[Config Support]: hwaccel not working with N200 Beelink EQ13 - unable to read frames from ffmpeg process #15874

aaronspindler · 2025-01-07T16:02:57Z

aaronspindler
Jan 7, 2025

Describe the problem you are having

I am unable to get hardware acceleration working on my N200 Beelink EQ13. When I enabled hwaccel, ffmpeg just keeps crashing for various reasons. I have disabled hwaccel and I am able to see the stream from my camera in frigate but it utilizes 60% of my CPU. I have verified that my iGPU is using the i915 driver:

aaron@beelink:~$ lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-N [UHD Graphics]
	DeviceName: Onboard - Video
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Kernel driver in use: i915

I have also validated that my iGPU shows up in /dev/dri/

aaron@beelink:~$ ls -lah /dev/dri/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root        100 Jan  4 11:25 .
drwxr-xr-x  20 root root       4.5K Jan  5 18:45 ..
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root         80 Jan  4 11:25 by-path
crwxrwxrwx+  1 root video  226,   1 Jan  7 10:11 card1
crwxrwxrwx+  1 root render 226, 128 Jan  4 11:35 renderD128

Version

0.14.1-f4f3cfa

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  host: 192.168.1.139

database:
  path: /config/frigate.db

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi

# birdseye:
#   enabled: True
#   mode: continuous

record:
  enabled: True
  retain:
    days: 30
    mode: all
  events:
    pre_capture: 5
    post_capture: 5
    retain:
      default: 90
      mode: motion

snapshots:
  enabled: True
  retain:
    default: 30

# detectors:
#   coral:
#     type: edgetpu
#     device: usb

detect:
  width: 1280
  height: 720
  fps: 5

objects:
  track:
    - person
    - car
    - dog
    - license_plate

audio:
  enabled: True
  listen:
    - bark
    - fire_alarm
    - scream
    - speech
    - yell
    - babbling
    - crying
    - child_singing
    - fart
    - honk
    - car_alarm
    - tire_squeal
    - emergency_vehicle
    - police_car
    - ambulance
    - fire_engine
    - doorbell
    - sliding_door
    - knock
    - ding-dong
    - slam
    - alarm
    - smoke_detector
    - gunshot
    - fireworks

go2rtc:
  streams:
    side_yard:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554
cameras:
  side_yard:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/side_yard
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
            # - detect
            - audio
version: 0.14

Relevant Frigate log output

2025-01-07 16:00:16.485845049  [2025-01-07 16:00:16] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:00:17.763715800  [2025-01-07 16:00:17] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:00:17.763719275  [2025-01-07 16:00:17] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:00:26.491806859  [2025-01-07 16:00:26] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:00:26.492067936  [2025-01-07 16:00:26] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:00:26.492071372  [2025-01-07 16:00:26] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:00:26.492072760  [2025-01-07 16:00:26] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:00:26.492073896  [2025-01-07 16:00:26] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:00:27.786931750  [2025-01-07 16:00:27] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:00:27.787079202  [2025-01-07 16:00:27] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:00:36.501133823  [2025-01-07 16:00:36] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:00:36.501179043  [2025-01-07 16:00:36] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:00:36.501327593  [2025-01-07 16:00:36] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:00:36.501329809  [2025-01-07 16:00:36] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:00:36.501351912  [2025-01-07 16:00:36] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:00:37.804746573  [2025-01-07 16:00:37] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:00:37.806309943  [2025-01-07 16:00:37] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:00:46.518910234  [2025-01-07 16:00:46] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:00:46.518956997  [2025-01-07 16:00:46] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:00:46.519164692  [2025-01-07 16:00:46] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:00:46.519167572  [2025-01-07 16:00:46] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:00:46.519169057  [2025-01-07 16:00:46] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:00:47.802835393  [2025-01-07 16:00:47] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:00:47.802905691  [2025-01-07 16:00:47] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:00:56.528892507  [2025-01-07 16:00:56] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:00:56.528989829  [2025-01-07 16:00:56] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:00:56.529162579  [2025-01-07 16:00:56] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:00:56.529165209  [2025-01-07 16:00:56] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:00:56.529166642  [2025-01-07 16:00:56] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:00:57.687246944  [2025-01-07 16:00:57] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:00:57.687356313  [2025-01-07 16:00:57] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:01:06.534641579  [2025-01-07 16:01:06] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:01:06.534917725  [2025-01-07 16:01:06] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:01:06.534921697  [2025-01-07 16:01:06] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:01:06.534923145  [2025-01-07 16:01:06] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:01:06.534924337  [2025-01-07 16:01:06] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:01:07.732810743  [2025-01-07 16:01:07] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:01:07.733803209  [2025-01-07 16:01:07] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:01:16.546114557  [2025-01-07 16:01:16] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:01:16.546642848  [2025-01-07 16:01:16] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:01:16.546655657  [2025-01-07 16:01:16] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:01:16.546678780  [2025-01-07 16:01:16] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:01:16.546680116  [2025-01-07 16:01:16] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:01:17.769121582  [2025-01-07 16:01:17] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:01:17.782524691  [2025-01-07 16:01:17] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:01:26.567000327  [2025-01-07 16:01:26] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:01:26.567096441  [2025-01-07 16:01:26] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:01:26.567686395  [2025-01-07 16:01:26] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:01:26.567690395  [2025-01-07 16:01:26] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:01:26.567691627  [2025-01-07 16:01:26] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:01:27.774429179  [2025-01-07 16:01:27] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:01:27.774509199  [2025-01-07 16:01:27] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:01:36.579377136  [2025-01-07 16:01:36] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:01:36.579381704  [2025-01-07 16:01:36] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:01:36.579383703  [2025-01-07 16:01:36] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:01:36.579384893  [2025-01-07 16:01:36] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:01:36.579435115  [2025-01-07 16:01:36] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:01:37.797769452  [2025-01-07 16:01:37] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:01:37.797844895  [2025-01-07 16:01:37] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:01:46.591959373  [2025-01-07 16:01:46] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:01:46.591964060  [2025-01-07 16:01:46] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:01:46.596845296  [2025-01-07 16:01:46] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:01:46.597341767  [2025-01-07 16:01:46] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:01:46.597347416  [2025-01-07 16:01:46] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:01:47.811445737  [2025-01-07 16:01:47] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:01:47.811542510  [2025-01-07 16:01:47] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:01:56.604683194  [2025-01-07 16:01:56] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:01:56.604761658  [2025-01-07 16:01:56] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:01:56.604846952  [2025-01-07 16:01:56] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:01:56.604933795  [2025-01-07 16:01:56] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:01:56.604942547  [2025-01-07 16:01:56] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:01:57.781708270  [2025-01-07 16:01:57] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:01:57.781857809  [2025-01-07 16:01:57] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:02:06.624245341  [2025-01-07 16:02:06] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:02:06.624382989  [2025-01-07 16:02:06] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:02:06.624431456  [2025-01-07 16:02:06] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:02:06.624488464  [2025-01-07 16:02:06] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:02:06.624563408  [2025-01-07 16:02:06] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:02:08.021007953  [2025-01-07 16:02:08] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:02:08.021385437  [2025-01-07 16:02:08] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-01-07 16:02:16.657945646  [2025-01-07 16:02:16] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for side_yard.
2025-01-07 16:02:16.658426239  [2025-01-07 16:02:16] watchdog.side_yard             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-01-07 16:02:16.658430530  [2025-01-07 16:02:16] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Option hwaccel (use HW accelerated decoding) cannot be applied to output url vaapi -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
2025-01-07 16:02:16.658431780  [2025-01-07 16:02:16] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error parsing options for output file vaapi.
2025-01-07 16:02:16.658432920  [2025-01-07 16:02:16] ffmpeg.side_yard.detect        ERROR   : Error opening output files: Invalid argument
2025-01-07 16:02:17.834733617  [2025-01-07 16:02:17] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-01-07 16:02:17.834809961  [2025-01-07 16:02:17] frigate.video                  ERROR   : side_yard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...

