Gst-nvimageenc

The Gst-nvimageenc plugin encodes images on dGPU platform. 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