I am using imx6dl, Linux kernel 3.14 (yocto-dizzy), gstreamer 1.0, gstreamer-imx libraries, and all the necessary gst-plugins.
Problem: I can't get playbin to use the imx vpu library components, specifically the imxvpuenc_h264.
root@imx6dl-slimline:~# gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///home/root/2015-08-23_12h17m15s.mp4
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
Missing element: H.264 decoder <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROBLEM !!!!
WARNING: from element /GstPlayBin:playbin0/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin0: No decoder available for type 'video/x-h264, stream-format=(string)avc, alignment=(string)au, level=(string)3.1, profile=(string)high, codec_data=(buffer)0164401fffe100182764401fac2c6a014016e9a828302a000007d20001d4c02801000528ee0462c0, width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, framerate=(fraction)5000/501, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1'.
Additional debug info:
/home/jeff/git/slimline/build/tmp/work/cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-mx6qdl-poky-linux-gnueabi/gstreamer1.0-plugins-base/1.4.1-r0/gst-plugins-base-1.4.1/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c(939): unknown_type_cb (): /GstPlayBin:playbin0/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin0
ERROR: from element /GstPlayBin:playbin0/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin0: Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in.
Additional debug info:
/home/jeff/git/slimline/build/tmp/work/cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-mx6qdl-poky-linux-gnueabi/gstreamer1.0-plugins-base/1.4.1-r0/gst-plugins-base-1.4.1/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c(990): no_more_pads_full (): /GstPlayBin:playbin0/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin0:
no suitable plugins found
ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.
Setting pipeline to NULL ...
Freeing pipeline ...
I built and installed the gstreamer-imx libraries:
root@imx6dl-slimline:~# gst-inspect-1.0 | grep imx
imxvpu: imxvpudec: Freescale VPU video decoder
imxvpu: imxvpuenc_h263: Freescale VPU h.263 video encoder
imxvpu: imxvpuenc_h264: Freescale VPU h.264 video encoder
imxvpu: imxvpuenc_mpeg4: Freescale VPU MPEG-4 video encoder
imxvpu: imxvpuenc_mjpeg: Freescale VPU motion JPEG video encoder
imxpxp: imxpxpvideosink: Freescale PxP video sink
imxpxp: imxpxpvideotransform: Freescale PxP video transform
imxaudio: imxuniaudiodec: Freescale i.MX uniaudio decoder
imxaudio: imxmp3audioenc: Freescale i.MX MP3 encoder
imxeglvivsink: imxeglvivsink: Freescale EGL video sink
imxg2d: imxg2dvideosink: Freescale G2D video sink
imxg2d: imxg2dvideotransform: Freescale G2D video transform
imxg2d: imxg2dcompositor: Freescale G2D video compositor
imxipu: imxipuvideotransform: Freescale IPU video transform
imxipu: imxipuvideosink: Freescale IPU video sink
imxipu: imxipucompositor: Freescale IPU video compositor
imxv4l2videosrc: imxv4l2videosrc: V4L2 CSI Video Source
