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

[James Abernathy]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
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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.
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>>> The error displayed says, "Video Frame Buffering Failed Too Many Times"
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>>> 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.
>>>
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>> 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.
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>> Jim A
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> 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.
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> Jim A
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I switched my laptop to Nvidia GPU only and rebooted. I got the same error
as you. However, using OpenGL High Quality was a perfect picture on the
Nvidia..

Jim A
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