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$ sudo apt update
 
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$ sudo apt install va-driver-all vainfo
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$ sudo apt install va-driver-all mint-meta-codecs vainfo
 
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Then run vainfo command, you should see list of supported profiles, for example on fitlet2:
 
Then run vainfo command, you should see list of supported profiles, for example on fitlet2:

Revision as of 08:27, 21 July 2020

Supported devices

  • This guide is valid for uSVR, IPC1, IPC2, IPC3, fitlet2
  • NOTE: for fitlet2 advised to set the following BIOS setting: Main -> OS Selection to [Linux]

Prepare installation media

Base installation of Linux Mint

  • Boot the machine from the flash drive:
    • fitlet2 - Press "F7" for one time boot menu or change boot priority in BIOS menu (ESC on startup)
    • uSVR, IPC1, IPC2, IPC - Press "F5" for one time boot menu or change boot priority in BIOS menu for models that has fixed boot order (F2 on startup)
  • Follow the standard Linux Mint installation procedure - choose timezone, partitions, username, password etc.
  • Disconnect the installation media and reboot.
  • Login using previously selected username and password.

Video acceleration drivers

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install va-driver-all mint-meta-codecs vainfo

Then run vainfo command, you should see list of supported profiles, for example on fitlet2:

$ vainfo 
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.7 (libva 2.6.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 20.1.1 ()
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            :	VAEntrypointVLD

MPV media player

  • Well known free and open-source multimedia player
  • Supports GPU accelerated video decoding and gives excellent playback quality
  • Compatible with the most popular video formats
$ sudo apt install mpv youtube-dl mint-meta-codecs

For example, fitlet2 is capable to play 4K UHD video from the local file:

$ mpv -fs ~/Videos/jellyfish/jellyfish-140-mbps-4k-uhd-hevc-10bit.mkv 
Playing: ~/Videos/jellyfish/jellyfish-140-mbps-4k-uhd-hevc-10bit.mkv
 (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (hevc 3840x2160 29.970fps)
 (+) Audio --aid=1 (*) (truehd 6ch 48000Hz)
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz 5.1(side) 6ch s32
Using hardware decoding (vaapi).
VO: [opengl] 3840x2160 vaapi[p010]
AV: 00:00:30 / 00:00:30 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Dropped: 11

Or the same content directly from the youtube:

 $ mpv -fs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4oBg8capW8
 Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4oBg8capW8
  (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (vp9 3840x2160 29.970fps)
  (+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=und (*) 'DASH audio' (aac 2ch 44100Hz) (external)
 AO: [pulse] 44100Hz stereo 2ch float
 Using hardware decoding (vaapi).
 VO: [opengl] 3840x2160 vaapi[nv12]
 AV: 00:00:29 / 00:00:29 (99%) A-V:  0.000 Dropped: 4 Cache:  0s+0KB