vdpau & vlc

[Spulit]

Hi,

Did you set

ffmpeg-hw=1

in your vlcrc config file?

[ksng]

I found that the vlc compile process doesn't flag out errors when there're missing headers/libraries included, at least when building the ffmpeg extension. Below are the stupid and dirty steps I've followed to successfully build from VLC 1.1 GIT under Ubuntu 8.04 environment:

1. Modify ../modules/codec/avcodec/avcodec.h to uncomment the last line, to make it become:
#define HAVE_AVCODEC_VAAPI 1

2. Modify ../modules/codec/avcodec/vaapi.c to insert the followings at around line 50 (after the #include(s) ):

struct vaapi_context {
void *display;
uint32_t config_id;
uint32_t context_id;
uint32_t pic_param_buf_id;
uint32_t iq_matrix_buf_id;
uint32_t bitplane_buf_id;
uint32_t *slice_buf_ids;
unsigned int n_slice_buf_ids;
unsigned int slice_buf_ids_alloc;
void *slice_params;
unsigned int slice_param_size;
unsigned int slice_params_alloc;
unsigned int slice_count;
const uint8_t *slice_data;
uint32_t slice_data_size;
};

The thing is 'vaapi_context' is defined in avcodec.h of libavcodec, but it is not included. So I just added it locally.

3. Modify ../modules/codec/avcodec/vaapi.c again to add the following #include(s) at around line 49 after '#include <X11/Xlib.h>':

#include <X11/Xutil.h>
#include <va/va.h>

The thing is that 'XOpenDisplay()' is defined in Xutil.h, and 'vaInitialize()' is defined in va.h, but both headers are not included. The compile process doesn't flag out any error for their missing, but it is just that the ffmpeg extension is not included in the built vlc ('vlc --list |grep -i ffmpeg' won't show anything).

4. For the build scripts, my stupid way is just to modify vlc-config.in.in for the 'libs' line at around line 22 to:
libs="-lX11 -lva -lva-x11"

The change will also be made to vlc-config.in and vlc-config after './configure'.

The 3 libraries are required just for avcodec, so a more elegant way should be to add them under the avcodec section.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

1 is right
2 is not
4. just add it to configure.ac

[ksng]

I found if I perform my step 1 but not step 2, then compilation would abort with following error:

=== quote ===
gcc -std=gnu99 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -DSYS_LINUX -I/usr/local/include -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D__USE_UNIX98 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -D__LIBVLC__ -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_NAME=avcodec -DMODULE_NAME_IS_avcodec -DMODULE_STRING=\"avcodec\" -O2 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -mtune=pentium2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/local/include -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Wundef -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes -Wvolatile-register-var -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -MT libavcodec_plugin_la-vaapi.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libavcodec_plugin_la-vaapi.Tpo -c vaapi.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libavcodec_plugin_la-vaapi.o
In file included from ../../../include/vlc_common.h:490,
from vaapi.c:28:
../../../include/vlc_mtime.h:80: warning: ‘error’ attribute directive ignored
../../../include/vlc_mtime.h:90: warning: ‘warning’ attribute directive ignored
../../../include/vlc_mtime.h:108: warning: ‘error’ attribute directive ignored
vaapi.c:70: error: field ‘hw_ctx’ has incomplete type
make[6]: *** [libavcodec_plugin_la-vaapi.lo] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/ksng/install/vlc_100_pre/vlc/modules/codec/avcodec'
make[5]: *** [all] Error 2
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/ksng/install/vlc_100_pre/vlc/modules/codec/avcodec'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
=== unquote ===

I've tried adding '#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h> to vaapi.c, but it resulted in other errors. So I did a dirty job of adding vaapi_context definition locally. I don't know what's wrong with my environment.

[ksng]

I would like to confirm that in my case, vdpau in vlc is working successfully. Test materials are Hong Kong DVB HD broadcasts, which before vlc-vaapi, exhausted usage of one CPU to constant 100% but still got stops and goes for the video output, and now it is 15 to 20% and materials are mostly played OK (see below).

For sake of interest, comparison of various players are:

1. mplayer-vdpau : fails to play Hong Kong DVB broadcasts - it plays them in slow motion
2. xine-vdpau : OK to great extend, but have random transparent blocks flying around when playing one of the HD channels
3. vlc-vaapi: resolves the xine-vdpau issue to a good extend, though still not 100% smooth for that HD channel. However vlc-vaapi requires a more powerfull nvidia card than xine-vdpau - the screen is seriously scrambled with vlc for HD materials that play well with xine-vdpau when using the same GF9300 external display card. The materials play well in vlc when using GF9500. Playing SD materials in VLC is not a problem with less powerful display cards. My CPU is AMD X2 4800+ on a GF8200 IGP motherboard (but forget about GF8200 as its vdpau performance is so poor that I have to add an external display card).

