[mythtv-users] vdpau and .mp4 playback

[Gerald Brandt]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert McNamara" <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 6:43:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] vdpau and .mp4 playback
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use MythBuntu 10.10 running .23 fixes.
> >
> > Lately, I've been finding H264 .mkv and .mp4 files that won't
> > (can't?) use vdpau acceleration. From my brief looks at the files,
> > it all looks OK, h264 video at 1280 x 5xx (528 or 544), 24 FPS, and
> > MPEG-4 ACC or Dolby AC-3 audio. I really can't see a difference
> > between one that works, and one that doesn't.
> >
> > Is there anything I can look at? Any idea what may be happening?
> 
> VDPAU only works with certain resolutions. If the resolution is not
> supported by VDPAU, it falls back to software. The supported
> resolution limitations are in the driver notes.
> 
> Robert


That's what I initially thought as well, but I have 4 test files.  Two that play nice (1280 x 528 and 1280 x 544) are the sane resolution as two that don't play nice.  So it's not a resolution issue, I don't think.

Thanks,
Gerald