVICE_FAILED after the first few frames are encoded. Coincidentally, I have 4 cores on my machine. Also, I have tried adding critical sections to guard all MFX calls, which did not help. Letting 5 sessions run serially is no problem.

I searched the forums and the issue seems related to an old topic: http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/topic/311849. ; Could it be that there is a limitation with issuing simultaneous VPP commands?

Petter_L_Intel · ‎02-25-2013

Hi Richard,

Keep in mind that the tutorial sample code was written for a quite singular purpose. Make sure that common resources (for instance DirectX) are not in contention for the multi-channel scenario you are pursuing.

Can you provide "per-frame" Media SDK trace logs (single channel, 4 and 5 channels)? It will help us understand your setup better.

There are no limitations to using VPP in separate sessions.

Regards,
Petter

richard_s_2 · ‎02-27-2013

Hi Petter - I was able to solve the problem by building for 64-bit (rather than the 32-bit) since the issue was that the memory allocator was running out of video memory (which was being allocated from the system memory). Thanks for the help.

steven_flores · ‎12-07-2013

<duplicate, sorry>

steven_flores · ‎12-07-2013

I am experiencing MFX_ERR_DEVICE_FAILED in a different way.
I am attempting to make a multi-threaded low-latency RGB4 to H.264 elementary stream converter.
I need for one application to receive RGB4 frames, and stream them out. Currently I need just two channels, but I would like to do more.

I keep running into a problem where I can MFXEncode::Init one channel, but all other channels after that return with -17, MFX_ERR_DEVICE_FAILED. I have walked through all of the D3D allocation code, and with NO errors. But somewhere inside the Init, something fails. I cannot figure out why.

I merged the multi thread example of the sample 6 opaque-multi with the sample 6 simple_encode_d3d_preproc to reproduce the problem.
Would someone mind explaining to me why QS can transcode 10 steams at once but cannot just encode 2 ? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks you. SF.
Here is the code: based from tutorial simple_encode_d3d_preproc.cpp (sample 6)

//
// INTEL CORPORATION PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
// This software is supplied under the terms of a license agreement or
// nondisclosure agreement with Intel Corporation and may not be copied
// or disclosed except in accordance with the terms of that agreement.
// Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
//

#define ENABLE_OUTPUT // Disabling this flag removes printing of progress (saves CPU cycles)
//#define ENABLE_INPUT // Disabling this flag removes all RGB file reading. Replaced by pre-initialized surface data. Workload runs for 1000 frames
#define ENABLE_BENCHMARK

#define CONCURRENT_WORKLOADS 5

#include "common_utils.h"

#ifndef DX11_D3D
#include "common_directx.h"
#define DEVICE_MGR_TYPE MFX_HANDLE_DIRECT3D_DEVICE_MANAGER9
#else
#include "common_directx11.h"
#define DEVICE_MGR_TYPE MFX_HANDLE_D3D11_DEVICE
#endif

// Get free raw frame surface
int GetFreeSurfaceIndex(mfxFrameSurface1** pSurfacesPool, mfxU16 nPoolSize)
{
    if (pSurfacesPool)
        for (mfxU16 i = 0; i < nPoolSize; i++)
            if (0 == pSurfacesPool->Data.Locked)
                return i;
    return MFX_ERR_NOT_FOUND;
}

DWORD WINAPI TranscodeThread(LPVOID arg);

typedef struct
{
int id;
} ThreadData;

int main()
{
HANDLE* pTranscodeThreads = new HANDLE[CONCURRENT_WORKLOADS];
ThreadData threadData[CONCURRENT_WORKLOADS];

    for(int i=0; i<CONCURRENT_WORKLOADS; ++i)
    {
        threadData.id = i;
        pTranscodeThreads = CreateThread(NULL, 0, TranscodeThread, (LPVOID)&threadData, 0, NULL);
    }

