AM5728: TI VPE and ducati plugins for GStreamer v1.20+ failing the build

Kenny Joosen

Part Number: AM5728

Tool/software:

During the migration from Processor SDK Linux 06.03.00.106 (Thud) to 09.03.06.05 (Kirkstone) or higher, I encounter an issue that the TI VPE and ducati plugins for GStreamer are causing the build to fail.

I noticed that the git repositories for both plugins are not well-maintained. Are these plugins replaced with something else/is there a migration path for these plugins?

In an included package group recipe, these are added:

GSTREAMER_ACCEL_MM:omap-a15 = "${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'mmip', "gstreamer1.0-plugins-ducati", '', d)}"
GSTREAMER_ACCEL_MM:append:dra7xx = "${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'mmip', " gstreamer1.0-plugins-vpe", '', d)}"

But this results in a build error:

| In file included from gstvpebufferpool.c:34:
| gstvpe.h:33:10: fatal error: gst/drm/gstdrmallocator.h: No such file or directory
|    33 | #include <gst/drm/gstdrmallocator.h>

25 days ago

0 Josue Zamitiz-Ayala 25 days ago

TI__Mastermind 31955 points

Hello Kenny,

Unfortunately this feature was dropped in SDK 8.x as mentioned in the following thread, and there are no plans for any forward ports.

See RE: AM5728: IVA in LINUX SDK 9.02 for AM5728 based custom board

-Josue

0 Kenny Joosen 23 days ago in reply to Josue Zamitiz-Ayala

Prodigy 210 points

Hi, sad news to hear. What do you advise w.r.t. the ducatih264enc, since this is being used in our product momentarily?

Your link states that "This effort would have to be taken up by customers." Could you list the different items that requires effort to make the ducatih264enc operational again for SDK 09.x?

0 Josue Zamitiz-Ayala 22 days ago in reply to Kenny Joosen

TI__Mastermind 31955 points

I am out of office for Labor Day.

I appreciate your patience!

-Josue

0 Josue Zamitiz-Ayala 21 days ago in reply to Josue Zamitiz-Ayala

TI__Mastermind 31955 points

Kenny,

You can see what are the pertinent parts of these plugins here -> https://software-dl.ti.com/processor-sdk-linux/esd/docs/06_03_00_106/linux/Foundational_Components_Multimedia_IVAHD.html

This could give you an idea.

Best,

Josue

0 Kenny Joosen 21 days ago in reply to Josue Zamitiz-Ayala

Prodigy 210 points

Hi Josue,

Thanks for sharing the block diagram.

Could you let me know if the following assumptions are correct:

the software blocks for IVA (the codecs) and the IPU Subsystem on the Cortex-M4 can still be used as the status it was in SDK 6.x
IPC can also be used as it was in SDK 6.x
only the RPMSG, libdce and GST-Ducati Plugin blocks of the MPU Subsystem on the Cortex-A15 needs updating due to updated kernel and updated libraries

0 Josue Zamitiz-Ayala 20 days ago in reply to Kenny Joosen

TI__Mastermind 31955 points

Kenny,

I do not think it would be this simple, I would not make these assumptions for the following reasons:

Unsure of these one - these firmware have not been tested since SDK 8.x
Many examples were dropped including Big Data IPC example
This is a start..

Unfortunately this platform has hardly any new development and is in basic maintenance mode.

-Josue

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