Gst-nvimageenc

The Gst-nvimageenc plugin encodes images on dGPU and (ARM + dGPU) platforms like arm-sbsa. This plugin is based on the libnvjpeg library which is part of the CUDA toolkit. The plugin accepts RGB input and produces JPEG encoded bitstream.

Inputs and Outputs

Inputs
- Gst Buffer in RGB format
Control parameters
- gpu-id
Output
- Gst Buffer with encoded output in JPEG format

Features

The following table summarizes the features of the Gst-nvimageenc plugin.

Gst-nvimageenc plugin features

Feature	Description	Release
Supports JPEG Encode	—	DS 6.4

Gst Properties

The following table summarizes the Gst properties of the Gst-nvimageenc plugin.

Gst-nvimageenc plugin gst properties

Property	Meaning	Type and Range	Example and Notes	Platforms
gpu-id	Device ID of GPU to use for encoding.	Integer, 0 to 4,294,967,295	gpu-id=0	dGPU, ARM+dGPU
quality	Encoder quality	Integer, 0 to 100	quality=90	dGPU, ARM+dGPU
encoded-size	Encoded size of the output buffer	Integer, 0 to 4,294,967,295	encoded-size=4194304	dGPU, ARM+dGPU