    // Note: Max number of objects that can be waited for is 64 using WaitForMultiple() call
    // To gracefully handle more than 64 decode threads, use and wait for thread count event instead.
    WaitForMultipleObjects(CONCURRENT_WORKLOADS, pTranscodeThreads, TRUE, INFINITE);

printf("\nAll transcode workloads complete\n");

for(int i=0; i<CONCURRENT_WORKLOADS; ++i)
CloseHandle(pTranscodeThreads);

delete [] pTranscodeThreads;

printf("\nPress Any Key....\n");
fgetc(stdin); //Wait to clear the console screen

}

DWORD WINAPI TranscodeThread(LPVOID arg)
{
ThreadData *pData = (ThreadData *)arg;
int id = pData->id;

mfxStatus sts = MFX_ERR_NONE;

mfxU16 inputWidth = 1280;
mfxU16 inputHeight = 720;

    // =====================================================================
    // Intel Media SDK VPP and encode pipeline setup.
    // - Showcasing RGB32 color conversion to NV12 via VPP then encode
    // - In this example we are encoding an AVC (H.264) stream
    // - Video memory surfaces are used
    //

// Open input YV12 YUV file
char filename[80];
sprintf_s( filename, 80, "C:\\TEMP\\%d-AirPlane720pRGB4.h264", id );

FILE* fSource;
fSource = fopen("C:\\TEMP\\AirPlane720pRGB4.rgb", "rb");
MSDK_CHECK_POINTER(fSource, MFX_ERR_NULL_PTR);

    // Create output elementary stream (ES) H.264 file
    FILE* fSink;
    fopen_s(&fSink, filename, "wb");
    MSDK_CHECK_POINTER(fSink, MFX_ERR_NULL_PTR);

    // Initialize Media SDK session
    // - MFX_IMPL_AUTO_ANY selects HW accelaration if available (on any adapter)
    // - Version 1.0 is selected for greatest backwards compatibility.
    //   If more recent API features are needed, change the version accordingly

    mfxIMPL impl = MFX_IMPL_AUTO_ANY;
    mfxVersion ver = {3, 1}; // Note: API 1.3 !
    MFXVideoSession mfxSession;
    sts = mfxSession.Init(impl, &ver);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    // Create DirectX device context
    mfxHDL deviceHandle;
    sts = CreateHWDevice(mfxSession, &deviceHandle, NULL);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    // Provide device manager to Media SDK
    sts = mfxSession.SetHandle(DEVICE_MGR_TYPE, deviceHandle);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    mfxFrameAllocator mfxAllocator;
    mfxAllocator.Alloc = simple_alloc;
    mfxAllocator.Free = simple_free;
    mfxAllocator.Lock = simple_lock;
    mfxAllocator.Unlock = simple_unlock;
    mfxAllocator.GetHDL = simple_gethdl;

    // When using video memory we must provide Media SDK with an external allocator
    sts = mfxSession.SetFrameAllocator(&mfxAllocator);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    // Initialize encoder parameters
    mfxVideoParam mfxEncParams;
    memset(&mfxEncParams, 0, sizeof(mfxEncParams));
    mfxEncParams.mfx.CodecId                    = MFX_CODEC_AVC;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.TargetUsage                = MFX_TARGETUSAGE_BALANCED;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.TargetKbps                 = 2000;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.RateControlMethod          = MFX_RATECONTROL_VBR;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.FrameRateExtN    = 30;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.FrameRateExtD    = 1;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.FourCC           = MFX_FOURCC_NV12;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.ChromaFormat     = MFX_CHROMAFORMAT_YUV420;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.PicStruct        = MFX_PICSTRUCT_PROGRESSIVE;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.CropX            = 0;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.CropY            = 0;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.CropW            = inputWidth;
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.CropH            = inputHeight;
    // Width must be a multiple of 16
    // Height must be a multiple of 16 in case of frame picture and a multiple of 32 in case of field picture
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.Width = MSDK_ALIGN16(inputWidth);
    mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.Height = (MFX_PICSTRUCT_PROGRESSIVE == mfxEncParams.mfx.FrameInfo.PicStruct)?
        MSDK_ALIGN16(inputHeight) : MSDK_ALIGN32(inputHeight);

    mfxEncParams.IOPattern = MFX_IOPATTERN_IN_VIDEO_MEMORY;