Another problem with VLC when playing DVB mpegts is that navigation using left/right keys doesn't work (navigation using the progress bar works though).

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

* left/right keys is NOT navigation in VLC (use shitf or alt +keys)

* VLC needs more CPU than xine in vdpau/vaapi, because it doesn't use a VAAPI video output (yet)

[crocha]

Pls, confirm or adjust this How To built with this forum info.

1. Install VDPAU backend for VA API from
http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauc ... pau-video/

2. Install FFmpeg with H264_VAAPI patch from
http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauc ... yer-vaapi/

3. use VLC 1.1-git that has vaapi patch already integrated
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc. ... 7d045eb734

4. modify vlc-config with the va flags
[insert link]

5. set ffmpeg-hw=1 in vlcrc config file
[insert link]

6. compile

Pls, confirm, complete or adjust each item. Thanks much.

[teco_sodre]

ksng,

we are trying to compiling VLC-1.1 git with VDPAU support but we didn´t realize what is going on.

Reading another forums about vlc, xine, mythtv, mplayer supporting VDPAU, we did find you AGAIN!

What do you think to build a HOWTO building (step-by-step) VLC with VDPAU Support?

We are trying with Zotac Nivida ION Motherboard with Intel ATom Single Core, 1.6Ghz, with NVIDIA-Linux-x86.185.18.31 and using with Ubuntu 9.04 server with XFCE/X11/XORG configs HDMI audio and video it´s working pretty well.

Best, Teco_Sodre.

[cherryzi3]

Hi,

I've successfully installed VLC 1.0.0 (Goldeneye) with VAAPI patch (I know hardware acceleration is in place since prior to installing the patch, my CPU is about 70% for 1080i content, whereas now it's around 20%), however, I seem to have problem playing 720p and 1080p contents. Although in both cases, CPU usage is pretty low (~25% for 720p and ~ 50% for 1080p), I got these very blocky videos -- it's worst when there's motion.

Does this mean there's something wrong with my installation? Or there's some configuration(s) that needs to be set?

Thanks!

[TimeWaster]

could someone write a step-by-step guide on how to build vlc with vdpau support for ubuntu? (or simply build one for ubuntu 9.04 and release the executable)

im no programmer and i dont know how to "install" the packages mentioned above, as they are source code and no programm which can be installed? *confused*

i already have vdpau with mplayer running at a good performance, but mplayer is some shitty player and you have to run it with parameters in order to use vdpau, i hope vlc will be much more comfortable.

thanx in advance
TimeWaster

[teco_sodre]

I do not have any success in VLC supporting VA_API , however, now I'm trying to use a new patch from three french students who submitted to videolan developers.

Hi cherryzi3, any how-to for what you did ?

I've successfully installed VLC 1.0.0 (Goldeneye) with VAAPI patch (I know hardware acceleration is in place since prior to installing the patch, my CPU is about 70% for 1080i content,

let's test the students patch... go to this URL [vlc-devel] VDPAU decoder - http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/v ... 64220.html and find a .diff file.

If you're experienced in compiling VLC, try it and let us know. Don't forget to install subversion, cvs clients in your machine and compile ffmpeg with --enable-vdpau when run ffmpeg ./configure script. See below.

If you're not, please see this draft HOWTO below. You must install several lib...-dev to accomplish a full VLC installation from a Ubuntu 9.04 fresh install. Keep in mind, this is a DRAFT HOWTO in version v0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.

I'm using in a Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic inside a NVIDIA ION (Atom single Core 1,6Ghz) with GPU 9400 GeForce with 2GB RAM using HDMI video output with ALSA 1.0.20 in place. The NVIDIA installed driver is 185.18.36. I'm also have Mplayer with VDPAU support in the same machine.

