HDMI-RX

Note

HDMI-RX is only available on Genio 1200-EVK.

Note

Cmd operations and test results presented in this chapter are based on the IoT Yocto v23.1 and Genio 1200-EVK board.

High-Definition Multimedia Interface Receiver (HDMI-RX)

The High-definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) RX IP supports video data and audio packet data reception according to the HDMI standard specification. The HDMIRX module receives uncompressed digital data streams in TMDS format from an HDMI-compatible source device and decodes the video, audio and control data based on HDMI Specification 2.0b.

Architecture

HDMI-RX Architecture

HDMI-RX Architecture

The three major drivers for the HDMI-RX:

  • HDMIRX driver - HDMIRX HW control

  • V4L2 capture device - for receiving video frame

  • ALSA audio source - for receiving audio bitstream

While HDMI timing(video) locked, a V4L2 capture device, named mdp-capture, will be registered. And also, ALSA source hdmi_rx can be used for recording after HDMI-RX audio locked.

Features

The HDMIRX supports the following video features:

  • Deep Color mode: up to 10 bits

  • Maximum operating frequency: up to 594 MHz

  • Video color space options: RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:2:2 (ITU BT.601 and BT.709), YCbCr 4:4:4 (ITU BT.601 and BT.709), and YCbCr 4:2:0

  • SD mode resolutions:

    • 720 x 480p @ 59.94/60 Hz

    • 720 x 576p @ 50 Hz

  • HD/FHD/UFHD mode resolutions:

    • 1280 x 720p @ 59.94/60/50 Hz

    • 1920 x 1080p @ 59.94/60/50 Hz

    • 1920 x 1080p @ 23.97/24 Hz

    • 1920 x 1080p @ 25 Hz

    • 1920 x 1080p @ 29.97/30 Hz

    • 3840 x 2160p @ 29.97/30 Hz

    • 3840 x 2160p @ 59.94/60/50 Hz

The HDMIRX supports the following audio features:

  • Single Linear Pulse Code (LPC) S/PDIF IEC60958 (up to 192 kHz and up to 24 bits), 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz

  • Multi-channel Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) input (maximum 8 channels)

Additionally, the HDMIRX supports the following features:

  • Internal Extended Display Identification Data (EDID), 512 bytes

  • Compatibility with Digital Visual Interface (DVI) 1.0

  • Single Hot-Plug Detect (HPD) line

HDMI-RX Tool

The hdmirx_tool is an executable program that used for checking hdmirx information.

It includes following function:

  • Enable / disable HDMIRX

  • Check HDMI cable connection

  • Get device info

  • Check video signal (locked / unlocked)

  • Get video info

  • Check audio signal (locked / unlocked)

  • Get audio info

  • Retrieve hdmirx events (via UEVENT)

HDMI-RX Tool Menu

HDMI-RX Tool Menu

Manual controlled with input key:

  • ‘1’ to enable hdmirx (HW power on)

  • ‘2’ to disable hdmirx (HW power off)

  • ‘4’ to check cable status

'hdmirx_tool' Cable Status

‘hdmirx_tool’ Cable Status

  • ‘3’ to get device info

'hdmirx_tool' Device Info

‘hdmirx_tool’ Cable Status

  • ‘6’ to check video lock status

'hdmirx_tool' Video Lock Status

‘hdmirx_tool’ Video Lock Status

  • ‘5’ to get video info

'hdmirx_tool' Video Info

‘hdmirx_tool’ Video Info

  • ‘8’ to check audio lock status

'hdmirx_tool' Audio Lock Status

‘hdmirx_tool’ Audio Lock Status

  • ‘7’ to get audio info

'hdmirx_tool' Audio Info

‘hdmirx_tool’ Audio Info

  • ‘a’/‘b’ to start/stop observing (notification via UEVENT)

'hdmirx_tool' Start Observing

‘hdmirx_tool’ Start Observing

  • Example – Observing “Cable Plug-out” flow

'hdmirx_tool' Plugout Cable

Plugout Cable Flow

'hdmirx_tool' Notifications

Notifications

HDMI-RX Usage with Gstreamer

On IoT Yocto, the hdmirx video capture device is register as a V4L2 capture device. GStreamer is integrated to provide wrapper plugins over the V4L2 interface and to assist in setting up video processing pipelines.

Note

The input source of following examples is 4K60fps video and 48KHz-24bits-2ch audio.

The mdp-capture device is registered as /dev/video5 and the ALSA device is hdmi_rx.

Example: Capture Preview

The following examples use GStreamer v4l2src plug-in for the HDMI-RX video capture device.

Note

The output format and size are MUST given in the command. Please refer to MDP Video Capture formats for the format list.

gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video5 ! video/x-raw,width=3840,height=2160,format=YUY2 ! queue ! \
fpsdisplaysink video-sink=waylandsink text-overlay=false
capture-preview-performace

Capture Preview with FPS Info

Example: Video and Audio Recording

The following examples use GStreamer v4l2h264enc plug-in for hardware-accelerated video encoding, alsasrc for ALSA audio source to encode & mux a 10 seconds video.

gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video5 num-buffers=600 ! video/x-raw,width=3840,height=2160,format=NV12 ! queue ! \
v4l2h264enc output-io-mode=dmabuf-import capture-io-mode=mmap ! queue ! h264parse ! qtmux name=mux ! filesink location=out_3840x2160.mp4 \
alsasrc device=hdmi_rx num-buffers=1000 ! audio/x-raw,format=S24LE,rate=48000,channels=2 ! audioconvert ! queue ! mux.audio_0

Example: Video Encoding with Snapshot

To encode 4K60fps video for 10 sec and do snapshot (by v4l2jpegenc) every second.

gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video5 io-mode=dmabuf num-buffers=600 ! video/x-raw,width=3840,height=2160,format=NV12 ! tee name=t \
t. ! queue ! videorate ! 'video/x-raw,framerate=1/1' ! v4l2jpegenc ! jpegparse ! multifilesink location=ss_%03d.jpeg \
t. ! queue ! v4l2h264enc output-io-mode=dmabuf-import capture-io-mode=mmap ! queue ! h264parse ! matroskamux ! filesink location=h264.mkv