GStreamer Transcoding and Scaling


Audio transcoding	# Transcode the input file into MP3 gst-launch filesrc location=media_file typefind=true ! beepdec ! mfw_mp3encoder ! matroskamux ! filesink location=output_audio_file.mk
Audio transcoding + streaming	# Transcode the input file into MP3 and stream it # On host, get the transcoded audio data gst-launch udpsrc port=8880 ! <CAPS_FROM_THE_TARGET> ! queue ! ffdec_mp3 ! alsasink # where <CAPS_FROM_THE_TARGET> can be something like 'audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3, rate=(int)44100, channels=(int)2' # run the pipeline and check the caps gst-launch filesrc location=media_file typefind=true ! queue ! beepdec ! mfw_mp3encoder ! udpsink host=10.112.103.77 port=8880 -v
Video Transcoding*	# Transcode the input file into AVC (H-264) gst-launch filesrc location=media_file typefind=true ! aiurdemux name=demux ! queue ! vpudec ! vpuenc codec=avc ! matroskamux name=mux ! filesink location=output_media_file.mk
Video Transcoding + scaling*	# Transcode the input file into AVC (H264) and rescale video to 480p gst-launch filesrc location=media_file typefind=true ! aiurdemux name=demux ! queue ! vpudec ! mfw_ipucsc ! 'video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)720, height=(int)480' ! vpuenc codec=avc ! matroskamux name=mux ! filesink location=output_media_file.mk
Video transcoding + scaling + streaming*	# NOTE: Run the pipelines in the presented order # On host, get the transcoded+scaled video data $ gst-launch udpsrc port=8888 ! <CAPS_FROM_THE_TARGET> ! queue ! ffdec_h264 ! xvimagesink # On target, run the pipeline and check the caps gst-launch filesrc location=media_file typefind=true ! aiurdemux name=demux ! queue ! vpudec ! mfw_ipucsc ! 'video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)720, height=(int)480' ! vpuenc codec=avc ! udpsink host=$HOST_IP port=8888 -v

* There is a limit for the number of pipelines which can be run simultaneously, for high resolution input files, at most two for 1080p and four for 720p.