> 100% usage of Render/3D means copy, vpp or display are stuck,
The issue is certainly related to the 100% render/compute, but this
looks like a symptom and a consequence rather than a cause.
> since multiple inputs are set, could it work when encoding a single
input each time?
Yeah, there are several ways to workaround it. But to be clear, the
concern here is not that ffmpeg is slow, but rather that whatever is
happening is taking the entire system down instead of gracefully
degrading. Even keyboard input stops working.
> Maybe there is an unsupported video format input by Intel GPU
decoder/encoder.
No, the input/output encoding/decoding is fine. It's using H265/HEVC,
well supported by the chip.
I've done some more testing and bisected the problem to the following,
with left.mp4 and right.mp4 being 4K videos.
This works fine, with Video fluctuating beteween 20 and 30%, Render
close to zero:
```
ffmpeg -y \
-vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 \
-hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -i left.mp4 \
-hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -i right.mp4 \
-filter_complex "
[0:v]hwdownload,format=nv12,copy[v0];
[1:v]hwdownload,format=nv12,copy[v1];
[v0][v1]hstack=shortest=true,format=nv12,hwupload[out];
" \
-c:v hevc_vaapi -map "[out]" slowtest.mp4
```
This causes the issue, with Render at 100%, Video at 0%, system
unresponsive:
```
fmpeg -y \
-vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 \
-hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -i left.mp4 \
-hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -i right.mp4 \
-filter_complex "
[0:v]hwdownload,format=nv12,copy,format=nv12,hwupload[v0];
[1:v]hwdownload,format=nv12,copy,format=nv12,hwupload[v1];
[v0][v1]hstack_vaapi=shortest=true[out];
" \
-c:v hevc_vaapi -map "[out]" out.mp4
```
The key difference between these two pipelines is whether hstack happens
in the GPU or the CPU. When it works, two frames are downloaded from the
GPU, stacked together, and the merged frame is then re-uploaded for
encoding. When it breaks, the two frames are uploaded individually and
stacked in the GPU instead.
The problem may be related to the amount of memory used in the GPU,
since when the stacking happens in the GPU there is twice as much data.
Even then, instead of degrading, the system came down to a halt with the
GPU misbehaving, keyboard interrupts going wild, etc.
Anything else I can do to help diagnose why that's the case or whether
we can address it?
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Title:
Lenovo X12 Detachable Gen 2 unresponsive under light load
Status in linux-signed package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in linux-signed-lowlatency package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I've been using a Lenovo X12 Detachable Gen 2 model from 2024 [1] to
encode some video files with ffmpeg, and the system becomes completely
unresponsive for as long as the process executes. Although small, this
is a pretty good device hardware wise, and while executing the system
has plenty of RAM (32GB total, 10GB+ left), almost all CPUs are idle,
no IO wait.
[1] Intel Core Ultra 164U variant at:
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Think_Tablets/ThinkPad_X12_Detachable_Gen_2/ThinkPad_X12_Detachable_Gen_2_Spec.pdf
Things I've tried:
1) Lowering the priority of ffmpeg with renice
2) Lowering the priority of ffmpeg with ionice
3) Using a single thread in ffmpeg
4) Switching to the lowlatency kernel, with all recommended fiddling
5) Switching to the OEM kernel (6.8.0-1010-oem)
Nothing even touches the complete lack of responsiveness. The system
becomes so unresponsive that when typing nothing shows up, and then
characters show repeated as long sequences all at once.
In addition to the attached information, some details about the moment
the problem happens:
top - 16:27:49 up 3:26, 1 user, load average: 1.13, 0.70, 0.68
Tasks: 397 total, 1 running, 396 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu0 : 2.7 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 56.3 id, 41.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu1 : 3.3 us, 0.3 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.4 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu2 : 3.0 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 97.0 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu3 : 0.7 us, 1.0 sy, 6.3 ni, 2.7 id, 89.3 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu4 : 3.7 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu5 : 4.0 us, 0.3 sy, 0.0 ni, 95.7 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu6 : 3.3 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.3 id, 0.3 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu7 : 3.7 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu8 : 4.3 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 95.7 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu9 : 3.7 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu10 : 4.0 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.0 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu11 : 3.7 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu12 : 3.0 us, 0.3 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.7 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
%Cpu13 : 4.0 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 96.0 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
st
MiB Mem : 31537.6 total, 9596.6 free, 9784.3 used, 15292.1 buff/cache
MiB Swap: 8192.0 total, 8192.0 free, 0.0 used. 21753.3 avail Mem
Linux 6.8.0-39-lowlatency (x12) 08/08/2024 _x86_64_
(14 CPU)
avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
2.87 0.04 0.26 7.48 0.00 89.35
It may also be worth mentioning, the ffmpeg process is using hardware
encoding/decoding.
Thanks for any help on this.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: linux-image-6.8.0-39-lowlatency 6.8.0-39.39.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-39.39.1-lowlatency 6.8.8
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-39-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Aug 8 17:23:32 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-06-25 (44 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
SourcePackage: linux-signed-lowlatency
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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