Wlfreerdp uanble to use hardware acceleration about freerdp

[akallabeth]

check libfreerdp/codec/h264_ffmpeg.c
currently there is a path for VAAPI support in there, but there might be a flag missing for other accelerators.

[S-Bhavin]

Thanks for the reply @akallabeth ,

check libfreerdp/codec/h264_ffmpeg.c currently there is a path for VAAPI support in there, but there might be a flag missing for other accelerators.

Which flag for other accelerators?? because the only flag that I can see in libfreerdp/codec/h264_ffmpeg.c is WITH_VAAPI
With reference to h264_ffmpeg.c, does it mean the implementation of freerdp requires vaapi for hardware acceleration or there is another way around for other hw accelerators?

I am using lima driver provided by mesa for the support of MALI450 gpu.
If I have to work with vaapi will there be any role of lima and mesa? If yes, what is the dependency?

Basically I have following pieces working with me:

1. FFMPEG -> able to use hardware acceleration using HANTRO VPU when tested individually
2. LIMA + MESA -> able to provide smooth graphical rendering using MALI450 GPU over weston (wayland).
3. Gstreamer -> able to use HANTRO VPU for video rendering. (gstreamer pipeline :- gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=/home/root/BBB-720p-30-fps.mp4 ! qtdemux ! v4l2slh264dec ! waylandsink fullscreen=true)
4. FREERDP -> has support of ffmpeg but isn't using hardware acceleration. (both wlfreerdp & xfreerdp).

Am I missing something in configuring freerdp or in understanding?

I want to integrate these individual pieces to get FREERDP to somehow work with hardware acceleration. Any possibilities to accomplish this using aforementioned components?? OR some other way around??

[akallabeth]

@S-Bhavin there is currently only the VAAPI version implemented in that file, but others can be added.
you might check the source of the FFMPEG tools on how to do that.

[S-Bhavin]

Thanks for the reply @akallabeth,
Would like if you could help with the other questions mentioned above as well.

[akallabeth]

• there is no gstreamer implementation in FreeRDP (only the deprecated TSMF channel did use that)
• rendering is up to the client (xfreerdp -> X11, sdl-freerdp -> SDL (X11 or Wayland))