IMX8/Multimedia/Gstreamer Support/Pipeline Examples

i.MX8
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Multimedia
GPU OpenGL OpenCL OpenVX OpenVG Vulkan VPU Encoding System Decoding System ISP Support V4L2 Drivers Porting Guide GStreamer Support Package Installation Pipeline Examples Hardware-accelerated plugins RidgeRun Products GstRtspSink GstWebRTC GstPTZR GstQtOverlay
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IMPORTANT NOTES:

• NO SUPPORT FOR PLUGINS USING HW ENCODER ACCELERATORS YET.

Pipelines

Audio decoding

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE> ! mpegaudioparse ! beepdec !  alsasink

H.264 encoding

gst-launch-1.0 -v -e videotestsrc is-live=true ! queue ! x264enc ! mp4mux ! filesink location=test.avi

gst-launch-1.0 -v -e v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! queue ! x264enc ! mp4mux ! filesink location=test.mp4

gst-launch-1.0 -v -e v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! queue ! x264enc ! matroskamux ! filesink location=test.mkv

H.264 decoding

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE>  ! qtdemux  ! h264parse ! queue ! avdec_h264 ! waylandsink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE> ! qtdemux  ! h264parse ! queue ! vpudec ! waylandsink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE>  ! qtdemux  ! h264parse ! queue ! vpudec ! glimagesink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

H.265 decoding

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE>  ! qtdemux  ! h265parse ! queue ! avdec_h265 ! xvimagesink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE> ! qtdemux  ! h265parse ! queue ! vpudec ! waylandsink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE>  ! qtdemux  ! h265parse ! queue ! vpudec ! glimagesink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

VP8 decoding

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE> ! matroskademux ! queue ! vpudec ! waylandsink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE> ! matroskademux ! queue ! vpudec ! glimagesink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

VP9 decoding

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE> ! matroskademux ! queue ! vpudec ! waylandsink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=<PATH-TO_FILE> ! matroskademux ! queue ! vpudec ! glimagesink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

Display video stream

gst-launch-1.0 -v videotestsrc is-live=true ! glimagesink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! glimagesink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

OpenGL (ES) stream processing

gst-launch-1.0 -v videotestsrc is-live=true ! glupload ! glcolorbalance contrast=1.5 hue=-1 saturation=1.6 brightness=0.5 ! glcolorconvert ! gldownload ! glimagesink async=false enable-last-sample=false qos=false sync=false

Useful links

Gstreamer-IMX