    // Initialize VPP parameters
    mfxVideoParam VPPParams;
    memset(&VPPParams, 0, sizeof(VPPParams));
    // Input data
    VPPParams.vpp.In.FourCC         = MFX_FOURCC_RGB4;
    VPPParams.vpp.In.ChromaFormat   = MFX_CHROMAFORMAT_YUV420;
    VPPParams.vpp.In.CropX          = 0;
    VPPParams.vpp.In.CropY          = 0;
    VPPParams.vpp.In.CropW          = inputWidth;
    VPPParams.vpp.In.CropH          = inputHeight;
    VPPParams.vpp.In.PicStruct      = MFX_PICSTRUCT_PROGRESSIVE;
    VPPParams.vpp.In.FrameRateExtN = 30;
    VPPParams.vpp.In.FrameRateExtD = 1;
    // width must be a multiple of 16
    // height must be a multiple of 16 in case of frame picture and a multiple of 32 in case of field picture
    VPPParams.vpp.In.Width = MSDK_ALIGN16(inputWidth);
    VPPParams.vpp.In.Height = (MFX_PICSTRUCT_PROGRESSIVE == VPPParams.vpp.In.PicStruct)?
                                 MSDK_ALIGN16(inputHeight) : MSDK_ALIGN32(inputHeight);
    // Output data
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.FourCC        = MFX_FOURCC_NV12;
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.ChromaFormat = MFX_CHROMAFORMAT_YUV420;
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.CropX         = 0;
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.CropY         = 0;
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.CropW         = inputWidth;
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.CropH         = inputHeight;
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.PicStruct     = MFX_PICSTRUCT_PROGRESSIVE;
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.FrameRateExtN = 30;
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.FrameRateExtD = 1;
    // width must be a multiple of 16
    // height must be a multiple of 16 in case of frame picture and a multiple of 32 in case of field picture
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.Width = MSDK_ALIGN16(VPPParams.vpp.Out.CropW);
    VPPParams.vpp.Out.Height = (MFX_PICSTRUCT_PROGRESSIVE == VPPParams.vpp.Out.PicStruct)?
                                    MSDK_ALIGN16(VPPParams.vpp.Out.CropH) : MSDK_ALIGN32(VPPParams.vpp.Out.CropH);

VPPParams.IOPattern = MFX_IOPATTERN_IN_VIDEO_MEMORY | MFX_IOPATTERN_OUT_VIDEO_MEMORY;

    // Create Media SDK encoder
    MFXVideoENCODE mfxENC(mfxSession);
    // Create Media SDK VPP component
    MFXVideoVPP mfxVPP(mfxSession);

    // Query number of required surfaces for encoder
    mfxFrameAllocRequest EncRequest;
    memset(&EncRequest, 0, sizeof(EncRequest));
    sts = mfxENC.QueryIOSurf(&mfxEncParams, &EncRequest);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    // Query number of required surfaces for VPP
    mfxFrameAllocRequest VPPRequest[2];// [0] - in, [1] - out
    memset(&VPPRequest, 0, sizeof(mfxFrameAllocRequest)*2);
    sts = mfxVPP.QueryIOSurf(&VPPParams, VPPRequest);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

#ifdef DX11_D3D
VPPRequest[0].Type |= WILL_WRITE; // Hint to DX11 memory handler that application will write data to VPP input surfaces
#endif

EncRequest.Type |= MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_VPPOUT; // surfaces are shared between VPP output and encode input

    // Determine the required number of surfaces for VPP input and for VPP output (encoder input)
    mfxU16 nSurfNumVPPIn = VPPRequest[0].NumFrameSuggested;
    mfxU16 nSurfNumVPPOutEnc = EncRequest.NumFrameSuggested + VPPRequest[1].NumFrameSuggested;