Relevant go2rtc log output

2025-01-07 15:58:41.389314535  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2025-01-07 15:58:42.056508660  [INFO] Starting go2rtc...
2025-01-07 15:58:42.187301943  15:58:42.186 INF go2rtc platform=linux/amd64 revision=b2399f3 version=1.9.2
2025-01-07 15:58:42.187307576  15:58:42.187 INF config path=/dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml
2025-01-07 15:58:42.188606404  15:58:42.188 INF [rtsp] listen addr=:8554
2025-01-07 15:58:42.188609880  15:58:42.188 INF [webrtc] listen addr=:8555/tcp
2025-01-07 15:58:42.190593590  15:58:42.190 INF [api] listen addr=:1984
2025-01-07 15:58:51.383529248  [INFO] Starting go2rtc healthcheck service...

Frigate stats

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Operating system

Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

services:
  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    restart: unless-stopped
    image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
    privileged: true
    environment:
      LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME: i915
    shm_size: "4000mb"
    devices:
      - /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ./storage:/media/frigate
      - type: tmpfs
        target: /tmp/cache
        tmpfs:
          size: 1000000000
    ports:
      - "8971:8971"
      - "5000:5000" # Internal unauthenticated access. Expose carefully.
      - "8554:8554" # RTSP feeds
      - "8555:8555/tcp" # WebRTC over tcp
      - "8555:8555/udp" # WebRTC over udp

Object Detector

CPU (no coral)

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

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Any other information that may be helpful

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NickM-27 · 2025-01-07T16:06:07Z

NickM-27
Jan 7, 2025
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What is the output of hardware info in the system metrics page?

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aaronspindler Jan 8, 2025
Author

If I remove privileged: true from my docker compose file, I get an error saying Error response from daemon: error gathering device information while adding custom device "/dev/dri/renderD128": not a device node

NickM-27 Jan 8, 2025
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Something is weird then, I've not seen anyone have that issue before so seems something is off with the driver or docker installation

NickM-27 Jan 8, 2025
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you could try sudo docker compose up -d and see if there is a difference

aaronspindler Jan 8, 2025
Author

Same issue, I am going to try reinstalling my OS and give this another try.

aaronspindler Jan 17, 2025
Author

Reinstalling did not fix my issues. I have returned the N200 and went with an M4 Mac mini which has proved to be a great decision.

@NickM-27 Thank you very much for the help in trying to debug.

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[Config Support]: hwaccel not working with N200 Beelink EQ13 - unable to read frames from ffmpeg process #15874

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