[mythtv-users] No VAAPI profile in 0.25-fixes

[Igor Cicimov]

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 09/06/2012 06:55 AM, Igor Cicimov wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Igor Cicimov wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:07 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 08/25/2012 09:11 PM, Igor Cicimov wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've VAAPI libraries installed (Splitted Desktop ones) and vainfo shows
>>>>> the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> libva: libva 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
>>>>> vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems XvBA backend for
>>>>> VA-API
>>>>> - 0.8.0
>>>>> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
>>>>>        VAProfileH264High                :    VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>>        VAProfileVC1Advanced         :    VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>>
>>>>> still when trying to create VAAPI playback profile I don't get the
>>>>> "VAAPI acceleration" decoder option. This is combined Mythbuntu 10.04
>>>>> BE/FE
>>>>> with Radeon HD6570 and OpenGL painter. I have this working great on
>>>>> remote
>>>>> FE with Radeon HD6410 and OpenGL and same drivers from Splitted
>>>>> Desktop.
>>>>> The only difference is that this one is Mythfrontend on Ubuntu 12.04.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any reason why would MythTV not recognize/show vaapi options? Any
>>>>> troubleshooting pointers would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>> mythbackend --version
>>>>
>>>>    $ mythbackend --version
>>> Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
>>> MythTV Version : v0.25.2-16-gd519276
>>> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.25
>>> Network Protocol : 72
>>> Library API : 0.25.20120506-1
>>> QT Version : 4.6.2
>>> Options compiled in:
>>>   linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse
>>> using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
>>> using_bindings_php using_crystalhd using_dvb using_firewire
>>> using_frontend
>>> using_hdhomerun using_ceton using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv
>>> using_joystick_menu using_libcec using_libcrypto using_libdns_sd
>>> using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit
>>> using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_v4l2 using_v4l1 using_x11 using_xrandr
>>> using_xv using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php
>>> using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads
>>> using_live using_mheg using_libxml2
>>>
>>> hmmm I can't see using_vaapi if that is the point.
>>>
>>
> Yes, that's the key.
>
>  $ mythfrontend --version
>> Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
>> MythTV Version : v0.25.2-15-g46cab93
>> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.25
>> Network Protocol : 72
>> Library API : 0.25.20120506-1
>> QT Version : 4.8.1
>> Options compiled in:
>>   linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse
>> using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
>> using_bindings_php using_crystalhd using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend
>> using_hdhomerun using_ceton using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv
>> using_joystick_menu using_libcec using_libcrypto using_libdns_sd
>> using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit
>> using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_v4l2 using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv
>> using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php
>> using_mythtranscode using_opengl *using_vaapi* using_vdpau
>>
>> using_ffmpeg_threads using_live using_mheg using_libass using_libxml2
>>
>> This is on the frontend where VAAPI profile works. It is v0.25.2-15 one
>> minor version behind the backend which is v0.25.2-16 but has vaapi
>> compiled
>> in. So which version of the backend has this working in Mythbuntu? Or I
>> need to be on 12.04 for that?
>>
>


>  Whether you use mythbackend or mythfrontend to call --version, it will
> say using_vaapi if it was compiled to support VA-API.  The backend doesn't
> need any special support for VA-API--you just have to have MythTV compiled
> to support it.  I just had you use mythbackend to find out how your MythTV
> was compiled.
>
> So, you'll just have to find a version of MythTV that was compiled to
> support VA-API.  I don't know if *buntu quit compiling in support because
> it's not very functional or if there's more to the story.
>
>
> Mike
>

I see, thanks for the input Mike.

Cheers,
Igor
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