[mythtv-users] Mythtv v35 fails decode with Nvidia NVDEC

[James Abernathy]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM Ryan Patterson <ryan.goat at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> I just upgraded to fixes/35 and it is not working correctly.  Nothing
>> will play when set to use the Nvidia NVDEC video decoder.
>>
>> The error displayed says, "Video Frame Buffering Failed Too Many Times"
>>
>> I switched to VDPAU decoding and playback works.  But I need NVDEC for 4K
>> content.
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>> _____________
>> Ryan Patterson
>> May the wings of liberty never lose a feather.
>>
>>
> What are you seeing? Any log errors?  I have a laptop with hybrid GFX.
> Nvidia and Intel, so I can launch mythfrontend with pure Nvidia or pure
> Intel. Since I've been told that using OpenGL only works best with the
> current software and average CPU.  That even applies to RPI 4. I'm on v35
> on everything so I can test it.
>
> Jim A
>

I did a quick test on my laptop and launched mythfrontend with dedicated
GPU option. NVDEC would not even play for me. I switched to OpenGL High
Quality and it played perfectly. Of course my laptop is pretty good. Intel©
Core™ i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz × 6.

Jim A
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