    EncRequest.NumFrameSuggested = nSurfNumVPPOutEnc;

    // Allocate required surfaces
    mfxFrameAllocResponse mfxResponseVPPIn;
    mfxFrameAllocResponse mfxResponseVPPOutEnc;
    sts = mfxAllocator.Alloc(mfxAllocator.pthis, &VPPRequest[0], &mfxResponseVPPIn);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);
    sts = mfxAllocator.Alloc(mfxAllocator.pthis, &EncRequest, &mfxResponseVPPOutEnc);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    // Allocate surface headers (mfxFrameSurface1) for VPPIn
    mfxFrameSurface1** pmfxSurfacesVPPIn = new mfxFrameSurface1*[nSurfNumVPPIn];
    MSDK_CHECK_POINTER(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn, MFX_ERR_MEMORY_ALLOC);
    for (int i = 0; i < nSurfNumVPPIn; i++)
    {
        pmfxSurfacesVPPIn = new mfxFrameSurface1;
        memset(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn, 0, sizeof(mfxFrameSurface1));
        memcpy(&(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn->Info), &(VPPParams.vpp.In), sizeof(mfxFrameInfo));
        pmfxSurfacesVPPIn->Data.MemId = mfxResponseVPPIn.mids;

#ifndef ENABLE_INPUT
        // In case simulating direct access to frames we initialize the allocated surfaces with default pattern
        // - For true benchmark comparisons to async workloads all surfaces must have the same data
#ifndef DX11_D3D
        IDirect3DSurface9 *pSurface;
        D3DSURFACE_DESC desc;
        D3DLOCKED_RECT locked;
        pSurface = (IDirect3DSurface9 *)mfxResponseVPPIn.mids;
        pSurface->GetDesc(&desc);
        pSurface->LockRect(&locked, 0, D3DLOCK_NOSYSLOCK);
        memset((mfxU8 *)locked.pBits, 100, desc.Height*locked.Pitch); // RGBA
        pSurface->UnlockRect();
#else
        // For now, just leave D3D11 surface data uninitialized
#endif
#endif
    }

    mfxFrameSurface1** pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc = new mfxFrameSurface1*[nSurfNumVPPOutEnc];
    MSDK_CHECK_POINTER(pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc, MFX_ERR_MEMORY_ALLOC);
    for (int i = 0; i < nSurfNumVPPOutEnc; i++)
    {
        pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc = new mfxFrameSurface1;
        memset(pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc, 0, sizeof(mfxFrameSurface1));
        memcpy(&(pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc->Info), &(VPPParams.vpp.Out), sizeof(mfxFrameInfo));
        pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc->Data.MemId = mfxResponseVPPOutEnc.mids;
    }

    // Disable default VPP operations
    mfxExtVPPDoNotUse extDoNotUse;
    memset(&extDoNotUse, 0, sizeof(mfxExtVPPDoNotUse));
    extDoNotUse.Header.BufferId = MFX_EXTBUFF_VPP_DONOTUSE;
    extDoNotUse.Header.BufferSz = sizeof(mfxExtVPPDoNotUse);
    extDoNotUse.NumAlg = 4;
    extDoNotUse.AlgList = new mfxU32 [extDoNotUse.NumAlg];
    MSDK_CHECK_POINTER(extDoNotUse.AlgList, MFX_ERR_MEMORY_ALLOC);
    extDoNotUse.AlgList[0] = MFX_EXTBUFF_VPP_DENOISE; // turn off denoising (on by default)
    extDoNotUse.AlgList[1] = MFX_EXTBUFF_VPP_SCENE_ANALYSIS; // turn off scene analysis (on by default)
    extDoNotUse.AlgList[2] = MFX_EXTBUFF_VPP_DETAIL; // turn off detail enhancement (on by default)
    extDoNotUse.AlgList[3] = MFX_EXTBUFF_VPP_PROCAMP; // turn off processing amplified (on by default)

