[mythtv-users] which vdpau driver?

Eyal Lebedinsky eyal at eyal.emu.id.au
Wed Apr 25 07:37:12 UTC 2018


Recently I started having problems with mythfrontend, where it regularly freezes and
at times locks up the machine completely.

I tried different things without success, and finally replaced
	mesa-vdpau-drivers.x86_64 17.2.4-2.fc26
with
	libva-vdpau-driver.x86_64 0.7.4-19.fc26
and it seems to be stable now (early days though). I cannot be sure that this replacement
is the reason for the change in behaviour.

Do these packages provide the same api, and in general which one should I use?

I should mention that the same .ts file that locked up the frontend played without
a hitch using 'mplayer' and 'mplayer -vo vdpau' (before the change) which is why
I suspect an issue with the frontend.

The graphics card is an Nvidia GT-710  with the Nvidia driver
	kmod-nvidia-4.15.17-200.fc26.x86_64.x86_64 3:390.48-1.fc26
naturally  the kernel is 4.15.17-200.fc26.x86_64

The frontend video is set up with "vdpau high quality", full screen 2560x1440.

TIA

-- 
Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)


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