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$ sudo git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git $ cd vlc -- always do an update executing: $sudo git pull $ cd extras $ sudo git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git x264-trunk $ cd x264-trunk -- always do an update executing: $sudo git pull $ sudo make distclean $ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr $ sudo make $ ls -alh /usr/include/vdpau ***** it should being presenting something like this -r--r--r-- 1 root root 149K 2009-08-21 19:51 vdpau.h -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5,9K 2009-08-21 19:51 vdpau_x11.h $ ls -alh /usr/lib/libvdpau* ***** it should being presenting something like this lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2009-08-21 19:51 /usr/lib/libvdpau_nvidia.so -> libvdpau_nvidia.so.185.18.36 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1,4M 2009-08-21 19:51 /usr/lib/libvdpau_nvidia.so.185.18.36 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-08-21 19:51 /usr/lib/libvdpau.so -> libvdpau.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2009-08-21 19:51 /usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1 -> libvdpau.so.185.18.36 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3,6K 2009-08-21 19:51 /usr/lib/libvdpau.so.185.18.36 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2009-08-21 19:51 /usr/lib/libvdpau_trace.so -> libvdpau_trace.so.185.18.36 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49K 2009-08-21 19:51 /usr/lib/libvdpau_trace.so.185.18.36 $ cd .. $ sudo svn checkout svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg $ cd ffmpeg ***** always do an update executing: $sudo svn update $ sudo make distclean $ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfaac --enable-vdpau --enable-nonfree | grep vdpau ***** it should being presented something like this: h264_vdpau mpeg1_vdpau mpeg_vdpau wmv3_vdpau vc1_vdpau $ sudo make $ cd ../.. ***** get the patch from http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2009-August/064220.html $ sudo patch -R -p1 -i attachment-0001.diff $ sudo ./bootstrap $ sudo mkdir build $ cd build ***** always perform $ sudo make distclean $ sudo ../configure --prefix=/usr --enable-x11 --enable-xvideo --enable-snapshot --enable-debug --enable-dbus-control --enable-mozilla --enable-lirc --enable-qt4 --disable-live555 --enable-x264 --with-x264-tree=../extras/x264-trunk --enable-shout --enable-taglib --enable-v4l2 --enable-cddax --enable-dvb --enable-vcdx --disable-realrtsp --disable-svg --enable-dvdread --disable-dc1394 --disable-dv --disable-theora --enable-faad --enable-twolame --disable-real --enable-flac --enable-tremor --disable-quicktime --enable-dirac --enable-skins2 --enable-ncurses --enable-aa --enable-caca --enable-alsa --disable-portaudio --enable-jack --enable-xosd --disable-goom --enable-ggi --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-release --enable-speex --enable-fribidi --enable-freetype --disable-mkv --disable-theora --disable-vorbis --disable-ogg --enable-dvdnav --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-a52 --enable-dvbpsi --enable-mad --enable-swscale --enable-avformat --enable-avcodec --enable-sdl --enable-run-as-root --enable-vlm --enable-pvr --enable-bonjour --enable-opengl ***** it should being presented something like below. See vdpau in the last lines. <...> config.status: creating vlc-config Enabled modules: a52tofloat32 a52tospdif aa access_alsa access_jack access_mmap access_oss access_output_shout access_smb adjust alphamask alsa aout_file aout_sdl atmo audio_format audioscrobbler avcodec avformat bandlimited_resampler blend blendbench bluescreen bonjour caca canvas cdda chain clone cmml colorthres converter_float crop croppadd dbus deinterlace dirac dolby_surround_decoder dtstospdif dvb dvb dvdnav dvdread dynamicoverlay equalizer erase extract faad fake fb flac float32_mixer folder freetype gaussianblur gestures ggi globalhotkeys glx gnutls gradient grain hal headphone_channel_mixer hotkeys http i420_rgb_mmx i420_rgb_sse2 i420_ymga i420_ymga_mmx i420_yuy2 i420_yuy2_mmx i420_yuy2_sse2 i422_i420 i422_yuy2 i422_yuy2_mmx i422_yuy2_sse2 inhibit invert jack libmpeg2 linear_resampler lirc logo magnify marq memcpy3dn memcpymmx memcpymmxext mirror mod mosaic motion motionblur motiondetect mozilla mpc mpgatofixed32 mux_ogg mux_ts ncurses noise normvol notify opengl opengl osd_parser osdmenu oss param_eq png podcast postproc psychedelic pulse puzzle pvr qt4 rc remoteosd ripple rotate rss rv32 sap scale scaletempo scene screensaver sdl_image sharpen shout showintf signals simple_channel_mixer skins2 snapshot spatializer spdif_mixer speex stream_out_raop swscale taglib telepathy telnet telx transform ts twolame unzip v4l2 vcd vdpau vdpau visual vmem vout_sdl wall wave x264 xcb xcb_screen xcb_window xcb_xv xml yuv yuvp yuy2_i420 yuy2_i422 zip $ sudo make $ sudo make install

[Spulit]

Is it possible to have a patch for version 1.0?

