Add hardware encoding for birdseye based on ffmpeg preset

frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py

@@ -322,6 +322,108 @@ PRESETS_INPUT = {
 }
 
 
+PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_ENCODE = {
+    "preset-intel-vaapi": [
+        "-c:v",
+        "h264_vaapi",
+        "-g",
+        "50",
+        "-bf",
+        "0",
+        "-profile:v",
+        "high",
+        "-level:v",
+        "4.1",
+        "-sei:v",
+        "0",
+    ],
+    "preset-intel-qsv-h264": [
+        "-c:v",
+        "h264_qsv",
+        "-g",
+        "50",
+        "-bf",
+        "0",
+        "-profile:v",
+        "high",
+        "-level:v",
+        "4.1",
+        "-async_depth:v",
+        "1",
+    ],
+    "preset-intel-qsv-h265": [
+        "-c:v",
+        "h264_qsv",
+        "-g",
+        "50",
+        "-bf",
+        "0",
+        "-profile:v",
+        "high",
+        "-level:v",
+        "4.1",
+        "-async_depth:v",
+        "1",
+    ],
+    "preset-amd-vaapi": [
+        "-c:v",
+        "h264_vaapi",
+        "-g",
+        "50",
+        "-bf",
+        "0",
+        "-profile:v",
+        "high",
+        "-level:v",
+        "4.1",
+        "-sei:v",
+        "0",
+    ],
+    "preset-nvidia-h264": [
+        "-c:v",
+        "h264_nvenc",
+        "-g",
+        "50",
+        "-profile:v",
+        "high",
+        "-level:v",
+        "auto",
+        "-preset:v",
+        "p2",
+        "-tune:v",
+        "ll",
+    ],
+    "preset-nvidia-h265": [
+        "-c:v",
+        "h264_nvenc",
+        "-g",
+        "50",
+        "-profile:v",
+        "high",
+        "-level:v",
+        "auto",
+        "-preset:v",
+        "p2",
+        "-tune:v",
+        "ll",
+    ],
+    "default": [
+        "-c:v",
+        "libx264",
+        "-g",
+        "50",
+        "-profile:v",
+        "high",
+        "-level:v",
+        "4.1",
+        "-preset:v",
+        "superfast",
+        "-tune:v",
+        "zerolatency",
+    ],
+}
+
+
 def parse_preset_input(arg: Any, detect_fps: int) -> list[str]:
     """Return the correct preset if in preset format otherwise return None."""
     if not isinstance(arg, str):
@@ -335,6 +437,14 @@ def parse_preset_input(arg: Any, detect_fps: int) -> list[str]:
     return PRESETS_INPUT.get(arg, None)
 
 
+def parse_preset_hardware_acceleration_encode(arg: Any) -> list[str]:
+    """Return the correct scaling preset or default preset if none is set."""
+    if not isinstance(arg, str):
+        return PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_ENCODE["default"]
+
+    return PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_ENCODE.get(arg, PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_ENCODE["default"])
+
+
 PRESETS_RECORD_OUTPUT = {
     "preset-record-generic": [
         "-f",

frigate/output.py

@@ -39,14 +39,10 @@ class FFMpegConverter:
         birdseye_rtsp: bool = False,
     ):
         if birdseye_rtsp:
-            try:
             os.mkfifo(BIRDSEYE_PIPE, mode=0o777)
             stdin = os.open(BIRDSEYE_PIPE, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK)
             self.bd_pipe = os.open(BIRDSEYE_PIPE, os.O_WRONLY)
             os.close(stdin)
-            except Exception as e:
-                print(f"The exception is {e}")
-                self.bd_pipe = None
         else:
             self.bd_pipe = None
 
@@ -100,6 +96,7 @@ class FFMpegConverter:
     def exit(self):
         if self.bd_pipe:
             os.close(self.bd_pipe)
+            os.remove(BIRDSEYE_PIPE)
 
         self.process.terminate()
         try:

frigate/restream.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from frigate.util import escape_special_characters
 
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import BIRDSEYE_PIPE
+from frigate.ffmpeg_presets import parse_preset_hardware_acceleration_encode
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class RestreamApi:
         if self.config.restream.birdseye:
             self.relays[
                 "birdseye"
-            ] = f"exec:ffmpeg -hide_banner -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -s {self.config.birdseye.width}x{self.config.birdseye.height} -i {BIRDSEYE_PIPE} -tune zerolatency -preset ultrafast -c:v libx264 -rtsp_transport tcp -f rtsp {{output}}"
+            ] = f"exec:ffmpeg -hide_banner -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -s {self.config.birdseye.width}x{self.config.birdseye.height} -i {BIRDSEYE_PIPE} {' '.join(parse_preset_hardware_acceleration_encode(self.config.ffmpeg.hwaccel_args))} -rtsp_transport tcp -f rtsp {{output}}"
 
         for name, path in self.relays.items():
             params = {"src": path, "name": name}