> > Hi, > > On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 04:27:35AM -0500, Frediano Ziglio wrote: > > The patches for Virgl are working and require only tweaks. We wanted > > to have some working PoC for all next 3D software, that include GPU > > passtrough to make sure that the Virgl doesn't complicate the overall > > design. We plan to have these definitive PoCs in a couple of months. > > > > About video streaming acceleration for the client somebody are doing > > some stuff. Recent client versions are using gstreamer to handle > > decoding so potentially this could be a question of choosing the right > > plugins, test and package them correctly > > Yes, I'm trying to play with it now and then in the client using > gstreamer1-vaapi it works but we don't handle hw decoding specifically. > If you have all the right bits installed, you can try enabling > SPICE_GSTVIDEO_AUTO which uses decodebin. It should try vaapi elemets > (and hw decoding) if possible. > This is partially true. The best path is never leaving the GPU for the output but I don't think this is so automatic. > But to have this working nicely, we should have an easy way to setup > spice-sever to use vp8 or h264 which broadens the hw decoding > possibilities (and makes much easier to test too!) - So, I've started > playing with that first [0] > > [0] > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2017-January/034815.html > > With that in, working on improving the client-side to handle hw decoding > will be easier. If you are interested in the decoding side, feel free to > jump in :) > > > (this is more challenging for Windows for instance). > > Indeed > Not sure how you can use DirectX or other Windows libraries for h/w decoding. Frediano > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Behrooz Shabani" <everplays@xxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "spice-devel" <spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: "Armin Ranjbar" <zoup@xxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 12:39:52 PM > > > Subject: Re: Getting involved with implementation of remote > > > spice for 3D accelerated VMs > > > > > Thanks Gerd and hello mailing list :-), > > > > > As it is obvious from my previous email, I am looking for some guidance > > > to > > > make some contribution while I am working on my specialization. > > > > > At this moment, I know what I like to be able to do with Spice: > > > > > * Remote access with 3D acceleration > > > * Decoding the video stream via GPU on the client. > > > However, I have no idea what their status is and where I should begin to > > > contribute. Therefore, any information towards making me useful to spice > > > (as > > > I want to do more than just basing my research on virtgl/spice), would be > > > very helpful. > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > P.S. I have joined the IRC channel with the nickname `behrooz` as well. > > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Gerd Hoffmann < kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > wrote: > > > > > > On Mi, 2017-01-04 at 15:40 +0100, Behrooz Shabani wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Gerd, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope you are doing well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I watched one of your talks about virgl and spice, great work! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Currently, I am busy with my specialization at Saxion university > > > > > which > > > > > > > > is about virtualization of graphic cards. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was wondering how I can get involved to implement 3D accelerated VM > > > > > > > > over network with spice. And after that, maybe, with using the GPU of > > > > > > > > the system that runs spice to decode the video stream. Essentially, I > > > > > > > > am looking for your guidance to understand what needs to be done so I > > > > > > > > can get on with implementing it. > > > > > > > > > That question is asked best on the spice-devel mainling list (added to > > > > > > > Cc:). > > > > > > > > > Improving video encoding support in spice is making progress, and > > > > remote > > > > > > > support for virtio-gpu (and intel-vgpu) will build on top of that. > > > > > > > > > But I don't know in detail what the status is and what still needs to > > > > be > > > > > > > done to complete remote support. > > > > > > > > > cheers, > > > > > > > Gerd > > > > > > > > -- > > > regards, > > > behrooz > > _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel