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authorHaihao Xiang <haihao.xiang@intel.com>2024-01-16 13:23:11 +0800
committerStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2024-01-20 12:46:33 +0100
commit6e4d85a94ef05655f22a86317a44a42d1ae22d61 (patch)
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parent6414ecd85754af9dc758d067841fdff079d1bd71 (diff)
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doc/ffmpeg: update the documentation about vaapi device creation
Signed-off-by: Haihao Xiang <haihao.xiang@intel.com>
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@@ -1379,6 +1379,29 @@ If not specified, it will attempt to open the default X11 display (@emph{$DISPLA
and then the first DRM render node (@emph{/dev/dri/renderD128}), or the default
DirectX adapter on Windows.
+The following options are recognized:
+@table @option
+@item kernel_driver
+When @var{device} is not specified, use this option to specify the name of the kernel
+driver associated with the desired device. This option is available only when
+the hardware acceleration method @emph{drm} and @emph{vaapi} are enabled.
+@end table
+
+Examples:
+@table @emph
+@item -init_hw_device vaapi
+Create a vaapi device on the default device.
+
+@item -init_hw_device vaapi:/dev/dri/renderD129
+Create a vaapi device on DRM render node @file{/dev/dri/renderD129}.
+
+@item -init_hw_device vaapi:1
+Create a vaapi device on DirectX adapter 1.
+
+@item -init_hw_device vaapi:,kernel_driver=i915
+Create a vaapi device on a device associated with kernel driver @samp{i915}.
+@end table
+
@item vdpau
@var{device} is an X11 display name.
If not specified, it will attempt to open the default X11 display (@emph{$DISPLAY}).