Video

The following pipeline examples utilize plugins from the the Freescale gst-fsl-plugin package on GStreamer 0.10.

gst-fsl-plugin elements used:

• Output:
  • mfw_v4lsink - stretch and render video frames to a V4L output device using hardware acceleration via the IMX6 IPU.
• Input:
  • mfw_v4lsrc - capture video utilizing hardware acceleration via the IMX6 IPU.
  • tvsrc - capture video from an interlaced source utilizing hardware acceleration via the IMX6 IPU to capture and de-interlace.
• Encode / Decode:
  • vpuenc - encode video using the specified code utilizing hardware acceleration via the IMX6 VPU.
  • vpudec - decode video utilizing hardware acceleration via the IMX6 VPU.

For a description of Video devices see:

• Video Input Devices
• Video Output Devices

References:

• ​Here are more examples.
• ​Freescale Site Examples

Output

For boards that support video out, the following pipeline will generate a video test pattern and output it to the first video device using v4l:

gst-launch videotestsrc pattern=18 ! mfw_v4lsink device=/dev/video16

Input

We can even take video from an external source and stream it to a display

gst-launch mfw_v4lsrc device=/dev/video0 ! mfw_v4lsink device=/dev/video16

• tvsrc is used for interlaced video input such as Ventana Analog video In
• mfw_v4lsrc is used for non-interlaced video input such as HDMI video In available on the GW54xx and GW551x

Encoding

Here is a simple example that encodes a test pattern (pattern 18 is a bouncing ball) to MJPEG and stored to a file with an AVI container.

gst-launch videotestsrc pattern=18 num-buffers=512 ! vpuenc codec=mjpg ! \
  avimux ! filesink location=/tmp/test.avi

Decoding

We can decode the video from an avi using vpudec which utilizes hardware decoding from the VPU:

gst-launch filesrc location=/media/sda1/big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi ! \
 avidemux ! vpudec ! mfw_v4lsink device=/dev/video16

Transcoding

We can transcode a file from an avi bin and encode to the H.263 standard

gst-launch filesrc location=/media/sda1/big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi ! \
  avidemux ! vpudec ! vpuenc codec=h263 ! filesink location=/tmp/test.mov

References:

• ​IMX Community DOC-93448

Video loopback (Useful for testing video input and output)

A simple video loopback test can take video input and output it to the HDMI output as shown in the example below from a GW5400:

Digital HDMI Video Input to HDMI Video Output:

gst-launch mfw_v4lsrc device=/dev/video0 ! mfw_v4lsink device=/dev/video16

• Note: For certain resolutions / modes tvsrc may work for HDMI input but typically should not be used.

Analog Video Input to HDMI Video Output:

gst-launch -v tvsrc device=/dev/video1 ! mfw_v4lsink device=/dev/video16

• Note that the GW54xx has digital HDMI input as well which is /dev/video0. Boards with analog video input only will present it on /dev/video0

We also invite you to look at ​this script for similar use cases and examples. This script is what we use to test video input and output capabilities.