How to get an IMFTransform that is d3d_aware (To encode input from Windows Duplication API to H264)?

Question

The next code should give inputInfo and outputInfo configuration to get a IMFTransform back, and this IMFTransform be used to encode ID3D11Texture2D(with format DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM) to H264

I understand the format DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM can be taken as a MFVideoFormat_NV12 on a IMFTranform that is D3D_AWARE . But i'm having problems to get a IMFTranform that is D3D_AWARE

MFT_REGISTER_TYPE_INFO inputInfo = { MFMediaType_Video, MFVideoFormat_NV12 };
MFT_REGISTER_TYPE_INFO outputInfo = { MFMediaType_Video, MFVideoFormat_H264 };

MFT_OUTPUT_STREAM_INFO mosiBuffer;

UINT32 unFlags = MFT_ENUM_FLAG_SYNCMFT | MFT_ENUM_FLAG_LOCALMFT | MFT_ENUM_FLAG_SORTANDFILTER;

CatchError( MFTEnumEx(
    MFT_CATEGORY_VIDEO_ENCODER,
    unFlags,
    &inputInfo,      // Input type 
    &outputInfo,       // Output type 
    &ppActivate,
    &count
),(LPSTR)"Line 385");

CatchError(ppActivate[0]->ActivateObject(
    __uuidof(IMFTransform),
    (void**)& pTransform
),(LPSTR)"Line 392");

CatchError(pTransform->ProcessMessage(MFT_MESSAGE_NOTIFY_BEGIN_STREAMING, NULL),(LPSTR)"Line 396");

IMFAttributes* imfAttributes;
CatchError(pTransform->GetAttributes(&imfAttributes), (LPSTR)"Error getAttributes from pTransform");
CatchError(imfAttributes->GetUINT32(MF_SA_D3D_AWARE,0), (LPSTR)"Error pTranform not D3D_AWARE");;

On the last lines, when i do :

CatchError(pTransform->GetAttributes(&imfAttributes), (LPSTR)"Error getAttributes from pTransform");
CatchError(imfAttributes->GetUINT32(MF_SA_D3D_AWARE,0), (LPSTR)"Error pTranform not D3D_AWARE");

i get the error "Error pTranform not D3D_AWARE", I don't know how to get a pTranform that is D3D_AWARE

I tried some programs on my computer with this Windows Duplication API, that then encodes it to H264 and they work

thanks in advance

Beginning in Windows 8, if using Direct3D 11 use `MF_SA_D3D11_AWARE`. — Jeffreys, Nov 20 '19 at 01:58
I've tried, still not available i'm looking , maybe the solution is using FFMPEG library, i'm researching if this encoder adjusts to the hardware of the computer , or only works with NVENC(Nvidia graphics card), and if it supports DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM as input — Ezequiel Berazategui, Nov 20 '19 at 23:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '19 at 22:13

You will have hard time to use Direct3D [9] aware transform with ID3D11Texture2D so you need Direct3D 11 awareness and, respectively, MF_SA_D3D11_AWARE.

Typical attributes for Intel H.264 video encoder MFT:

## Intel® Quick Sync Video H.264 Encoder MFT

11 Attributes:

 * MFT_TRANSFORM_CLSID_Attribute: {4BE8D3C0-0515-4A37-AD55-E4BAE19AF471} (Type VT_CLSID)
 * MF_TRANSFORM_FLAGS_Attribute: MFT_ENUM_FLAG_HARDWARE
 * MFT_ENUM_HARDWARE_VENDOR_ID_Attribute: VEN_8086 (Type VT_LPWSTR)
 * MFT_ENUM_HARDWARE_URL_Attribute: AA243E5D-2F73-48c7-97F7-F6FA17651651 (Type VT_LPWSTR)
 * MFT_INPUT_TYPES_Attributes: {3231564E-3961-42AE-BA67-FF47CCC13EED}, MFVideoFormat_NV12, MFVideoFormat_ARGB32
 * MFT_OUTPUT_TYPES_Attributes: MFVideoFormat_H264, MFVideoFormat_H264_HDCP
 * MFT_CODEC_MERIT_Attribute: 7 (Type VT_UI4)
 * MFT_SUPPORT_DYNAMIC_FORMAT_CHANGE: 1 (Type VT_UI4)
 * MF_TRANSFORM_ASYNC: 1 (Type VT_UI4)

### IMFTransform

 * Streams: Input 1, Output 1

#### Attributes

 * MF_SA_D3D11_AWARE: 1 (Type VT_UI4) <<---------------------------------
 * MFT_ENUM_HARDWARE_URL_Attribute: AA243E5D-2F73-48c7-97F7-F6FA17651651 (Type VT_LPWSTR)
 * MFT_ENUM_HARDWARE_VENDOR_ID_Attribute: VEN_8086 (Type VT_LPWSTR)
 * MFT_SUPPORT_DYNAMIC_FORMAT_CHANGE: 1 (Type VT_UI4)
 * MFT_TRANSFORM_CLSID_Attribute: {4BE8D3C0-0515-4A37-AD55-E4BAE19AF471} (Type VT_CLSID)
 * MF_VIDEO_MAX_MB_PER_SEC: 1165381 (Type VT_UI4)
 * MFT_GFX_DRIVER_VERSION_ID_Attribute: 0 (Type VT_UI8)
 * MF_TRANSFORM_ASYNC: 1 (Type VT_UI4)

Note that three is no Direct3D 9 awareness markup (all in all, this is already out of date).

You can use MediaFoundationVideoEncoderTransforms tool to check available encoder MFTs and their properties interactively.

Next thing is that you filter transforms with MFT_ENUM_FLAG_SYNCMFT criteria. This will filter out all hardware-assisted encoders and the MFT you are getting is Microsoft's software H.264 encoder. It is neither Direct3D 9 nor Direct3D 11 aware - keep this in mind. You probably need to update your code to pick up hardware encoders.

This is the one you get:

## H264 Encoder MFT

6 Attributes:

 * MFT_TRANSFORM_CLSID_Attribute: {6CA50344-051A-4DED-9779-A43305165E35} (Type VT_CLSID, CLSID_CMSH264EncoderMFT)
 * MF_TRANSFORM_FLAGS_Attribute: MFT_ENUM_FLAG_SYNCMFT
 * MFT_INPUT_TYPES_Attributes: MFVideoFormat_IYUV, MFVideoFormat_YV12, MFVideoFormat_NV12, MFVideoFormat_YUY2
 * MFT_OUTPUT_TYPES_Attributes: MFVideoFormat_H264

### IMFTransform

 * Stream Limits: Input 1..1, Output 1..1
 * Streams: Input 1, Output 1

#### Attributes

 * MFT_ENCODER_SUPPORTS_CONFIG_EVENT: 1 (Type VT_UI4)

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I took out the MFT_ENUM_FLAG_SYNCMFT filter , still isn't D3DAware I used that program , i applied the filter Subtype : MFVideoFormat_H264, i got the same results you quoted I'm starting to think that my computer isn't able to encode this , and/or my program with this encoding method won't be running on a generic computer , I don't know any other encoder with a track record of working with DirectX samples thanks in advance — Ezequiel Berazategui, Dec 19 '19 at 20:27

How to get an IMFTransform that is d3d_aware (To encode input from Windows Duplication API to H264)?

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