Jetson Nano GStreamer example pipelines for H264 H265 and VP8 Encoding

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H.264

OMX

H264 Encoding from videotestsrc

FILE=filename.mp4
gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc is-live=true ! video/x-raw, format=I420,width=1920, height=1080 ! omxh264enc ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE -e

H264 Encoding from camera

FILE=filename.mp4
gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080,format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! omxh264enc ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE -e 

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	20%	21
3280x1884	20%	21
1080p	23%	30
720p	28%	58
720p	37%	116

Dual H264 Encoding from Camera

FILE_A=filenameA.mp4
FILE_B=filenameB.mp4

gst-launch-1.0 -e nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! tee name=streams streams. ! queue ! omxh264enc bitrate=8000000 ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE_A streams. ! queue ! omxh264enc bitrate=8000000 ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE_B

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	22%	21
3280x1884	22%	21
1080p	24%	30
720p	30%	58
720p	37%	117

V4L2

H264 Encoding from Camera

FILE=filename.mp4
gst-launch-1.0 -e nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! nvv4l2h264enc bitrate=8000000 ! h264parse ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	21%	21
3280x1884	21%	21
1080p	23%	30
720p	28%	58
720p	37%	116

Dual H264 Encoding from Camera

FILE_A=filenameA.mp4
FILE_B=filenameB.mp4
gst-launch-1.0 -e nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! tee name=streams streams. ! queue ! nvv4l2h264enc bitrate=8000000 ! h264parse ! queue ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE_A streams. ! queue ! nvv4l2h264enc bitrate=8000000 ! h264parse ! queue ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE_B

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	13%	21
3280x1884	12%	21
1080p	12%	30
720p	19%	58
720p	69%	116

H.265

OMX

H265 Encoding from camera

FILE=filename.mp4
gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080,format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! omxh265enc ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE -e 

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	9%	21
3280x1884	9%	21
1080p	10%	30
720p	17%	58
720p	33%	116

Dual H265 Encoding from Camera

FILE_A=filenameA.mp4
FILE_B=filenameB.mp4
gst-launch-1.0 -e nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! tee name=streams streams. ! queue ! omxh265enc bitrate=8000000 ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE_A streams. ! queue ! omxh265enc bitrate=8000000 ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE_B

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	9%	21
3280x1884	9%	21
1080p	10%	30
720p	19%	58
720p	33%	116

V4L2

H265 Encoding from Camera

gst-launch-1.0 -e nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! nvv4l2h265enc bitrate=8000000 ! h265parse ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE -e

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	9%	21
3280x1884	9%	21
1080p	10%	30
720p	19%	58
720p	34%	116

Dual H265 Encoding from Camera

FILE_A=filenameA.mp4
FILE_B=filenameB.mp4
gst-launch-1.0 -e nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! tee name=streams streams. ! queue ! nvv4l2h265enc bitrate=8000000 ! h265parse ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE_A streams. ! queue ! nvv4l2h265enc bitrate=8000000 ! h265parse ! qtmux ! filesink location=$FILE_B

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	11%	21
3280x1884	12%	21
1080p	11%	30
720p	18%	58
720p	37%	117

VP8

OMX

VP8 Encoding from Camera

FILE=filename.mkv
gst-launch-1.0 -e nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! omxvp8enc ! matroskamux ! filesink location=$FILE

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	9%	21
3280x1884	9%	21
1080p	9%	30
720p	16%	58
720p	33%	117

V4L2

VP8 Encoding from Camera

FILE=filename.mkv
gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! nvv4l2vp8enc bitrate=8000000 ! matroskamux ! filesink location=$FILE -e

Table. Performance results

Resolution	CPU%	FPS
3280x2464	9%	21
3280x1884	9%	21
1080p	9%	30
720p	16%	58
720p	31%	116

JPEG

gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc num-buffers=1 ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=1920, height=1080, format=NV12' ! nvjpegenc ! filesink location=test.jpg