[mythtv-users] GTX295 and problems with Internal Player and VDPAU

Jongi jongitech at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 08:54:31 UTC 2010


Hi,

I am having problems with the Internal player and VDPAU on my GTX295 
using Debian Unstable (64-bit).

I get the following error when I try to use it:
2010-07-15 09:57:54.963 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingVideo
2010-07-15 09:57:55.517 AFD: Opened codec 0x141a7d0, id(H264) type(Video)
2010-07-15 09:57:55.517 AFD: codec AC3 has 6 channels
2010-07-15 09:57:55.517 AFD: Opened codec 0x141af60, id(AC3) type(Audio)
2010-07-15 09:57:55.647 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr 48000 
(reenc 0)
2010-07-15 09:57:55.647 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
ALSA lib control.c:902:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL /dev/mixer
2010-07-15 09:57:55.682 AudioOutput Warning: Mixer attach error -2: No 
such file or directory
                         Check Mixer Name in Setup: '/dev/mixer'
2010-07-15 09:57:56.555 VDPAU Error: Error at mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1478 
(#1, Unknown)
2010-07-15 09:57:56.555 VDPAU Error: Failed to create VDPAU device.
2010-07-15 09:57:56.555 VDPAU Error: No VDPAU device
2010-07-15 09:57:56.555 Failed to create VDPAU render device.
2010-07-15 09:57:56.555 VidOutVDPAU Error: Failed to initialise VDPAU
2010-07-15 09:57:56.556 VideoOutput, Error: Not compiled with any 
useable video output method.
2010-07-15 09:57:56.556 NVP(0), Error: Couldn't create VideoOutput 
instance. Exiting..
2010-07-15 09:57:56.556 Unable to initialize video.

These are the packages installed:
ii  nvidia-glx                                  
195.36.24-4                       NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                        
20100522+1                        NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                          
195.36.24-4                       NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
ii  nvidia-kernel-source                        
195.36.24-4                       NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii  nvidia-libvdpau1                            
195.36.24-4                       NVIDIA vdpau libraries (transitional 
package
ii  nvidia-settings                             
195.36.24-1                       Tool for configuring the NVIDIA 
graphics dri
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver                         
195.36.24-4                       NVIDIA vdpau driver

ii  libvdpau-dev                                
0.4-5                             Video Decode and Presentation API for 
Unix (
ii  libvdpau1                                   
0.4-5                             Video Decode and Presentation API for 
Unix (
ii  nvidia-libvdpau1                            
195.36.24-4                       NVIDIA vdpau libraries (transitional 
package
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver                         
195.36.24-4                       NVIDIA vdpau driver

ii  gstreamer0.10-x264                          
0.10.15-0.1                       GStreamer x264 plugin
ii  libx264-98                                  
1:0.svn20100620-0.1               x264 video coding library
ii  libx264-dev                                 
1:0.svn20100620-0.1               development files for libx264
ii  x264                                        
1:0.svn20100603-0.0               video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC 
stand

ii  gir1.0-gstreamer-0.10                       
0.10.29-1                         Description: GObject introspection 
data for
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa                          
0.10.29-4                         GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg                        
0.10.10-1                         FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-lame                          
0.10.15-0.1                       GStreamer lame plugin
ii  gstreamer0.10-nice                          
0.0.12-1                          ICE library (GStreamer plugin)
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad                   
0.10.18.2-2                       GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base                  
0.10.29-4                         GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good                  
0.10.23-4                         GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly                  
0.10.15-1                         GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-tools                         
0.10.29-1                         Tools for use with GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-x                             
0.10.29-4                         GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
ii  gstreamer0.10-x264                          
0.10.15-0.1                       GStreamer x264 plugin
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0             
0.10.29-4                         GStreamer libraries from the "base" set
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0                          
0.10.29-1                         Core GStreamer libraries and elements

ii  ffmpeg                                      
5:0.6~svn20100603-0.0             audio/video encoder, streaming server 
& audi
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg                        
0.10.10-1                         FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer

lspci -v gives the following:
02:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch for GTX 295 
(rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
         Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
         I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000bfff
         Memory behind bridge: f2000000-f9dfffff
         Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 
00000000c0000000-00000000dfffffff
         Capabilities: <access denied>

03:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch for GTX 295 
(rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
         Bus: primary=03, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
         I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
         Memory behind bridge: f2000000-f5ffffff
         Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 
00000000c0000000-00000000cfffffff
         Capabilities: <access denied>

03:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch for GTX 295 
(rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
         Bus: primary=03, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
         I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
         Memory behind bridge: f6000000-f9dfffff
         Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 
00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
         Capabilities: <access denied>

04:00.0 3D controller: nVidia Corporation GT200 [GeForce GTX 295] (rev a1)
         Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device 2505
         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24
         Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
         Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
         Memory at f2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
         I/O ports at ac00 [size=128]
         [virtual] Expansion ROM at f4f80000 [disabled] [size=512K]
         Capabilities: <access denied>
         Kernel driver in use: nvidia

05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200 [GeForce GTX 
295] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
         Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device 2505
         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 35
         Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
         Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
         Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
         I/O ports at bc00 [size=128]
         [virtual] Expansion ROM at f9d80000 [disabled] [size=512K]
         Capabilities: <access denied>
         Kernel driver in use: nvidia

Any ideas as to the cause?
Regards,
Jongi
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