[mythtv-users] VaAPI Error

Igor Cicimov icicimov at gmail.com
Mon Jan 20 21:13:07 UTC 2014


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Igor Cicimov <icicimov at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 6:32 PM, <CACook at quantum-sci.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:59:24 +1100
>> Igor Cicimov <icicimov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I had vaapi working in myth 0.23, 0.25 and 0.27 on mytbuntu-12.04
>> > combined be+fe with hd6570 hooked to a tv via hdmi. It was working
>> > fine till it started segfaulting occasionally and also was not able
>> > to play mp4 files for some reason which was the main reason for me to
>> > eventually switch to different profile. Never got to the bottom of it
>> > due to lack of time. My myth fe box though ubuntu-12.04 with myth
>> > 0.27 and amd a4-4000 cpu still works with vaapi profile no issues at
>> > all. Hdmi output as well to a 21" monitor.
>> > Have you tried vaapi with 0.27? Whats the radeon card on your system?
>> > (Sorry the pastebin has expired)
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>> Thanks for the confirm.
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>> There are two settings to consider: Settings|Appearance|Painter, and
>> Settings|Video|Playback|Profile.  How do you have each of these set?
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> Painter has to be set to OpenGL otherwise you can't use VAAPI profile:
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> For the profile settings I have:
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> Playback profile: VAAPI
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> if rez >= 1920 1080 & > 0 0 vaapi and opengl
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> Decoder: VAAPI acceleration
> Max CPUs: 2
> Deblocking filter: ticked
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> Video renderer: opengl vaapi
> OSD renderer: opengl2
> OSD fade: ticked
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>> I'm running the Myth 'nightlies', and nothing has improved for the past
>> two months. (I'm without TV)  I apply a special patch, which is rather
>> complex and would be quite an ordeal to adapt to 0.27. (And is unrelated to
>> playback)  I have a Radeon HD 7990.
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>> Including my system info just in case:

igorc at silverstone:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6410D
OpenGL version string: 4.2.11627 Compatibility Profile Context

igorc at silverstone:~$ vainfo
libva: VA-API version 0.32.0
libva: User requested driver 'xvba'
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/va/drivers/xvba_drv_video.so
libva: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 0.32 (libva 1.0.15)
vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems XvBA backend for VA-API -
0.8.0
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
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