How to activate VAAPI?

[homer86]

Hi,

I've compiled vlc 1.1.0 pre3 mysqlf. In the configure-script I get the following:

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checking for LIBVA... yes checking libavcodec/vaapi.h usability... yes checking libavcodec/vaapi.h presence... yes checking for libavcodec/vaapi.h... yes VAAPI acceleration activated

But If I start vlc I have no VAAPI in the settings to choose for video-output. Do I have something missing? You can see the complete configure-log here: http://pastebin.com/Gbdaxq03

Greets

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

--ffmpeg-hw

[homer86]

Thanks for your help.

I tried this and it is really using VA-API

But I'm disappointed. It is working way worse than without vaapi. mplayer with vdpau is working perfectly the same file. Has anybody an idea that could be the problem? Or is it a known problem with vdpau-backend?

According to vainfo it should be installed ok:

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libva: libva version 0.31.0-sds6 Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva: Trying to open /usr/lib64/va/drivers/nvidia_drv_video.so libva: va_openDriver() returns 0 vainfo: VA API version: 0.31 vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems VDPAU backend for VA API - 0.6.9 vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD

You can see the vlc-log here: http://pastebin.com/RqkmiVYt

[heaven87]

Yep, can confirm that mpeg decoding works slower with vaapi, but vc1 works better. Previously I had 100% CPU and a very slow slide show while trying watch the movie in the vc1 codec But now it 70-85% of CPU and videos plays smoothly.

Wow, I've just noticed that x246 works faster with 35-45% of CPU, whereas without vaapi it's 55-75%.