GPU Video analytics module installation

System requirements for Flussonic's GPU video analytics module

• ОS: x64 Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04.

• GPU: Nvidia with at least 6 GB VRAM.

  When choosing a compatible video card, pay attention to the Compute Capability version: Watcher supports Compute Capability 6.1, 7.5 and 8.6. You may refer to the Nvidia website for selecting a video card with supported Compute Capability version.

  See also Calculating video memory for analytics on GPU.

• CPU: 4+ cores

• RAM: 8+ GB
• Flussonic Media Server (in Cluster mode)
• Flussonic Media Server + Watcher (in Single mode)

When these requirements are met, proceed to drivers installation and then install the video analytics module. Please note that the drivers installation process differs depending on your Ubuntu version.

Installing the video card driver

Installing the video card driver for Nvidia on Ubuntu 22.04

wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu2204.pin
sudo mv cuda-ubuntu2204.pin /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/3bf863cc.pub
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/ /"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-driver-525-server --no-install-recommends 

Installing the video card driver for Nvidia on Ubuntu 20.04

wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu2004.pin
sudo mv cuda-ubuntu2004.pin /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/3bf863cc.pub
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/ /"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-driver-525-server --no-install-recommends 

Installing the Flussonic video analytics plugin

After installing the video card driver, you should proceed with installing the Flussonic Vision video analytics plugin. To do this, run the commands:

apt update
apt -y install flussonic-vision --install-suggests