Install Intel QuickSync Driver and SDK

In order to use QuickSync encoders(currently supported h264_qsv), following packages should be installed. This setup procedure is for ubuntu 18.04. (We've tried to install apt packages for ubuntu 20.04. However we've not succeed.)

QuickSync is supported in Ant Media Server v2.4.0 and later versions.

Basic Requirements

sudo apt install cmake build-essential pkg-config autoconf libtool libdrm-dev libva-dev libx11-dev

Make sure that BIOS settings enables the graphics cards as follows

Chipset > North Bridge > Graphics Configuration

Install GMMLIB

git clone https://github.com/intel/gmmlib.git
cd gmmlib/
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DARCH=64 ..
make 
sudo make install
cd ../..

Install Libva

git clone https://github.com/intel/libva.git
cd libva/
 ./autogen.sh
make 
sudo make install
cd ..

Install Intel Media Driver

git clone https://github.com/intel/media-driver.git
mkdir build_media
cd build_media
cmake ../media-driver
make 
sudo make install
cd ..

Install Intel Media SDK

git clone https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK msdk
cd msdk
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
echo "/opt/intel/mediasdk/lib/" > msdk.conf
sudo mv msdk.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
sudo ldconfig

Install and Configure Ant Media Server

• Just install the Ant Media Server with the traditional way
• Edit the properties file

sudo nano /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/WebRTCAppEE/WEB-INF/red5-web.properties 

Add settings.encoding.encoderName=h264_qsv save and exit from the editor.

• Add antmedia user to video group

sudo usermod -aG video antmedia

• Restart the Ant Media Server

sudo service antmedia restart

• Go to web panel and add adaptive bitrate
• Publish stream with RTMP or WebRTC
• Check the logs if h264_qsv is opened. You should see something like that

2021-06-27 07:17:06,209 [vert.x-worker-thread-2] INFO  i.a.e.adaptive.video.H264Encoder - Video codec opened. Context gop size: 40  keyint mint 25 extradata size: 47 video codec timebase: 1/20  codecName: h264_qsv for stream: stream1