mplayer with vaapi?

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Sadako · Post by **Sadako** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:37 pm

I know there is currently no support in mplayer proper (or mplayer2) for vaapi, but there are more than a few conflicting (and most likely outdated) sources/patchsets for this, so just wondering what exactly I need, what's the most up-to-date source, and is it just a patchset or does it require pulling a full git tree?

Also, any ebuilds?

Thanks.

f4c3m3l70r · Post by **f4c3m3l70r** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:01 pm

There are new masked sources 2.0_p20111126 in portage right now.

LiquidAcid · Post by **LiquidAcid** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:33 am

f4c3m3l70r wrote:There are new masked sources 2.0_p20111126 in portage right now.

mplayer2 includes no vaapi code as of now, so this won't help.

You need this:
http://gitorious.org/vaapi/mplayer

geki · Post by **geki** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:29 am

since my (new) system ships an embedded intel hd card I am awaiting a simple console-based media player, able to utilize vaapi.
I moved from mplayer to mplayer2 with my old system, because mplayer would not play fine with vdpau eosd subtitles (being fubared).
on my bugreport I just got a funny answer.

... mplayer2 had refactored vdpau/eosd api which did just fine.

for now, I am fine with xv codec and libav threading. I do not feel like going back to mplayer.

well, enough of that cries.

since then, I moved to webkit-gtk, depending on gstreamer for html5 video - the future.

so, I had a look around and think that the best would be a simple player based on gstreamer - though, there is none but the basic ... or did I miss something?!

http://gitorious.org/vaapi/gstreamer-vaapi
https://github.com/felipec/gst-player/

I wonder if I should start a little project for a very basic console/gstreamer-based player to waste my sunday afternoons or so ...

gstreamer framework looks quite neat ...

ryszardzonk · Post by **ryszardzonk** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:41 pm

I worked over the remote console on that and yet to get to home to check on that one but I believe that my attempt for getting vaapi should deliver just fine. Based on the portage ebuild besides vaapi it has updated patches with support for CoreAVC and Stereoscopic, so get it while it's hot

http://bigvo.dyndns.org/overlay/media-video/mplayer/ or http://bigvo.dyndns.org/overlay/mplayer ... 09.tar.bz2 packed version of an ebuild

pengu · Post by **pengu** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:50 pm

nice but it doesn't work for me.
It compiled fine on two machines (AMD 785G, HD 4200, Intel H55, Core i3 540) but I get the following error on both machines
when playing video content, no matter which video codec or audio or used video output (-vo).

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Dropping frame with size not matching configured size
Too many buffered pts

is there something wrong with the coreavc pach(es)?

Edit
It's the same with or without the coreavc patch and sometimes tha ati drivers crashes with the coreavc patch (x freezes)
What could that be?

I've got another mplayer-vaapi installation from another source which works fine.
The only problem is, that I can't get it updated at the moment because the mplayer git server(s) are down(again?)
So I tried this one because the other mplayer version has a problem with die libpng 1.5, I have to disable it with configure.

The mplayer version in portage and the mentioned other mplayer-vaapi version with older patches works fine but the one in portage without vaapi.

Edit 2

Ok, it's the fault of ffmpeg because mplayer2 doing the same now on both systems.

Edit 3

using the ffmpeg 9999 ebuild solves the problem.

Gregoire · Post by **Gregoire** » Fri May 04, 2012 6:14 pm

Are there any update on vaapi for mplayer ?

I wanted to try this one but I can't find mplayer-1.0_rc4_p20120109.tar.xz anywhere...

I also tried to compil http://gitorious.org/vaapi/mplayer/comm ... ccel-vaapi

Which ends with :

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cc -MD -MP -Wundef -Wall -Wno-switch -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls  -O4 -march=native -mtune=native -pipe -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -Ilibdvdread4 -I. -Iffmpeg  -D_REENTRANT  -I/usr/include/libgtop-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include     -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/bs2b   -I/usr/include/dirac   -I/usr/include/schroedinger-1.0 -I/usr/include/orc-0.4   -I/usr/include/liveMedia -I/usr/include/UsageEnvironment -I/usr/include/BasicUsageEnvironment -I/usr/include/groupsock -c -o libmpdemux/demux_rtp.o libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp: In function 'char* openURL_rtsp(RTSPClient*, const char*)':
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:99:20: error: 'class RTSPClient' has no member named 'describeWithPassword'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:101:20: error: 'class RTSPClient' has no member named 'describeURL'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp: In function 'demuxer_t* demux_open_rtp(demuxer_t*)':
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:155:82: error: invalid conversion from 'int' to 'const char*'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:155:82: error:   initializing argument 2 of 'static RTSPClient* RTSPClient::createNew(UsageEnvironment&, const char*, int, const char*, portNumBits)'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:155:82: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'int'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:155:82: error:   initializing argument 3 of 'static RTSPClient* RTSPClient::createNew(UsageEnvironment&, const char*, int, const char*, portNumBits)'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:155:82: error: invalid conversion from 'int' to 'const char*'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:155:82: error:   initializing argument 4 of 'static RTSPClient* RTSPClient::createNew(UsageEnvironment&, const char*, int, const char*, portNumBits)'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:245:21: error: 'class RTSPClient' has no member named 'setupMediaSubsession'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:257:24: error: 'class RTSPClient' has no member named 'playMediaSession'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp: In function 'void teardownRTSPorSIPSession(RTPState*)':
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:646:27: error: 'class RTSPClient' has no member named 'teardownMediaSession'
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp: In function 'char* openURL_rtsp(RTSPClient*, const char*)':
libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp:103:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
make: *** [libmpdemux/demux_rtp.o] Error 1

Any idea ?

