raspberrypi-openmax-h264 | OpenMAX IL example that records an H.264 video

raspberrypi-openmax-h264 is a C library typically used in Internet of Things (IoT), Raspberry Pi applications. raspberrypi-openmax-h264 has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

The Multi-Media Abstraction Layer (MMAL) library provided by Broadcom is not documented, so it’s nearly impossible to understand how to use it. Furthermore, it’s a library that wraps all the OpenMAX IL specification, so if you simply need to record an H.264 video like in this example, you can just ignore that extra layer and talk directly to OpenMAX IL. Once you understand OpenMAX IL, it’s affordable to try to write your own programs without MMAL. In other words, if you are new to the OpenMAX world, it’s better to learn OpenMAX IL than MMAL, which is not documented and only works with Broadcom devices. This example records a 3 second video in H.264 format. The components involved are: camera, video_encode and null_sink.