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/** \page page_dma_buf DMA-BUF sharing
/** \page page_dma_buf DMA-BUF Sharing
PipeWire supports sharing Direct Memory Access buffers (DMA-BUFs) between
clients via the `SPA_DATA_DmaBuf` data type. However properly negotiating
DMA-BUF support on both the producer and the consumer side require following
a specific procedure. This page describes said procedure by using events and
methods from the filter or stream API.
Note: This article focuses mostly on DMA-BUF sharing from arbitrary devices,
like discrete GPUs. For using DMA-BUFs created by v4l2 please refer to the
corresponding paragraph.
# Capability negotiations
# Capability Negotiations
The capability negotiation for DMA-BUFs is complicated by the fact, that a
usable and preferred optimal modifier for a given format can only be
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To prioritise DMA-BUFs place those `SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat` containing modifiers
first, when emitting them to PipeWire.
## param_changed hook
## param_changed Hook
When the `param_changed` hook is called for a `SPA_PARAM_Format` the client
has to parse the `spa_pod` directly. Use
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announce sufficient capabilities or fallback to shared memory buffers when
possible.
### For consumers
### For Consumers
Use `spa_format_video_raw_parse` to get the format and modifier.
### For producers
### For Producers
Producers have to handle two cases when it comes to modifiers wrt. to the
previous announced capabilities: Using only the modifier-less API, only the
modifier aware one, or supporting both.
modifier-aware one, or supporting both.
- modifier-less:
In this case only the modifier `DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID` was announced with
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In this case a list with all supported modifiers will be returned in the format.
(using `DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID` as the token for the modifier-less API).
On the `param_changed` event check if the modifier key is present and has the flag
`SPA_POD_PROP_FLAG_DONT_FIXATE`. attached to it. In this case extract all modifiers
`SPA_POD_PROP_FLAG_DONT_FIXATE` attached to it. In this case extract all modifiers
from the list and do a test allocation with your allocator to choose the preferred
modifier. Fixate on that `EnumFormat` by announcing a `SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat` with
only one modifier in the `SPA_CHOICE_Enum` and without the
`SPA_POD_PROP_FLAG_DONT_FIXATE` flag, followed by the previous announced
`EnumFormat`s. This will retrigger the `param_changed` event with an
`EnumFormat`. This will retrigger the `param_changed` event with an
`SPA_PARAM_Format` as described below.
If the `SPA_PARAM_Format` contains a modifier key, without the flag
`SPA_POD_PROP_FLAG_DONT_FIXATE`, it should only contain one value in the
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possible modifiers contains `DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID`, fall back to allocating
without an explicit modifier if the graphics API allows it.
## add_buffer hook
## add_buffer Hook
This is relevant for producers.
Allocate a DMA-BUF only using the negotiated format and modifier.
## on_event hook
## on_event Hook
This is relevant for consumers.
Check the type of the dequeued buffer. If its `SPA_DATA_MemFd` or
`SPA_DATA_MemPtr` use the fallback SHM import mechanism.
If it's `SPA_DATA_DmaBuf`:
Get the DMA-BUF FDs (the plane count is encoded in the `n_datas` variable of the
If it's `SPA_DATA_DmaBuf`
get the DMA-BUF FDs (the plane count is encoded in the `n_datas` variable of the
`spa_buffer` struct) and import them with the graphics API.
Note: Some graphics APIs have separated functions for the modifier-less case
(`DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID`) or are omitting the modifier, since it might be used
for error handling.
## Example programs
## Example Programs
- \ref video-src-fixate.c "": \snippet{doc} video-src-fixate.c title
- \ref video-play-fixate.c "": \snippet{doc} video-play-fixate.c title
# DMA-BUF mapping warning
# DMA-BUF Mapping Warning
It's important to make sure all consumers of the PipeWire stream are prepared
to deal with DMA-BUFs. Most DMA-BUFs cannot be treated like shared memory in general