[mythtv-users] VAAPI failing on playback

[jr]

As I said in another post, I am having troubles managing my STB via IR
blaster.  The overwhelming suggestion was to manage my STB by firewire
instead.  Unfortunately, my MB is a mini itx Intel with one regular
pci-e slot, which is occupied by a nvidia 210 for VDPAU.  So, this
evening, in an attempt to free up that pci-e slot, I decided to test
out VAAPI.

MythTV is giving me CoreContext vaapicontext.cpp:143 (Create) VAAPI:
Error at vaapicontext.cpp:143 (#-1, unknown libva error).  I have
found several posts questioning this error, but no resolutions.

Ubuntu 12.04
DQ67EP Mini-itx (i5)



Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
tv_play.cpp:987 (TV) TV: Creating TV object
Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: N CoreContext
mythmainwindow.cpp:2588 (PauseIdleTimer) Resuming idle timer
Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: N CoreContext
mythmainwindow.cpp:2583 (PauseIdleTimer) Suspending idle timer
Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
tv_play.cpp:1206 (Init) TV: Created TvPlayWindow.
Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
tv_play.cpp:2121 (HandleStateChange) TV: Attempting to change from
None to WatchingVideo
Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:1178 (CheckProtoVersion) Using protocol version 72
Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:1178 (CheckProtoVersion) Using protocol version 72
Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
audio/audiopulsehandler.cpp:320 (SuspendInternal) Pulse: PulseAudio
suspend OK
Jun 26 20:44:01 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: N CoreContext
audioplayer.cpp:167 (ReinitAudio) AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio

##LOOK HERE
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
vaapicontext.cpp:143 (Create) VAAPI: Error at vaapicontext.cpp:143
(#-1, unknown libva error)
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
vaapicontext.cpp:311 (CreateDisplay) VAAPI: Invalid display
##

Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
avformatdecoder.cpp:2100 (ScanStreams) AFD: Opened codec 0x30812b0,
id(H264) type(Video)
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
avformatdecoder.cpp:1958 (ScanStreams) AFD: codec AAC has 2 channels
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
avformatdecoder.cpp:2100 (ScanStreams) AFD: Opened codec 0x4d03b00,
id(AAC) type(Audio)
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
avformatdecoder.cpp:1958 (ScanStreams) AFD: codec AC3 has 6 channels
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
avformatdecoder.cpp:2100 (ScanStreams) AFD: Opened codec 0x5cec260,
id(AC3) type(Audio)
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:764 (Reconfigure) AO: Opening audio device
'hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0' ch 2(2) sr 48000 sf signed 16 bit r
eenc 0
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:195 (SetPreallocBufferSize) ALSA: Setting
hardware audio buffer size to 128
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:211 (SetPreallocBufferSize) ALSA: Error
opening /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0/prealloc: Permission d
enied.
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:213 (SetPreallocBufferSize) ALSA: Try to
manually increase audio buffer with: echo 128 | sudo tee /p
roc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0/prealloc
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:545 (OpenDevice) ALSA: Unable to
sufficiently increase ALSA hardware buffer size - underruns are lik
ely
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:975 (OpenMixer) ALSA: no playback control
PCM found on mixer device default
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:550 (OpenDevice) ALSA: Unable to open audio
mixer. Volume control disabled
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
mythpainter_ogl.cpp:62 (ClearCache) Clearing OpenGL painter cache.

##WHY IS IT TRYING TO USE VDPAU?  DEFAULT FALL BACK?
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1539 (CreateDevice) VDPAU: Error at
mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1539 (#1, Unknown)
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1543 (CreateDevice) VDPAU: Failed to create VDPAU
device.
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
mythrender_vdpau.cpp:389 (Create) VDPAU: No VDPAU device
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
mythrender_vdpau.cpp:405 (Create) VDPAU: Failed to create VDPAU render
device.
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E CoreContext
videoout_vdpau.cpp:147 (InitRender) VidOutVDPAU: Failed to initialise
VDPAU
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
openglvideo.cpp:230 (Init) GLVid: Using custom UYVY input textures.
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
mythplayer.cpp:1738 (InitAVSync) Player(3): Video timing method: DRM
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
tv_play.cpp:5167 (StartPlayer) TV: Created player.
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
tv_play.cpp:2358 (HandleStateChange) TV: Changing from None to
WatchingVideo
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
tv_play.cpp:2449 (HandleStateChange) TV: Main UI disabled.
Jun 26 20:44:02 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
tv_play.cpp:378 (StartTV) TV: Entering main playback loop.
Jun 26 20:44:35 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: E Decoder
avformatdecoder.cpp:4374 (GetFrame) decoding error#012#011#011#011eno:
Broken pipe (32)
Jun 26 20:44:36 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
tv_play.cpp:2121 (HandleStateChange) TV: Attempting to change from
WatchingVideo to None
Jun 26 20:44:36 Jotun mythfrontend[5694]: I CoreContext
audio/audiopulsehandler.cpp:320 (SuspendInternal) Pulse: PulseAudio
resume OK