[HW Accel Support]: QuickSync on 9th Gen (intel ARK says quicksync = yes, 10thGEN has same iGPU)

[bob454522]

Im aware the frigate docs show Intel quickSync is only supported on intel 10th Gen cpus or higher - I have a Dell optiplex with a i5-9500T, and need to replace it (stability issues + I've only been ever been able to get VAAPI to work, not quicksync) - so im about to buy a new dell optiplex micro, and wanted to get a 10th gen or higher intel cpu In order to have quicksync support.

however when reviewing the Intel ARK specs, on the 10th gen unit im looking to buy, which has a 10th Gen Core i7-10700 , All of the GPU specs look the exact same as my current i5-9500T - ie the iGPU on both is a UHD 630 , same clocks, and BOTH show QuickSync support = YES.

so i just want to 100% confirm that my i5-9500T does really not support QSV on frigate, before i buy this new optiplex (And also confirm that an i7-10700 will support qsv) (or maybe i need to change something on my i5 to get QSV?)

(to replace my current optiplex micro i5-9500T which has stability issues)

thanks (extra info below)

vaInfo on my i5-9500T:

qubuntu@opti-frigate:~$ sudo vainfo
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.
error: can't connect to X server!
libva info: VA-API version 1.14.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_14
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.14 (libva 2.12.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 22.3.1 ()
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile2            : VAEntrypointVLD


os info:

Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release:        22.04

as expected, on my i5-9500T if try to use quicksync it fails, showing this error (on frigate 14 beta 3):

2024-06-30 11:53:00.042094696  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Gate-Back-hen.detect    ERROR   : [h264_qsv @ 0x55bfe0981dc0] video_get_buffer: image parameters invalid
2024-06-30 11:53:00.042131729  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Gate-Back-hen.detect    ERROR   : [h264_qsv @ 0x55bfe0981dc0] get_buffer() failed
2024-06-30 11:53:00.042179038  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Gate-Back-hen.detect    ERROR   : Error while decoding stream #0:0: Invalid argument
2024-06-30 11:53:00.042284874  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Gate-Back-hen.detect    ERROR   : Finishing stream 1:0 without any data written to it.
2024-06-30 11:53:00.042308973  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Gate-Back-hen.detect    ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55bfe0a3de80] [swscaler @ 0x55bfe0a4ae40] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
2024-06-30 11:53:00.042374317  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Gate-Back-hen.detect    ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55bfe0a3de80] [swscaler @ 0x55bfe09a6b80] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
2024-06-30 11:53:00.043780325  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] watchdog.Alley-RainBird-hen    ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for Alley-RainBird-hen.
2024-06-30 11:53:00.043831816  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] watchdog.Alley-RainBird-hen    ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-06-30 11:53:00.043906678  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Alley-RainBird-hen.detect ERROR   : [segment @ 0x55c6d7e09ec0] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
2024-06-30 11:53:00.044003475  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Alley-RainBird-hen.detect ERROR   : [h264_qsv @ 0x55c6d7e0d800] video_get_buffer: image parameters invalid
2024-06-30 11:53:00.044015417  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Alley-RainBird-hen.detect ERROR   : [h264_qsv @ 0x55c6d7e0d800] get_buffer() failed
2024-06-30 11:53:00.044060969  [2024-06-30 11:53:00] ffmpeg.Alley-RainBird-hen.detect ERROR   : Error while decoding stream #0:0: Invalid argument

9500T intel ark (9th gen - what i have now):
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/191052/intel-core-i59500t-processor-9m-cache-up-to-3-70-ghz/specifications.html

10700 intel ark (10th Gen - what im planning to buy):
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/199316/intel-core-i710700-processor-16m-cache-up-to-4-80-ghz/specifications.html

[hawkeye217]

This is not a feature request. Please open a discussion.

[NickM-27]

There is no advantage to quick sync in frigates use case. Vaapi works the same in most cases and better in the other cases for frigate