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Version: v5.2.0

Install with Public Repo's

Support for Quadra VPU's can be installed the Public Github Repos

Current Release​

SDK Release: v5.2.0
VPU Firmware: v5.2.0
FFmpeg: 7.1

Installation​

Install libxcoder​

The Installation process involves installing libxcoder to initialize the VPU devices and to monitor the usage.

  1. Install required packages 
    sudo apt-get update && \
    sudo apt-get install pkg-config git gcc make g++ yasm nvme-cli
  2. Clone the libxcoder Github repo 
    git clone https://github.com/NETINT-Technologies/netint_libxcoder && \
    cd netint_libxcoder
  3. Build the libxcoder 
    bash build.sh

Additional installation and API information can be found on Github README.
Additional information about the installed applications and how to initialize the VPUs see the libxcoder documentation

Install FFmpeg​

To use the VPU for video processing, a custom application using the libxcoder API needs to be created. Alternatively FFmpeg will need to be installed. The VPU device may also require a firmware upgrade, depending on how you access the VPU device your service provider may have to perform the upgrade on your behalf.

  1. Install required packages 
    sudo apt-get update && \
    sudo apt-get install pkg-config git gcc make g++ yasm nvme-cli
  2. Clone the libxcoder Github repo 
    git clone https://github.com/NETINT-Technologies/netint_ffmpeg && \
    cd netint_ffmpeg
  3. Build FFmpeg with Support NETINT's Quadra VPU. 
    bash build_ffmpeg.sh

See options using bash build_ffmpeg.sh -h

  1. Update libraries and install FFmpeg 
    sudo ldconfig
    sudo make install

Verify Installation​

  1. Run init_rsrc to make sure that your VPU(s) are initialized.

    tip

    The cards MUST be initialized after every reboot. A custom start-up script or a systemd process are examples of what can be used to ensure the cards are initialized after a reboot.

  2. Running ni_rsrc_mon should show the information about the VPU(s):

    • Number of VPU detected
    • Temperature and Power
    • Firmware and Serial Number
    • Utilization of the Decoder, Encoder, Scaler and AI Engine
    **************************************************
    1 devices retrieved from current pool at start up
    Wed Mar 12 09:28:16 2025 up 00:00:00 v5206s5r2
    INDEX    TEMP     POWER    FR       SN
    0        38       7647mW   5106rtr4 Q1A224A11DC065-0018
    Num decoders: 1
    INDEX LOAD MODEL_LOAD INST MEM  SHARE_MEM P2P_MEM DEVICE
    0     0    0          0    0    0         0       /dev/nvme1n1
    Num encoders: 1
    INDEX LOAD MODEL_LOAD INST MEM  SHARE_MEM P2P_MEM DEVICE
    0     0    0          0    0    0         0       /dev/nvme1n1
    Num scalers: 1
    INDEX LOAD MODEL_LOAD INST MEM  SHARE_MEM P2P_MEM DEVICE
    0     0    0          0    0    0         0       /dev/nvme1n1
    Num AIs: 1
    INDEX LOAD MODEL_LOAD INST MEM  SHARE_MEM P2P_MEM DEVICE
    0     0    0          0    0    0         0       /dev/nvme1n1
    **************************************************

  3. Running ffmpeg -encoders | grep ni_quadra should show:

    • The FFmpeg version
    • All the installed NETINT Quadra encoders
    ffmpeg version 6.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
    ...
    V..... av1_ni_quadra_enc    AV1 NetInt Quadra encoder v4706r8r4 (codec av1)
    V..... h264_ni_quadra_enc   H.264 NetInt Quadra encoder v4706r8r4 (codec h264)
    V..... h265_ni_quadra_enc   H.265 NetInt Quadra encoder v4706r8r4 (codec hevc)
    V..... jpeg_ni_quadra_enc   JPEG NetInt Quadra encoder v4706r8r4 (codec mjpeg)
    tip

    You can also use the -decoders, -filters flags in the same command to see more installed features.