# nvcompvideoenc

Lossless video compression element based on nvCOMP library

## Hierarchy

    GObject
        ╰──GInitiallyUnowned
            ╰──GstObject
                ╰──GstElement
                    ╰──GstVideoEncoder
                        ╰──nvcompvideoenc

## Implemented interfaces

    GstPreset

## Factory details

Authors: – Seungha Yang <seungha@centricular.com></seungha@centricular.com>

Classification: – `Encoder/Video/Hardware`

Rank – none

Plugin – nvcomp

Package – GStreamer Bad Plug-ins

## Pad Templates

### `sink`

    video/x-raw(memory:CUDAMemory):
             format: { A444_16LE, A444_16BE, Y416_LE, AYUV64, RGBA64_LE, ARGB64, ARGB64_LE, BGRA64_LE, ABGR64_LE, Y416_BE, RGBA64_BE, ARGB64_BE, BGRA64_BE, ABGR64_BE, A422_16LE, A422_16BE, A420_16LE, A420_16BE, A444_12LE, GBRA_12LE, A444_12BE, GBRA_12BE, Y412_LE, Y412_BE, A422_12LE, A422_12BE, A420_12LE, A420_12BE, A444_10LE, GBRA_10LE, A444_10BE, GBRA_10BE, A422_10LE, A422_10BE, A420_10LE, A420_10BE, BGR10A2_LE, RGB10A2_LE, Y410, A444, GBRA, AYUV, VUYA, RGBA, RBGA, ARGB, BGRA, ABGR, A422, A420, AV12, Y444_16LE, GBR_16LE, Y444_16BE, GBR_16BE, Y216_LE, Y216_BE, v216, P016_LE, P016_BE, Y444_12LE, GBR_12LE, Y444_12BE, GBR_12BE, I422_12LE, I422_12BE, Y212_LE, Y212_BE, I420_12LE, I420_12BE, P012_LE, P012_BE, Y444_10LE, GBR_10LE, Y444_10BE, GBR_10BE, r210, I422_10LE, I422_10BE, NV16_10LE32, Y210, UYVP, v210, I420_10LE, I420_10BE, P010_10LE, NV12_10LE40, NV12_10LE32, P010_10BE, MT2110R, MT2110T, NV12_10BE_8L128, NV12_10LE40_4L4, Y444, BGRP, GBR, RGBP, NV24, v308, IYU2, RGBx, xRGB, BGRx, xBGR, RGB, BGR, Y42B, NV16, NV61, YUY2, YVYU, UYVY, VYUY, I420, YV12, NV12, NV21, NV12_16L32S, NV12_32L32, NV12_4L4, NV12_64Z32, NV12_8L128, Y41B, IYU1, YUV9, YVU9, BGR16, RGB16, BGR15, RGB15, RGB8P, GRAY16_LE, GRAY16_BE, GRAY10_LE16, GRAY10_LE32, GRAY8 }
              width: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
             height: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
          framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]

