ffmpeg w vmaf

ffmpeg_vmaf.sh

# ffmpeg v8 with cuda 13.1 on Ubuntu 24.04 on WSL2 with optional support of CUDA for RTX 5000 series (SM_120)

# https://docs.nvidia.com/video-technologies/video-codec-sdk/13.0/ffmpeg-with-nvidia-gpu/index.html#compiling-for-linux
# https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Ubuntu

# https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads (if you want CUDA)
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/wsl-ubuntu/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install cuda-toolkit-13-1
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH

# install required packages for compilation
sudo apt -y install autoconf automake build-essential cmake git-core libass-dev libc6 libc6-dev libfreetype6-dev libgnutls28-dev libmp3lame-dev libnuma1 libnuma-dev libsdl2-dev libtool libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev meson ninja-build pkg-config texinfo unzip wget yasm zlib1g-dev

# install nvidia codec headers (if you want CUDA)
git clone https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git
cd nv-codec-headers && sudo make install && cd –

# prepare for ffmpeg build
mkdir -p ~/ffmpeg_sources ~/bin
sudo apt install nasm libx264-dev libx265-dev libnuma-dev libvpx-dev libfdk-aac-dev libopus-dev libdav1d-dev libunistring-dev libaom-dev

# AV1 encoder (we use v3 because v4 has issue with ffmpeg 8 : error: ‘EbSvtAv1EncConfiguration’ has no member named ‘enable_adaptive_quantization’)
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources && \
git -C SVT-AV1 pull 2> /dev/null || git clone https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1.git && cd SVT-AV1 && git checkout v3.1.2 && \
mkdir -p build && cd build && \
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_DEC=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF .. && \
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make -j $(nproc) && \
make install

# VMAF
## meson utils for build configure
sudo apt install -y python3-pip && pip3 install --user meson
## vmaf lib
cd ~/'ffmpeg_sources' && git -C vmaf pull 2> /dev/null || git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Netflix/vmaf.git && mkdir -p 'vmaf/libvmaf/build' && cd 'vmaf/libvmaf/build'
### Modifying the line from the ffmpeg guide to add -Denable_cuda=true and -Denable_avx512=true
### Remove -Denable_cuda=true if you do not build with CUDA support
meson setup -Denable_cuda=true -Denable_avx512=true -Denable_tests=false -Denable_docs=false --buildtype=release --default-library=static '..' --prefix "$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --libdir="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib" && ninja && ninja install

# clone ffmpeg source
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources && git clone https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git && cd FFmpeg && git checkout n8.0.1

# adapted line from ffmpeg guide and nvidia guide
## with CUDA support (120 is for RTX 5000 series)
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure \
  --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" \
  --pkg-config-flags="--static" \
  --extra-cflags="-I/usr/local/cuda/include -I$HOME/ffmpeg_build/include" \
  --extra-ldflags="-L/usr/local/cuda/lib64 -L$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib" \
  --extra-libs="-lpthread -lm" \
  --ld="g++" \
  --nvccflags="-gencode arch=compute_120,code=sm_120 -O2" \
  --bindir="$HOME/bin" \
  --enable-gpl \
  --enable-gnutls \
  --enable-libaom \
  --enable-libass \
  --enable-libfdk-aac \
  --enable-libfreetype \
  --enable-libmp3lame \
  --enable-libopus \
  --enable-libsvtav1 \
  --enable-libdav1d \
  --enable-libvmaf \
  --enable-libvorbis \
  --enable-libvpx \
  --enable-libx264 \
  --enable-libx265 \
  --enable-nonfree \
  --enable-cuda-nvcc \
  --enable-static \
  --disable-shared
## without CUDA support
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure \
  --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" \
  --pkg-config-flags="--static" \
  --extra-libs="-lpthread -lm" \
  --ld="g++" \
  --bindir="$HOME/bin" \
  --enable-gpl \
  --enable-gnutls \
  --enable-libaom \
  --enable-libass \
  --enable-libfdk-aac \
  --enable-libfreetype \
  --enable-libmp3lame \
  --enable-libopus \
  --enable-libsvtav1 \
  --enable-libdav1d \
  --enable-libvmaf \
  --enable-libvorbis \
  --enable-libvpx \
  --enable-libx264 \
  --enable-libx265 \
  --enable-nonfree \
  --enable-static \
  --disable-shared
## compile now
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make -j $(nproc) && make -j $(nproc) install && hash -r
ls "$HOME/bin/ffmpeg"

# Check build for VMAF support
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
which ffmpeg
ffmpeg -filters | grep -i libvmaf # you should see libvmaf and libvmaf_cuda if compiled