[mythtv] Difficulties with FFmpeg and mediacodec

[Peter Bennett]

On 06/13/2018 11:56 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
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> On 06/13/2018 11:36 AM, David Engel wrote:
>> What you would choose in Setup > Video > Playback > Current Video
>> Playback Profile.  For example, OpenGL Slim, VAAPI Normal, VDPAU High
>> Quality, etc.
>>
>> If you didn't do anything here, how are you getting MythTV to use
>> mediacodec decoding?  Did you just hard code it?
> Oh sorry that is what you mean. I added an entry "mediacodec" to the 
> decoders selection in playback profile entries. I added OpenGL as 
> render option to that.
>
> I did not yet add a default playback profile for this. You have to 
> create a playback profile (called e.g. test) and add an entry with 
> decoder "mediacodec" and render of OpenGL, and select one of the 
> deinterlace methods available. When it is all working I will add a 
> default playback profile with name mediacodec-normal or similar.
>
> From time to time while developing and testing I switch back to an 
> OpenGL profile that uses ffmpeg to make sure that it still works.
>
> There still seems to be a problem with changes to playback profile not 
> taking immediate effect. I need to track that down. In the meantime I 
> restart the frontend to make sure my playback profile change takes 
> effect.
>
> Peter
David

Sorry for my initial slowness to comprehend. I forget that the playback 
profiles are called displayprofiles in the database. I have that in hand 
so you don't need to do anything. Once the actual playback works I will 
commit it all.

Regards
Peter