    // Add extended VPP buffers
    mfxExtBuffer* extBuffers[1];
    extBuffers[0] = (mfxExtBuffer*)&extDoNotUse;
    VPPParams.ExtParam = extBuffers;
    VPPParams.NumExtParam = 1;

    // Initialize the Media SDK encoder
    sts = mfxENC.Init(&mfxEncParams);
    MSDK_IGNORE_MFX_STS(sts, MFX_WRN_PARTIAL_ACCELERATION);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    // Initialize Media SDK VPP
    sts = mfxVPP.Init(&VPPParams);
    MSDK_IGNORE_MFX_STS(sts, MFX_WRN_PARTIAL_ACCELERATION);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    // Retrieve video parameters selected by encoder.
    // - BufferSizeInKB parameter is required to set bit stream buffer size
    mfxVideoParam par;
    memset(&par, 0, sizeof(par));
    sts = mfxENC.GetVideoParam(&par);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    // Prepare Media SDK bit stream buffer
    mfxBitstream mfxBS;
    memset(&mfxBS, 0, sizeof(mfxBS));
    mfxBS.MaxLength = par.mfx.BufferSizeInKB * 1000;
    mfxBS.Data = new mfxU8[mfxBS.MaxLength];
    MSDK_CHECK_POINTER(mfxBS.Data, MFX_ERR_MEMORY_ALLOC);

    // ===================================
    // Start processing frames
    //

#ifdef ENABLE_BENCHMARK
    LARGE_INTEGER tStart, tEnd;
    QueryPerformanceFrequency(&tStart);
    double freq = (double)tStart.QuadPart;
    QueryPerformanceCounter(&tStart);
#endif

    int nEncSurfIdx = 0;
    int nVPPSurfIdx = 0;
    mfxSyncPoint syncpVPP, syncpEnc;
    mfxU32 nFrame = 0;

    //
    // Stage 1: Main VPP/encoding loop
    //
    while (MFX_ERR_NONE <= sts || MFX_ERR_MORE_DATA == sts)
    {
        nVPPSurfIdx = GetFreeSurfaceIndex(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn, nSurfNumVPPIn); // Find free input frame surface
        MSDK_CHECK_ERROR(MFX_ERR_NOT_FOUND, nVPPSurfIdx, MFX_ERR_MEMORY_ALLOC);

        // Surface locking required when read/write D3D surfaces
        sts = mfxAllocator.Lock(mfxAllocator.pthis, pmfxSurfacesVPPIn[nVPPSurfIdx]->Data.MemId, &(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn[nVPPSurfIdx]->Data));
        MSDK_BREAK_ON_ERROR(sts);

        sts = LoadRawRGBFrame(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn[nVPPSurfIdx], fSource); // Load frame from file into surface
        MSDK_BREAK_ON_ERROR(sts);

        sts = mfxAllocator.Unlock(mfxAllocator.pthis, pmfxSurfacesVPPIn[nVPPSurfIdx]->Data.MemId, &(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn[nVPPSurfIdx]->Data));
        MSDK_BREAK_ON_ERROR(sts);

nEncSurfIdx = GetFreeSurfaceIndex(pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc, nSurfNumVPPOutEnc); // Find free output frame surface
MSDK_CHECK_ERROR(MFX_ERR_NOT_FOUND, nEncSurfIdx, MFX_ERR_MEMORY_ALLOC);

        for (;;)
        {
            // Process a frame asychronously (returns immediately)
            sts = mfxVPP.RunFrameVPPAsync(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn[nVPPSurfIdx], pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc[nEncSurfIdx], NULL, &syncpVPP);
            if (MFX_WRN_DEVICE_BUSY == sts)
                Sleep(1); // Wait if device is busy, then repeat the same call
            else
                break;
        }

if (MFX_ERR_MORE_DATA == sts)
continue;

// MFX_ERR_MORE_SURFACE means output is ready but need more surface (example: Frame Rate Conversion 30->60)
// * Not handled in this example!

