/// <summary>This method will determine if:
/// 1. Hardware IGP/GPU support is ready with driver support
/// 2. If the software fallback is available.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="verbose">if set to <c>true</c> [verbose].</param>
unsafe public static void HaltIfNotReady(bool verbose = false)
{
string impltext;
mfxStatus sts;
var v = new mfxVersion();
v.Major = 1;
v.Minor = 0;
var session = new mfxSession();
mfxIMPL impl;
bool readySoftware = false;
bool readyHardware = false;
//https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit#Integrated_graphics
sts = UnsafeNativeMethods.MFXInit(mfxIMPL.MFX_IMPL_HARDWARE, &v, &session);
if (sts == mfxStatus.MFX_ERR_UNSUPPORTED)
{
if (verbose)
{
Console.WriteLine("Your computer IS NOT READY for Quick Sync Hardware operations");
Console.WriteLine(" Please check your 1) Drivers 2) Motherboard 3) CPU");
Console.WriteLine(" Please see the LVSDK documentation on system preparation");
}
}
else if (sts == mfxStatus.MFX_ERR_NONE)
{
sts = UnsafeNativeMethods.MFXQueryIMPL(session, &impl);
QuickSyncStatic.ThrowOnBadStatus(sts, "MFXQueryIMPL");
sts = UnsafeNativeMethods.MFXQueryVersion(session, &v);
QuickSyncStatic.ThrowOnBadStatus(sts, "MFXQueryIMPL");
sts = UnsafeNativeMethods.MFXClose(session);
QuickSyncStatic.ThrowOnBadStatus(sts, "MFXClose");
impltext = QuickSyncStatic.ImplementationString(impl);
Console.WriteLine("Your computer IS READY for Quick Sync Hardware operations");
//Console.WriteLine("Implementation = {0}", impltext);
if (verbose)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Version major.minor = {0}.{1}", v.Major, v.Minor);
}
readyHardware = true;
}
else
{
QuickSyncStatic.ThrowOnBadStatus(sts, "MFXInit");
}
if (verbose)
{
Console.WriteLine();
}
sts = UnsafeNativeMethods.MFXInit(mfxIMPL.MFX_IMPL_SOFTWARE, &v, &session);
if (sts == mfxStatus.MFX_ERR_UNSUPPORTED)
{
if (verbose)
{
Console.WriteLine("Your software IS NOT READY for software Quick Sync operations");
Console.WriteLine(" You must replace the dummy libmfxsw64.dll with a genuine Intel copy");
Console.WriteLine(" Install either free:\"Media Server Studio\" or \"Intel Media SDK\" to fix this");
Console.WriteLine(" Please see the LVSDK documentation on system preparation");
}
}
else if (sts == mfxStatus.MFX_ERR_NONE)
{
sts = UnsafeNativeMethods.MFXQueryIMPL(session, &impl);
QuickSyncStatic.ThrowOnBadStatus(sts, "MFXQueryIMPL");
sts = UnsafeNativeMethods.MFXQueryVersion(session, &v);
QuickSyncStatic.ThrowOnBadStatus(sts, "MFXQueryIMPL");
sts = UnsafeNativeMethods.MFXClose(session);
QuickSyncStatic.ThrowOnBadStatus(sts, "MFXClose");
impltext = QuickSyncStatic.ImplementationString(impl);
Console.WriteLine("Your software IS READY for software Quick Sync operations");
//Console.WriteLine(" Implementation = {0}", impltext);
if (verbose)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Version major.minor = {0}.{1}", v.Major, v.Minor);
}
readySoftware = true;
}
else
{
QuickSyncStatic.ThrowOnBadStatus(sts, "MFXInit");
}
if (verbose)
{
Console.WriteLine();
}
if (!readyHardware && !readySoftware)
{
Console.WriteLine("You are not properly configured for either: A) GPU/IGP Quick Sync B) Software fallback");
Console.WriteLine("You may not continue until you fix one option for Quick Sync coding");
Console.WriteLine("Press a key to exit");
Console.ReadKey();
Environment.Exit(-1);
}
Console.WriteLine();
}