Latest FFMPEG with Intel QSV upgrade

install_ffmpeg_qsv.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

echo "======================================"
echo "   FFmpeg Latest + Intel QSV Installer"
echo "======================================"
echo ""

# ---------- UPDATE ----------
echo "[1/8] Updating system..."
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install -y software-properties-common wget gpg

# ---------- ADD INTEL GRAPHICS REPO ----------
echo "[2/8] Adding Intel oneVPL repository..."
wget -qO - https://repositories.intel.com/graphics/intel-graphics.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb https://repositories.intel.com/graphics/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"
sudo apt update -y

# ---------- INSTALL INTEL MEDIA/QSV RUNTIME ----------
echo "[3/8] Installing Intel Media SDK + oneVPL..."
sudo apt install -y \
    intel-media-va-driver-non-free \
    libmfx1 libmfxgen1 libvpl2 \
    libvpl-dev libmfx-dev \
    intel-opencl-icd level-zero \
    vainfo

# ---------- INSTALL BUILD DEPENDENCIES ----------
echo "[4/8] Installing FFmpeg build dependencies..."
sudo apt install -y \
    autoconf automake build-essential cmake git libtool pkg-config \
    libssl-dev libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libsdl2-dev libva-dev \
    libvdpau-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev \
    texinfo yasm nasm zlib1g-dev libx264-dev libx265-dev libnuma-dev \
    libvpx-dev libfdk-aac-dev libopus-dev libmp3lame-dev \
    libdrm-dev libva-drm2 libva2

# ---------- ADD USER TO VIDEO/RENDER ----------
echo "[5/8] Adding user to video/render groups..."
sudo usermod -aG video $USER
sudo usermod -aG render $USER

# ---------- DOWNLOAD FFMPEG SOURCE ----------
echo "[6/8] Downloading latest FFmpeg..."
cd /tmp
rm -rf ffmpeg-qsv
git clone https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg-qsv
cd ffmpeg-qsv

# use latest stable
git checkout release/8.1 || true

# ---------- CONFIGURE FFMPEG ----------
echo "[7/8] Configuring FFmpeg with QSV support..."
./configure \
  --prefix=/usr/local \
  --enable-gpl \
  --enable-nonfree \
  --enable-libx264 \
  --enable-libx265 \
  --enable-libvpx \
  --enable-libfdk-aac \
  --enable-libopus \
  --enable-libass \
  --enable-libmp3lame \
  --enable-openssl \
  --enable-libmfx \
  --enable-libvpl \
  --enable-vaapi \
  --enable-libdrm \
  --enable-fast-unaligned \
  --enable-pthreads \
  --enable-qsv \
  --extra-libs="-lmfx -lvpl"

# ---------- BUILD & INSTALL ----------
echo "[8/8] Building FFmpeg (this may take 5-20 minutes)..."
make -j$(nproc)

echo "Installing FFmpeg..."
sudo make install
hash -r

echo ""
echo "======================================"
echo "     Installation Completed!"
echo "======================================"
echo ""

echo "Checking QSV hardware..."
vainfo || echo "[WARN] vainfo failed — check iGPU drivers."

echo "Checking FFmpeg QSV encoders..."
ffmpeg -encoders | grep qsv || echo "[WARN] QSV encoders not found."

echo ""
echo "Run this to verify:"
echo "  ffmpeg -hwaccels"
echo "  ffmpeg -encoders | grep qsv"
echo ""
echo "You MUST logout/login for video/render group changes to take effect."