Thanks

[Spulit]

Hi,

I've successfully installed VLC 1.0.0 (Goldeneye) with VAAPI patch (I know hardware acceleration is in place since prior to installing the patch, my CPU is about 70% for 1080i content, whereas now it's around 20%), however, I seem to have problem playing 720p and 1080p contents. Although in both cases, CPU usage is pretty low (~25% for 720p and ~ 50% for 1080p), I got these very blocky videos -- it's worst when there's motion.

Does this mean there's something wrong with my installation? Or there's some configuration(s) that needs to be set?

Thanks!

I also get this behaviour when using VLC 1.0 with VAAPI patch and VDPAU backend when playing h.264 UDP streams (it seems to not happen when playing h.264 files). Lots of jittering... Any idea why?

Thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

increase udp-caching

[Spulit]

Didn't help...I set udp-caching to 5000 ms and the result is the same...

[cherryzi3]

Yeah increase udp-caching doesn't help in my case... any other ideas?

Here's what I did to get VA-API working (sort of...):

1) Install VLC_1.0.0 and make sure it's working properly before going to the next step

2) Install libva_0.30.4+sds3 (http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/libva/) by doing the following:
$ tar zxvf libva_0.30.4-1+sds3.tar.gz
$ cd libva-0.30.4
$ for p in debian/patches/*.patch; do patch -p1 < $p; done
$ autoreconf -f -i
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
(Thanks to Gwenole Beauchesne, who provided me with the above instructions )
In order to install libva, I had to install other libraries -- these are pretty straight forward since the error message(s) indicated what was missing.

4) Install vdpau-video_0.3.2 (http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauc ... pau-video/) -- just do the usual 'make' and 'make install'

** NOTE: up to this point, make sure libva is properly installed by running vainfo

5) Patch ffmpeg with h264-vaapi (http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffm ... 71061.html):
a) Copy h264-vaapi.patch to ffmpeg project root
b) Appy patch:
$ patch -p0 < h264-vaapi.patch
d) Compile and install FFmpeg:
$ ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-postproc <...and/or other optional configurations...>
$ make
$ make install

** NOTE: after ./configure, make sure you see 'h264_vaapi' under 'hw_accel'

6) Patch VLC with VA-API (http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/v ... 58798.html)
a) Copy the patch to VLC project root (in my case I called it "vlc-vaapi.patch")
b) Apply patch:
$ patch -p1 < vlc-vaapi.patch
c) Edit vlc-config.in.in and add "-lX11 -lva -lva-x11" to libs=""
d) $ ./configure <...optional configurations...>
e) modify <vlc_root>/modules/codec/avcodec/Makefile to include vaapi.h and vaapi.c (this is a bit confusing, but in short, just search for 'avcodec.c', replicate those lines, and rename to vaapi)
f) compile:
$ make
$ make install

And there you go! You now have VLC with VA-API (which uses VDPAU as backend)

[TimeWaster]

Keep in mind, this is a DRAFT HOWTO in version v0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.

i followed your howto right to the final "make" (i never thought to get that far), but unfortunately this make stops with an error:

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make[6]: *** [libvdpau_plugin_la-video.lo] Error 1 make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules/codec/vdpau' make[5]: *** [all] Error 2 make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules/codec/vdpau' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules/codec' make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules/codec' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build' make: *** [all] Error 2

and i dont know what that means.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

People need info above that.

[TimeWaster]

okok:

