NVIDA AGX ORIN X Gstreamer Bad Plug-Ins NVENC and NVDEC Cannot be downloaded

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson AGX Orin
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Hello, I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to download some requirements for GPU accelerated plugins for my Gstreamer pipeline. Effectively I need the nvenc and nvdec 264 however I cannot follow installation guidelines online which I will reference in further detail, nor did the plug-in(s) come with the CUDA Toolkit download. This has been a recurring issue and has caused a large delay in my project. Any guidance on how to complete this or how to fix existing issues would be helpful.

Specifications,

nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2022 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Sun_Oct_23_22:16:07_PDT_2022
Cuda compilation tools, release 11.4, V11.4.315
Build cuda_11.4.r11.4/compiler.31964100_0

UBUNTU 20.4

HARDWARE NVIDIA JETSON AGX ORIN Developer Kit

Online References:

(1) GStreamer Nvenc for Ubuntu 20.04 | End Point Dev
fails at:

$ cd ../nvdec
$ make                    <- Fails here

CCLD libgstnvdec.la
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lnvcuvid
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:833: libgstnvdec.la] Error 1

(2) Install NVDEC and NVENC as GStreamer plugins · GitHub

cd sys/nvenc
make                            <- Fails here

CC libgstnvenc_la-gstnvenc.lo
cc1: warning: /path/to/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvenc: No such file or directory [-Wmissing-include-dirs]
gstnvenc.c: In function ‘gst_nvenc_create_cuda_context’:
gstnvenc.c:288:9: warning: ‘cuDeviceComputeCapability’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
288 | && cuDeviceComputeCapability (&maj, &min, cdev) == CUDA_SUCCESS) {
| ^~
In file included from gstnvenc.h:27,
from gstnvenc.c:24:
./cuda.h:4163:36: note: declared here
4163 | CUDA_DEPRECATED CUresult CUDAAPI cuDeviceComputeCapability(int *major, int *minor, CUdevice dev);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CC libgstnvenc_la-gstnvbaseenc.lo
cc1: warning: /path/to/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvenc: No such file or directory [-Wmissing-include-dirs]
In file included from /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include/glibconfig.h:9,
from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gtypes.h:32,
from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/galloca.h:32,
from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib.h:30,
from /usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/gst.h:27,
from gstnvenc.h:23,
from gstnvbaseenc.h:23,
from gstnvbaseenc.c:24:
gstnvbaseenc.c: In function ‘nv_preset_to_guid’:
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:79: error: ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_DEFAULT_GUID’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_P7_GUID’?
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:63: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:736:47: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
736 | define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:71: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:87:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
87 | CASE (DEFAULT, DEFAULT);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:79: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:63: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:736:47: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
736 | define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:71: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:87:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
87 | CASE (DEFAULT, DEFAULT);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:79: error: ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_HP_GUID’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_P7_GUID’?
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:63: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:736:47: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
736 | define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:71: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:88:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
88 | CASE (HP, HP);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:79: error: ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_HQ_GUID’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_P7_GUID’?
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:63: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:736:47: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
736 | define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:71: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:89:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
89 | CASE (HQ, HQ);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:79: error: ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_LOW_LATENCY_DEFAULT_GUID’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘GST_NV_PRESET_LOW_LATENCY_DEFAULT’?
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:63: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:736:47: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
736 | define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:71: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:91:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
91 | CASE (LOW_LATENCY_DEFAULT, LOW_LATENCY_DEFAULT);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:79: error: ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_LOW_LATENCY_HQ_GUID’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘GST_NV_PRESET_LOW_LATENCY_HQ’?
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:63: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:736:47: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
736 | define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:71: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:92:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
92 | CASE (LOW_LATENCY_HQ, LOW_LATENCY_HQ);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:79: error: ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_LOSSLESS_DEFAULT_GUID’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘GST_NV_PRESET_LOSSLESS_DEFAULT’?
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:63: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:736:47: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
736 | define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:71: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:94:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
94 | CASE (LOSSLESS_DEFAULT, LOSSLESS_DEFAULT);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:79: error: ‘NV_ENC_PRESET_LOSSLESS_HP_GUID’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘GST_NV_PRESET_LOSSLESS_HP’?
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:63: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:736:47: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
736 | define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:86:71: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
86 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_PRESET,gst): return G_PASTE(G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PRESET_,nv),GUID)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:95:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
95 | CASE (LOSSLESS_HP, LOSSLESS_HP);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c: In function ‘rc_mode_to_nv’:
gstnvbaseenc.c:131:72: error: ‘NV_ENC_PARAMS_RC_VBR_MINQP’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘NV_ENC_PARAMS_RC_VBR’?
131 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_RC_MODE,gst): return G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PARAMS_RC,nv)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:735:47: note: in definition of macro ‘G_PASTE_ARGS’
735 | define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:131:64: note: in expansion of macro ‘G_PASTE’
131 | define CASE(gst,nv) case G_PASTE(GST_NV_RC_MODE_,gst): return G_PASTE(NV_ENC_PARAMS_RC_,nv)
| ^~~~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c:135:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘CASE’
135 | CASE (VBR_MINQP, VBR_MINQP);
| ^~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c: In function ‘gst_nv_base_enc_set_context’:
gstnvbaseenc.c:458:17: warning: unused variable ‘nvenc’ [-Wunused-variable]
458 | GstNvBaseEnc *nvenc = GST_NV_BASE_ENC (element);
| ^~~~~
gstnvbaseenc.c: In function ‘gst_nv_base_enc_sink_query’:
gstnvbaseenc.c:475:17: warning: unused variable ‘nvenc’ [-Wunused-variable]
475 | GstNvBaseEnc *nvenc = GST_NV_BASE_ENC (enc);
| ^~~~~
make: *** [Makefile:885: libgstnvenc_la-gstnvbaseenc.lo] Error 1

All other instructions I found refer to these, or use things like

nvidia-smi       (which is not available on Jetson to my knowledge)

and instruct to download driver version related content.

