Thanks. I had no idea that would be an issue. Doesn't the MP4 container format have a metadata field though, that VLC can read, that tells it what the decoded format is, even if VLC doesn't perform the decoding and offloads that to the GPU? That's that kind of metadata that SHOULD be displayed no matter what, just so the user knows that VLC isn't broken. Leaving a blank field in the codec info like that isn't good, and makes VLC seem broken. I like the increased speed of using GPU decoding, but should also have access to all metadata regarding the video stream that is stored in the video container file (MP4 in this case).It's not a bug. The reason the Decoded format field is blank is because "Hardware-accelerated decoding" is enabled in Prefs ---> Input / Codecs menu. When that's set to "Automatic" the GPU handles graphics instead of the CPU. If you want to see data in the Decoded format field set "Hardware-accelerated decoding" to disabled. Save, exit and restart vlc.
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