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libtool: compile: gcc -std=gnu99 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../../../modules/codec/vdpau -I../../.. -I../../../../include -I../../../include -DSYS_LINUX -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D__USE_UNIX98 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -DDEBUG -DHAVE_RELEASE -D__LIBVLC__ -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_NAME=vdpau -DMODULE_NAME_IS_vdpau -DMODULE_STRING=\"vdpau\" -g -O2 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -mtune=pentium2 -Werror=unused-function -Werror=unused-label -Werror=unused-value -Werror=unused-parameter -Werror=unused-variable -Werror=unused -Werror=missing-braces -Werror=nonnull -Werror=parentheses -Werror=address -Werror=undef -Werror=comment -Werror=switch -Werror=bad-function-cast -Werror=implicit -Werror=sequence-point -Werror=strict-aliasing -Werror=array-bounds -Werror=missing-parameter-type -Werror=overflow -Werror=int-to-pointer-cast -Werror=pointer-to-int-cast -Werror=div-by-zero -Werror=overflow -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Wundef -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes -Wvolatile-register-var -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -pipe -MT libvdpau_plugin_la-video.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libvdpau_plugin_la-video.Tpo -c ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libvdpau_plugin_la-video.o ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:40:44: error: src/video_output/vout_pictures.h: No such file or directory ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:93: warning: ‘AVPaletteControl’ is deprecated ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:140: warning: ‘AVPaletteControl’ is deprecated ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:234: warning: no previous prototype for ‘debug_vdp_status’ ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:243: warning: no previous prototype for ‘error_vdp_status’ ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c: In function ‘ffmpeg_PreemptionCallback’: ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:253: error: unused parameter ‘device’ ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c: In function ‘ffmpeg_reinitialize_decoder’: ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:277: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:277: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:292: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘p_sys->pf_vdp_preemption_callback_register’ from incompatible pointer type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:293: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:293: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c: In function ‘ffmpeg_OpenVDPAU’: ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1028: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘p_sys->pf_vdp_preemption_callback_register’ from incompatible pointer type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1032: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1032: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c: In function ‘ffmpeg_CopyPicture’: ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1085: warning: comparison between pointer and integer ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1094: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1094: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1111: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1111: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1117: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 5 has type ‘struct VdpBitstreamBuffer *’ ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1127: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1127: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1145: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘vlc_memalign’ ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1145: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1153: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘p_sys->pf_vdp_video_surface_get_bits_y_cb_cr’ from incompatible pointer type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1155: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1155: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c: In function ‘ffmpeg_ReGetFrameBuf’: ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1276: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c: In function ‘vdpau_GetFreeSurface’: ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1436: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type ../../../../modules/codec/vdpau/video.c:1436: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘error_vdp_status’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type make[6]: *** [libvdpau_plugin_la-video.lo] Error 1 make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules/codec/vdpau' make[5]: *** [all] Error 2 make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules/codec/vdpau' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules/codec' make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules/codec' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build/modules' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nas/Desktop/vlc/build' make: *** [all] Error 2

[TimeWaster]

well, since noone here seems to know how to help me, i give up here and live a few month with this shitty mplayer.

i hope the vdpau support will be added to vlc soon.

[fabriciolelis]

I tried to install and i have some problems and one of that is the output of vainfo:
fabricio@iris:~/Desktop/vdpau-video-0.6.0$ vainfo
libva: libva version 0.31.0-sds4
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva: Trying to open /usr/local/lib/va/drivers/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva error: /usr/local/lib/va/drivers/nvidia_drv_video.so init failed
libva: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

Some one have any idea?
Thanks in advance!

[djstava]

I use vlc-1.1.0-git,but it seems doesn't work for hardware decoding.
I need a more detail operation list.
Thanks.

[fabriciolelis]

I installed all video acceleration libraries and vlc git but i see nothing in vlc. And this errors is shows:
VLC media player 1.1.0-git The Luggage
[0x9dfaa8c] main interface error: no interface module matched "globalhotkeys,none"
[0x9dfaa8c] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x9d7213c] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[0xa04acb4] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[0xa04acb4] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)

[fabriciolelis]

Some have tried to do tests between VLC and Mplayer with VDPAU integrated? What the results?

[smpn]

Any updates on Ubuntu 9.10 integration?

It looks like ffmpeg supports VDPAU with no tweaking (just did apt-get install ffmpeg)

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$ ffmpeg -formats | grep vdpau FFmpeg version SVN-r19352-4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al. ... D V D h264_vdpau H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (VDPAU acceleration) D V DT mpeg1video_vdpau MPEG-1 video (VDPAU acceleration) D V DT mpegvideo_vdpau MPEG-1/2 video (VDPAU acceleration) D V D vc1_vdpau SMPTE VC-1 VDPAU D V D wmv3_vdpau Windows Media Video 9 VDPAU

So, I can use that right away with mplayer-nogui via "mplayer -vc ffh264vdpau -vo vdpau"
Beautiful low CPU full screen HDTV!! Now if only in VLC...
The package version on Ubuntu 9.10 is "vlc/karmic uptodate 1.0.2-1ubuntu2.1"