        MSDK_BREAK_ON_ERROR(sts);

        for (;;)
        {
            // Encode a frame asychronously (returns immediately)
            sts = mfxENC.EncodeFrameAsync(NULL, pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc[nEncSurfIdx], &mfxBS, &syncpEnc);

            if (MFX_ERR_NONE < sts && !syncpEnc) // Repeat the call if warning and no output
            {
                if (MFX_WRN_DEVICE_BUSY == sts)
                    Sleep(1); // Wait if device is busy, then repeat the same call
            }
            else if (MFX_ERR_NONE < sts && syncpEnc)
            {
                sts = MFX_ERR_NONE; // Ignore warnings if output is available
                break;
            }
            else if (MFX_ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_BUFFER == sts)
            {
                // Allocate more bitstream buffer memory here if needed...
                break;
            }
            else
                break;
        }

        if(MFX_ERR_NONE == sts)
        {
            sts = mfxSession.SyncOperation(syncpEnc, 60000); // Synchronize. Wait until encoded frame is ready
            MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

sts = WriteBitStreamFrame(&mfxBS, fSink);
MSDK_BREAK_ON_ERROR(sts);

            ++nFrame;
#ifdef ENABLE_OUTPUT
            printf("%d- 1 Frame number: %d\r", id,nFrame);
#endif
        }
    }

    // MFX_ERR_MORE_DATA means that the input file has ended, need to go to buffering loop, exit in case of other errors
    MSDK_IGNORE_MFX_STS(sts, MFX_ERR_MORE_DATA);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    //
    // Stage 2: Retrieve the buffered VPP frames
    //
    while (MFX_ERR_NONE <= sts)
    {
        nEncSurfIdx = GetFreeSurfaceIndex(pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc, nSurfNumVPPOutEnc); // Find free output frame surface
        MSDK_CHECK_ERROR(MFX_ERR_NOT_FOUND, nEncSurfIdx, MFX_ERR_MEMORY_ALLOC);

        for (;;)
        {
            // Process a frame asychronously (returns immediately)
            sts = mfxVPP.RunFrameVPPAsync(NULL, pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc[nEncSurfIdx], NULL, &syncpVPP);
            if (MFX_WRN_DEVICE_BUSY == sts)
                Sleep(1); // Wait if device is busy, then repeat the same call
            else
                break;
        }

MSDK_BREAK_ON_ERROR(sts);

        for (;;)
        {
            // Encode a frame asychronously (returns immediately)
            sts = mfxENC.EncodeFrameAsync(NULL, pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc[nEncSurfIdx], &mfxBS, &syncpEnc);

            if (MFX_ERR_NONE < sts && !syncpEnc) // Repeat the call if warning and no output
            {
                if (MFX_WRN_DEVICE_BUSY == sts)
                    Sleep(1); // Wait if device is busy, then repeat the same call
            }
            else if (MFX_ERR_NONE < sts && syncpEnc)
            {
                sts = MFX_ERR_NONE; // Ignore warnings if output is available
                break;
            }
            else if (MFX_ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_BUFFER == sts)
            {
                // Allocate more bitstream buffer memory here if needed...
                break;
            }
            else
                break;
        }

        if(MFX_ERR_NONE == sts)
        {
            sts = mfxSession.SyncOperation(syncpEnc, 60000); // Synchronize. Wait until encoded frame is ready
            MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

sts = WriteBitStreamFrame(&mfxBS, fSink);
MSDK_BREAK_ON_ERROR(sts);

            ++nFrame;
#ifdef ENABLE_OUTPUT
            printf("%d- 2 Frame number: %d\r", id,nFrame);
#endif
        }
    }

    // MFX_ERR_MORE_DATA indicates that there are no more buffered frames, exit in case of other errors
    MSDK_IGNORE_MFX_STS(sts, MFX_ERR_MORE_DATA);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