Please note that if my post lacks detail due to in-experience on the platform I will correct it as soon as possible.

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Hello @alex.davies1 and welcome to the NVIDIA developer forums!

First of all, if you don’t mind, I will move your post to the AGX Orin category, since many of the issues you see are likely attributed to an incorrect setup of the platform.

First of all I would suggest to get a basic driver/CUDA setup on Linux running on the platform before taking the next step of third-party gstreamer installation.

Secondly it seems you did miss step 2 in the gstreamer instructions which was to copy video codec headers into the gst-plugins-bad sub-dir:

cc1: warning: /path/to/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvenc: No such file or directory [-Wmissing-include-dirs]

In any case, start from scratch with a ready made package for the Orin that already includes proper installation of CUDA and video codecs.

I hope that will help get you started!

Thanks!

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Thank you for addressing the post. I have tried to follow your suggestion and re-started the installation process following the cuda-installation-guide-linux. I have documented everything and will attach it below. I ended up replicating the error in the original post.

########### Basic driver/CUDA setup #################

Ref. NVIDIA CUDA Installation Guide for Linux
Verify CUDA Capable GPU

lspci | grep -i nvidia
Out: 0001:00:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation Device 229e (rev a1)

Verify Supported Version of linux

uname -m && cat /etc/*release

Out:
aarch64
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=“Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS”

Verify gcc is installed

gcc --version

Out:
gcc (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 9.4.0

Verify Kernal Headers and Development Packages

uname -r
Out:
5.10.104-tegra
(if failed ensure to install Kernal headers and dev packages)

Download the NVIDIA Toolkit

linux → aarch64-jetson → Native → Ubuntu → 20.04 → deb(local)

wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/arm64/cuda-ubuntu2004.pin
sudo mv cuda-ubuntu2004.pin /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.1.1/local_installers/cuda-tegra-repo-ubuntu2004-12-1-local_12.1.1-1_arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i cuda-tegra-repo-ubuntu2004-12-1-local_12.1.1-1_arm64.deb
sudo cp /var/cuda-tegra-repo-ubuntu2004-12-1-local/cuda-*-keyring.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install cuda

########### GStreamer Installation ###############

sudo apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-qt5 gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

Verify installation

dpkg -l | grep gstreamer
gst-launch-1.0 --version

Version → GStreamer 1.16.3

########### Obtain nvenc and nvdec ###############
Ref. Install NVDEC and NVENC as GStreamer plugins · GitHub

cd /home/orin/Downloads/
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad
cd gst-plugins-bad/
git checkout 1.16.3

Download SDK 12.1.14 from Video Code SDK | NVIDIA Developer

cd /home/orin/Downloads/Video_Codec_SDK_12.1.14/
cp /usr/local/cuda/include/cuda.h /home/orin/Downloads/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvenc
cp Interface/nvEncodeAPI.h /home/orin/Downloads/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvenc
cp Interface/cuviddec.h /home/orin/Downloads/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvdec
cp Interface/nvcuvid.h /home/orin/Downloads/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvdec

From comment suggestion to cover missing dependency

sudo cp /home/orin/Downloads/Video_Codec_SDK_12.1.14/Lib/linux/stubs/aarch64/libnvcuvid.so /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/
sudo cp /home/orin/Downloads/Video_Codec_SDK_12.1.14/Lib/linux/stubs/aarch64/libnvidia-encode.so /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/

cd /home/orin/Downloads/gst-plugins-bad
NVENCODE_CFLAGS=“-I/home/orin/Downloads/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvenc” ./autogen.sh --with-cuda-prefix=“/usr/local/cuda” --disable-gtk-doc

E: bash: ./autogen.sh: No such file or directory Actions, Removed gst_plugins_bad and repeated the installation. I missed a line somehwere and it worked the second time round, I did not re-run to sudo copy cmds.

cd sys/nvenc
make

E: make: *** [Makefile:892: libgstnvenc_la-gstnvbaseenc.lo] Error 1
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Sorry for the late response, have you managed to get issue resolved or still need the support? Thanks

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Hi,
We use jetson_multimedia_api for hardware encoding/decoding on Jetson platforms. Please flash system image and SDK Components through SDKManager. And then check samples in

/usr/src/jetson_multimedia_api

Please also refer to the document:
Jetson Linux API Reference: Main Page | NVIDIA Docs

For gstreamer, please check
Accelerated GStreamer — Jetson Linux Developer Guide documentation

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Thank you for the response. I had to re-approach my implementation to avoid the issue of needing the nvenc and nvdec. I did this in the period between response due to time limitations on my project. Feel free to close the discussion thread and I can re-address the issue in future if the need ever arises. Thank you for your suggestions.

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