Functions and Restrictions

For the Atlas training products, this function is not supported.

For the Atlas A2 training products/Atlas A2 inference products, this function is not supported.

For the Atlas A3 training products/Atlas A3 inference products, this function is not supported.

Function Usage

Video Encoder (VENC) encodes YUV420SP NV12/NV21 8-bit images into H.264/H.265 video streams.

Single-process and multi-thread scenarios are not supported.

Resolution Restrictions

Input resolution range:

Version	Resolution Range
Atlas inference products	The width and height range from 128 to 4096. For H.264 streams, the maximum resolution must not exceed 4096 x 2304.
Atlas 200I/500 A2 inference products	114 x 114 to 8192 x 8192

Output stream resolution:
VENC only encodes images and does not change the image resolution. Therefore, the resolution of the output image is the same as that of the input image.

Restrictions on Stream/Image Formats, Width and Height Alignment, and Buffers

To implement the VENC function:

Input buffer
Call acl.media.dvpp_malloc or acl.media.dvpp_free to allocate or free the input buffer on the device. The buffer lifetime is managed by the user. For details about the buffer size, see the formula in the following table.

For the Atlas inference products, acl.rt.malloc and acl.rt.free can be called to allocate and free input buffer, respectively. During buffer allocation, you are advised to allocate buffer of the ACL_MEM_MALLOC_HUGE_FIRST type. Huge page buffer has better performance and therefore is preferred. The lifetime of the buffer is also managed by the user. For details about the buffer size, see the calculation formula in the following table.
Output buffer
The output buffer is managed by the system.

For details about the definition of the input image format, see acldvppPixelFormat. For details about the concepts such as width stride and height stride, see Terminology.

**Table 1** Restrictions on the image format, width and height alignment, and buffer size
Input Format	Input Width and Height	Input Width Stride, Height Stride, and Buffer Size	Output Format
YUV420SP NV12 8-bit	Width: Must be a multiple of 2. Height: Must be a multiple of 2.	Width stride: Round up the width to the nearest multiple of 16. The height stride does not need to be configured. Buffer size (in bytes) = Width stride x Height stride x 3/2	H.264 BP/MP/HP H.265 MP (slice streams only)
YUV420SP NV21 8-bit			H.264 BP/MP/HP H.265 MP (slice streams only)

Parent topic: VENC