[mythtv-users] ffmpeg vs vdpau decode for h264

[Paul Gardiner]

On 18/05/2019 15:19, Tom Dexter wrote:
> On 5/18/19, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
>>>> That is this file:
>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxFVkl63-lEbVptTVZ2NENURHM/view?usp=sharing
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested to see if others find the same behavior. Most
>>>> importantly, I'd love to see if someone running 29.1 and using vdpau
>>>> can play this in mythtv with vdpau decoding.
>>
>> Plays under 29.1 using vdpau for me. That's on an oldish ION-based ZBox.
>> Strangely, although "Video" shows it to be 1920x1080p50, "FPS" shows
>> 25.1. I have other p50 videos, albeit 720, that show "FPS" as 50 while
>> playing.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> 	Paul.
> 
> Very interesting...thanks for testing that! I just posted a link in
> that bug to this, which is another better example that falls back to
> software in mythtv:
> 
> http://jell.yfish.us/media/jellyfish-60-mbps-hd-h264.mkv

No problem playing that with vdpau under 29.1 either.