    video/x-raw(memory:GLMemory):
             format: { A444_16LE, A444_16BE, Y416_LE, AYUV64, RGBA64_LE, ARGB64, ARGB64_LE, BGRA64_LE, ABGR64_LE, Y416_BE, RGBA64_BE, ARGB64_BE, BGRA64_BE, ABGR64_BE, A422_16LE, A422_16BE, A420_16LE, A420_16BE, A444_12LE, GBRA_12LE, A444_12BE, GBRA_12BE, Y412_LE, Y412_BE, A422_12LE, A422_12BE, A420_12LE, A420_12BE, A444_10LE, GBRA_10LE, A444_10BE, GBRA_10BE, A422_10LE, A422_10BE, A420_10LE, A420_10BE, BGR10A2_LE, RGB10A2_LE, Y410, A444, GBRA, AYUV, VUYA, RGBA, RBGA, ARGB, BGRA, ABGR, A422, A420, AV12, Y444_16LE, GBR_16LE, Y444_16BE, GBR_16BE, Y216_LE, Y216_BE, v216, P016_LE, P016_BE, Y444_12LE, GBR_12LE, Y444_12BE, GBR_12BE, I422_12LE, I422_12BE, Y212_LE, Y212_BE, I420_12LE, I420_12BE, P012_LE, P012_BE, Y444_10LE, GBR_10LE, Y444_10BE, GBR_10BE, r210, I422_10LE, I422_10BE, NV16_10LE32, Y210, UYVP, v210, I420_10LE, I420_10BE, P010_10LE, NV12_10LE40, NV12_10LE32, P010_10BE, MT2110R, MT2110T, NV12_10BE_8L128, NV12_10LE40_4L4, Y444, BGRP, GBR, RGBP, NV24, v308, IYU2, RGBx, xRGB, BGRx, xBGR, RGB, BGR, Y42B, NV16, NV61, YUY2, YVYU, UYVY, VYUY, I420, YV12, NV12, NV21, NV12_16L32S, NV12_32L32, NV12_4L4, NV12_64Z32, NV12_8L128, Y41B, IYU1, YUV9, YVU9, BGR16, RGB16, BGR15, RGB15, RGB8P, GRAY16_LE, GRAY16_BE, GRAY10_LE16, GRAY10_LE32, GRAY8 }
              width: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
             height: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
          framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]
    video/x-raw:
             format: { A444_16LE, A444_16BE, Y416_LE, AYUV64, RGBA64_LE, ARGB64, ARGB64_LE, BGRA64_LE, ABGR64_LE, Y416_BE, RGBA64_BE, ARGB64_BE, BGRA64_BE, ABGR64_BE, A422_16LE, A422_16BE, A420_16LE, A420_16BE, A444_12LE, GBRA_12LE, A444_12BE, GBRA_12BE, Y412_LE, Y412_BE, A422_12LE, A422_12BE, A420_12LE, A420_12BE, A444_10LE, GBRA_10LE, A444_10BE, GBRA_10BE, A422_10LE, A422_10BE, A420_10LE, A420_10BE, BGR10A2_LE, RGB10A2_LE, Y410, A444, GBRA, AYUV, VUYA, RGBA, RBGA, ARGB, BGRA, ABGR, A422, A420, AV12, Y444_16LE, GBR_16LE, Y444_16BE, GBR_16BE, Y216_LE, Y216_BE, v216, P016_LE, P016_BE, Y444_12LE, GBR_12LE, Y444_12BE, GBR_12BE, I422_12LE, I422_12BE, Y212_LE, Y212_BE, I420_12LE, I420_12BE, P012_LE, P012_BE, Y444_10LE, GBR_10LE, Y444_10BE, GBR_10BE, r210, I422_10LE, I422_10BE, NV16_10LE32, Y210, UYVP, v210, I420_10LE, I420_10BE, P010_10LE, NV12_10LE40, NV12_10LE32, P010_10BE, MT2110R, MT2110T, NV12_10BE_8L128, NV12_10LE40_4L4, Y444, BGRP, GBR, RGBP, NV24, v308, IYU2, RGBx, xRGB, BGRx, xBGR, RGB, BGR, Y42B, NV16, NV61, YUY2, YVYU, UYVY, VYUY, I420, YV12, NV12, NV21, NV12_16L32S, NV12_32L32, NV12_4L4, NV12_64Z32, NV12_8L128, Y41B, IYU1, YUV9, YVU9, BGR16, RGB16, BGR15, RGB15, RGB8P, GRAY16_LE, GRAY16_BE, GRAY10_LE16, GRAY10_LE32, GRAY8 }
              width: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
             height: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
          framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]

Presence – always

Direction – sink

Object type – GstPad

### `src`

    video/x-nvcomp:
    video/x-nvcomp-lz4:
    video/x-nvcomp-snappy:
    video/x-nvcomp-gdeflate:
    video/x-nvcomp-deflate:
    video/x-nvcomp-zstd:
    video/x-nvcomp-cascaded:
    video/x-nvcomp-bitcomp:
    video/x-nvcomp-ans:

Presence – always

Direction – src

Object type – GstPad

## Properties

### async-depth

    “async-depth” guint

Internal resource pool size for threaded encoding

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 2

### batched

    “batched” gboolean

Use low-level C API for batched operation

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : true

### bitcomp-algo

    “bitcomp-algo” Nv-comp-bitcomp-algo *

Algorithm to use for bitcomp method

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : sparse (1)

### chunk-size

    “chunk-size” guint

Uncompressed chunk size for batched compression (0 = default)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### data-type

    “data-type” Nv-comp-data-type *

Compression data type

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : default (-1)

### deflate-algo

    “deflate-algo” Nv-comp-deflate-algo *

Algorithm to use for deflate and gdeflate methods

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : high-throughput (0)

### method

    “method” Nv-comp-method *

Compression method

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : bitcomp (6)

## Named constants

### Nv-comp-bitcomp-algo

#### Members

`default` (0) – Default
`sparse` (1) – Sparse

### Nv-comp-data-type

#### Members

`default` (-1) – Default
`char` (0) – CHAR
`uchar` (1) – UCHAR
`short` (2) – SHORT
`ushort` (3) – USHORT
`int` (4) – INT
`uint` (5) – UINT
`longlong` (6) – LONGLONG
`ulonglong` (7) – ULONGLONG
`bits` (255) – BITS

### Nv-comp-deflate-algo

#### Members

`high-throughput` (0) – High throughput, low compression ratio
`low-throughput` (1) – Low throughput, high compression ratio
`highest-throughput` (2) – Highest throughput, entropy-only compression

### Nv-comp-method

#### Members

`lz4` (0) – LZ4
`snappy` (1) – SNAPPY
`gdeflate` (2) – GDEFLATE
`deflate` (3) – DEFLATE
`zstd` (4) – ZSTD
`cascaded` (5) – CASCADED
`bitcomp` (6) – BITCOMP
`ans` (7) – ANS

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