Driver does not support the required nvenc API version. Required: 8.2 Found: 8.1

congtt2801 · November 15, 2018, 2:52pm

I have NVIDIA Driver 410.48

root@ubuntu:/opt/ffmpeg# nvidia-smi
Thu Nov 15 21:39:26 2018       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 410.48                 Driver Version: 410.48                    |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  Quadro P4000        Off  | 00000000:02:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 46%   24C    P8     5W / 105W |     10MiB /  8119MiB |      0%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   1  Quadro P4000        Off  | 00000000:06:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 47%   41C    P0    29W / 105W |     10MiB /  8119MiB |      0%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   2  Quadro P4000        Off  | 00000000:82:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 46%   35C    P0    27W / 105W |     10MiB /  8119MiB |      0%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |
|  GPU       PID   Type   Process name                             Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

But when running ffmpeg transcoding using Nvenc API, I got error which says “The minimum required Nvidia driver for nvenc is 390.25 or newer”

root@ubuntu:/opt/ffmpeg# ./ffmpeg -y -hwaccel cuvid -c:v h264_cuvid -vsync 0 -i sample1080.mp4 -vf scale_npp=1280:720 -vcodec h264_nvenc sample720.mp4
ffmpeg version N-92446-g1342ec5 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.10) 20160609
  configuration: --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-nvenc --enable-nonfree --enable-libnpp --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/cuda/include --extra-ldflags=-L/usr/local/cuda/lib64
  libavutil      56. 23.101 / 56. 23.101
  libavcodec     58. 39.100 / 58. 39.100
  libavformat    58. 22.100 / 58. 22.100
  libavdevice    58.  6.100 / 58.  6.100
  libavfilter     7. 43.100 /  7. 43.100
  libswscale      5.  4.100 /  5.  4.100
  libswresample   3.  4.100 /  3.  4.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'sample1080.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf57.68.100
  Duration: 00:10:59.24, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3153 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 3049 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 60 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 95 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (h264_cuvid) -> h264 (h264_nvenc))
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[h264_nvenc @ 0x2db7fc0] Driver does not support the required nvenc API version. Required: 8.2 Found: 8.1
[h264_nvenc @ 0x2db7fc0] The minimum required Nvidia driver for nvenc is 390.25 or newer
Error initializing output stream 0:0 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
[aac @ 0x2d5da00] Qavg: 65536.000
[aac @ 0x2d5da00] 2 frames left in the queue on closing
Conversion failed!

Any suggestion ?
Thanks you.

Robert_Crovella · November 15, 2018, 4:14pm

Try installing the latest driver for your GPUs.

410.48 is not the latest.

congtt2801 · November 15, 2018, 5:14pm

I have managed to install NVIDIA Driver 415.13 which is the latest I found in ubuntu ppa graphic drivers (Proprietary GPU Drivers : “Graphics Drivers” team). Is this the latest ? I still get same error on this 415.13 version. So strange because it said that the minimum required Nvidia driver for nvenc is just 390.25.

root@ubuntu:/opt/ffmpeg# nvidia-smi
Fri Nov 16 00:06:59 2018       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 415.13       Driver Version: 415.13       CUDA Version: 10.0     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  Quadro P4000        Off  | 00000000:02:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 46%   35C    P0    28W / 105W |     10MiB /  8119MiB |      0%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   1  Quadro P4000        Off  | 00000000:06:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 46%   40C    P0    28W / 105W |     10MiB /  8119MiB |      0%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   2  Quadro P4000        Off  | 00000000:82:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 46%   34C    P0    27W / 105W |     10MiB /  8119MiB |      0%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |
|  GPU       PID   Type   Process name                             Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
root@ubuntu:/opt/ffmpeg#

root@ubuntu:/opt/ffmpeg# ./ffmpeg -y -hwaccel cuvid -c:v h264_cuvid -vsync 0 -i sample1080.mp4 -vf scale_npp=1280:720 -vcodec h264_nvenc sample720.mp4
ffmpeg version N-92446-g1342ec5 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.10) 20160609
  configuration: --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-nvenc --enable-nonfree --enable-libnpp --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/cuda/include --extra-ldflags=-L/usr/local/cuda/lib64
  libavutil      56. 23.101 / 56. 23.101
  libavcodec     58. 39.100 / 58. 39.100
  libavformat    58. 22.100 / 58. 22.100
  libavdevice    58.  6.100 / 58.  6.100
  libavfilter     7. 43.100 /  7. 43.100
  libswscale      5.  4.100 /  5.  4.100
  libswresample   3.  4.100 /  3.  4.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'sample1080.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf57.68.100
  Duration: 00:10:59.24, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3153 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 3049 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 60 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 95 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (h264_cuvid) -> h264 (h264_nvenc))
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[h264_nvenc @ 0x3fdffc0] Driver does not support the required nvenc API version. Required: 8.2 Found: 8.1
[h264_nvenc @ 0x3fdffc0] The minimum required Nvidia driver for nvenc is 390.25 or newer
Error initializing output stream 0:0 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
[aac @ 0x3f85a00] Qavg: 65536.000
[aac @ 0x3f85a00] 2 frames left in the queue on closing
Conversion failed!
root@ubuntu:/opt/ffmpeg#

perger.balazs · November 15, 2018, 6:03pm

I have the same problem!

[h264_nvenc @ 0x56009062d6c0] Driver does not support the required nvenc API version. Required: 8.2 Found: 8.1
[h264_nvenc @ 0x56009062d6c0] The minimum required Nvidia driver for nvenc is 390.25 or newer

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 410.73       Driver Version: 410.73       CUDA Version: 10.0     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  Quadro P2000        Off  | 00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 58%   32C    P0    17W /  75W |      0MiB /  5057MiB |      0%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |
|  GPU       PID   Type   Process name                             Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

congtt2801 · November 15, 2018, 6:04pm

Problem solved: recompile ffmpeg using older version.
Worked with ffmpeg 3.4, NVIDIA Driver 415.13.

perger.balazs · November 15, 2018, 6:32pm

Thx. With 3.4.5 it is working.

malakudi · November 15, 2018, 7:44pm

Older ffmpeg doesn’t use nvENC API version 8.2, that’s why it works. I have the same issue with ffmpeg 4.1, latest nv-codec-headers and Linux driver 410.73. If I compile ffmpeg with nv-codec-headers from sdk/8.1 head, of course it works.

Any hint?

malakudi · November 16, 2018, 11:57am

Discussion of same issue takes place here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1038940/video-codec-sdk/announcement-new-bug-fix-version-for-video-codec-sdk-8-2/ in the video codec sdk subforum, which is more appropriate for this issue.

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