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[None][fix] Encode VisualGen video without a GIL-held frame copy - #20575
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The ffmpeg encoder built its stdin payload with video_np.tobytes(). The videos the pipelines return are non-contiguous, so that call is a strided copy of the whole video made while holding the GIL (about 0.6 s for a 124x544x960 clip). In trtllm-serve the encode runs in an executor thread, so the event loop answers no request, status polls included, until the copy returns. Feed ffmpeg memoryview(video_np.reshape(-1)) instead: the same C-order bytes, produced without holding the GIL. The encoded MP4 is byte-identical. Signed-off-by: Yiyun Lu <55233584+luyiyun1021@users.noreply.github.com>
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- Around line 167-169: Update the heartbeat test so the heartbeat thread signals
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Wait until the heartbeat thread has recorded its first interval before calling encode_video, so a GIL-held copy at the start of the encode cannot run before sampling begins. Signed-off-by: Yiyun Lu <55233584+luyiyun1021@users.noreply.github.com>
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🟡 Minor · Record the interval after the heartbeat stops. · test_media_encoding.py:173-182
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winRecord the interval after the heartbeat stops.
The heartbeat can set
samplingbeforeencode_video, then exit immediately whenstopis set. In that schedule,worst_gapdoes not include the interval spanningencode_video, so a GIL-held copy can pass the assertion.Suggested fix
last = now sampling.set() + now = time.perf_counter() + worst_gap[0] = max(worst_gap[0], now - last)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 173-182: Update the heartbeat sampling logic in the test around
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_FfmpegCliEncoder.encode_videopasses a flattened NumPy array to ffmpeg throughmemoryviewinstead of callingtobytes(). This avoids creating a full byte copy before the handoff. The supplied change summary reports no other changes to the encoding or subprocess flow.QA Engineer Review
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tensorrt_llm/media/encoding.py: Verify that ffmpeg receives the expected frame bytes for contiguous and non-contiguous video arrays. Also verify that encoding does not block other threads during frame handoff.Description
_FfmpegCliEncoder.encode_videobuilt ffmpeg's stdin payload withvideo_np.tobytes(). Pipelines return non-contiguous videos, so that call is a strided copy of the whole video made while holding the GIL. Intrtllm-servethe encode runs in an executor thread right after the job status turnspostprocessing, so the event loop answers no HTTP request (status polls included) until the copy returns. A client that polls for completion is stamped late by the length of the copy whenever its poll lands in that window.This PR feeds ffmpeg
memoryview(video_np.reshape(-1)): the same C-order bytes, produced without holding the GIL.Measured on GB200 with a 124x544x960x3 uint8 video, 3 runs each:
With the patched encoder in a running
trtllm-serve(MiniMax-H3, 7 requests), every status poll was answered within 0.023 s of the status change; with the stock encoder, polls that landed in the copy were answered 0.58–0.61 s late.Test Coverage
tests/unittest/visual_gen/test_media_encoding.pypasses with this change.tobytes()path (3 runs).These ran with the patched
encoding.pyon a 37d332f build, whereencoding.py,test_media_encoding.pyandserve/openai_video_routes.pyare identical to currentmain.PR Checklist