    //
    // Stage 3: Retrieve the buffered encoder frames
    //
    while (MFX_ERR_NONE <= sts)
    {
        for (;;)
        {
            // Encode a frame asychronously (returns immediately)
            sts = mfxENC.EncodeFrameAsync(NULL, NULL, &mfxBS, &syncpEnc);

            if (MFX_ERR_NONE < sts && !syncpEnc) // Repeat the call if warning and no output
            {
                if (MFX_WRN_DEVICE_BUSY == sts)
                    Sleep(1); // Wait if device is busy, then repeat the same call
            }
            else if (MFX_ERR_NONE < sts && syncpEnc)
            {
                sts = MFX_ERR_NONE; // Ignore warnings if output is available
                break;
            }
            else
                break;
        }

        if(MFX_ERR_NONE == sts)
        {
            sts = mfxSession.SyncOperation(syncpEnc, 60000); // Synchronize. Wait until encoded frame is ready
            MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

sts = WriteBitStreamFrame(&mfxBS, fSink);
MSDK_BREAK_ON_ERROR(sts);

            ++nFrame;
#ifdef ENABLE_OUTPUT
            printf("%d- 3 Frame number: %d\r", id,nFrame);
#endif
        }
    }

    // MFX_ERR_MORE_DATA indicates that there are no more buffered frames, exit in case of other errors
    MSDK_IGNORE_MFX_STS(sts, MFX_ERR_MORE_DATA);
    MSDK_CHECK_RESULT(sts, MFX_ERR_NONE, sts);

#ifdef ENABLE_BENCHMARK
    QueryPerformanceCounter(&tEnd);
    double duration = ((double)tEnd.QuadPart - (double)tStart.QuadPart) / freq;
    printf("\n%d- Execution time: %3.2fs (%3.2ffps)\n", id, duration, nFrame/duration);
#endif

    // ===================================================================
    // Clean up resources
    // - It is recommended to close Media SDK components first, before releasing allocated surfaces, since
    //    some surfaces may still be locked by internal Media SDK resources.

    mfxENC.Close();
    mfxVPP.Close();
    // mfxSession closed automatically on destruction

    for (int i = 0; i < nSurfNumVPPIn; i++)
        delete pmfxSurfacesVPPIn;
    MSDK_SAFE_DELETE_ARRAY(pmfxSurfacesVPPIn);
    for (int i = 0; i < nSurfNumVPPOutEnc; i++)
        delete pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc;
    MSDK_SAFE_DELETE_ARRAY(pVPPSurfacesVPPOutEnc);
    MSDK_SAFE_DELETE_ARRAY(mfxBS.Data);
    MSDK_SAFE_DELETE_ARRAY(extDoNotUse.AlgList);

mfxAllocator.Free(mfxAllocator.pthis, &mfxResponseVPPIn);
mfxAllocator.Free(mfxAllocator.pthis, &mfxResponseVPPOutEnc);

fclose(fSource);
fclose(fSink);

CleanupHWDevice();

return 0;
} //End Thread

Petter_L_Intel · ‎12-11-2013

Hi Steven,

I suspect the issue is related to DirectX resource sharing.

The tutorial sample code was created with simplicity as a primary goal and as an effect, as you can see in the common DirectX code, there is no encapsulation of the DirectX resource handling. To ensure correct behavior for multi-channel workloads I recommend you explore that code and encapsulate it appropriately to ensure that there is no contention between the workloads. On that topic, oftentimes there is no need for multiple DirectX devices, it looks like for you scenario you would only need one device reused by all concurrent workloads.

Regards,
Petter

steven_flores · ‎12-12-2013

Thank you Petter,

As I am not (yet :) ) a Direct X developer, would you know of any coding examples (or tutorial documentation) I could look at to get an idea on how to encapsulate the Direct X device, or even better, how to reuse one device by different workloads?

Any information would be appreciated.

Regards,

Steven.

Petter_L_Intel · ‎12-13-2013

Hi Steven,

Sorry. I unfortunately do not have any specific samples or documentation for this topic. You may find what you need from Microsoft MSDN pages.

Regards,
Petter

what causes MFX_ERR_DEVICE_FAILED?