i.mx6 h.264 VPU encode interlaced video

[jamiew]

Hello

I'm using the i.mx6q VPU to h.264 encode progressive video fine. But now I need to encode interlaced video where each field arrives in a separate buffer V4L2_FIELD_ALTERNATE.

How can I tell the encoder that each buffer is an alternate field?

I can't  see from reading "i.MX 6Dual/6Quad VPU Application Programming Interface Linux Reference Manual" how you tell it you are sending interlaced frames or individual fields?

At the moment it does encode the fields, however it does each one as a separate frame meaning the player displays half height video.

Thanks

Jamie

[art]

To be successfully encoded, the input interlaced TV stream should be de-interlaced first in the Image Processing Unit module (IPU, not VPU) first. Please refer to the Chapter 7 "Multimedia", especially, to the Sections 7.3.8 "Recording the TV-in source" and 7.3.3 "Video encoding" of the attached "i.MX Linux User's Guide" and to the "VPU Gstreamer deep dive" slides. For the information on the existing IPU driver features, please refer to the Chapter 6 "Image Processing Unit (IPU) Drivers" of the attached "i.MX Linux Reference Manual" document.

Have a great day,
Artur

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