Gregoire · Post by **Gregoire** » Mon May 07, 2012 1:42 pm

I had to remove live's useflag in order to compil but mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi crash at start.

Arctic · Post by **Arctic** » Sun May 13, 2012 12:54 am

Gregoire wrote:I had to remove live's useflag in order to compil but mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi crash at start.

Download mplayer-vaapi here:

https://gitorious.org/vaapi/mplayer

It works for me , the cpu use is lower than vlc but the problem is tearing in the movies, ati drivers has an option to avoid it but then cpu use increase at 40% and video isnt smooth , ati drivers for gpu video suck.
I guess if you try to use coreavc it get better but i am not a big fan about privative software is is hard to me use privative ati drivers.

Regards

Gregoire · Post by **Gregoire** » Sun May 13, 2012 5:04 pm

Arctic wrote:
Gregoire wrote:I had to remove live's useflag in order to compil but mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi crash at start.
Download mplayer-vaapi here:

https://gitorious.org/vaapi/mplayer

It works for me , the cpu use is lower than vlc but the problem is tearing in the movies, ati drivers has an option to avoid it but then cpu use increase at 40% and video isnt smooth , ati drivers for gpu video suck.
I guess if you try to use coreavc it get better but i am not a big fan about privative software is is hard to me use privative ati drivers.

Regards

As I wrote in order to compil both the snapshot and the git source I had to remove live from my system.

And for example for the git :

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./mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi /tmp/try.mkv 
MPlayer SVN-r34578-4.5.3 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team

Playing /tmp/try.mkv.
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)   

libavformat version 53.22.0 (internal)
libavformat file format detected.
[lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0
[lavf] stream 1: audio (ac3), -aid 0
[lavf] stream 2: subtitle (text), -sid 0
VIDEO:  [H264]  1280x688  0bpp  23.976 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Load subtitles in /tmp/
libva: VA-API version 0.32.0
libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib64/va/drivers/i965_drv_video.so
libva: va_openDriver() returns 0
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 53.39.1 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 640.0 kbit/83.33% (ratio: 80000->96000)
Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 1ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
Unsupported PixelFormat 61
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=1.
Movie-Aspect is 1.86:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vaapi] 1280x688 => 1280x688 H.264 VA-API Acceleration  [fs]
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.


MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: decode video
- MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
  Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
  disassembly. Details in DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_crash.
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
  It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
  gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
  DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
  won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.
Parent process disappeared, exiting cache process.

nicoseb · Post by **nicoseb** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:07 am

I have managed to install the git version of mplayer-vaapi (thanks for suggesting to remove live package)
Unfortunately it did not configure with vaapi hence did not compile the vaapi Video Output driver...

I used to have it running with that "old" mplayer-vaapi ebuild, I have libva installed, and vlc is able to use it.
I also tried to force the flags "*HW_ACCEL_VAAPI*" but it could not compile because ffmpeg would not recognize these...

What did I do wrong?

Thanks,

Arctic · Post by **Arctic** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:08 pm

nicoseb wrote:I have managed to install the git version of mplayer-vaapi (thanks for suggesting to remove live package)
Unfortunately it did not configure with vaapi hence did not compile the vaapi Video Output driver...

I used to have it running with that "old" mplayer-vaapi ebuild, I have libva installed, and vlc is able to use it.
I also tried to force the flags "*HW_ACCEL_VAAPI*" but it could not compile because ffmpeg would not recognize these...

What did I do wrong?

Thanks,

They changed site trees .....................

Browse this url :

https://gitorious.org/vaapi/mplayer/trees/hwaccel-vaapi

then in the right side you will see: Download hwaccel-vaapi as tar.gz

click to download , but when download finish you have to rename the file with extension (tar.gz) because there is a bug in this site and file download without it

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tar -xvzf file_name

and you have mplayer vaapi patch ready to configure

Arctic · Post by **Arctic** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:58 pm

Can you paste this output and your card model ????

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cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep UVD

i am using an HD4290 it must load udvd2 but only load udv

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(II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled(II) fglrx(0):

nicoseb · Post by **nicoseb** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:47 am

Arctic wrote:Can you paste this output and your card model ????
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cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep UVD
i am using an HD4290 it must load udvd2 but only load udv
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(II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled(II) fglrx(0):

Thank you so much artic!
That was stupid of me to download the wrong thing before, and I appreciate you letting me know!

My mplayer with vaapi is finally back!

Otherwise, I get the exact same output than you for UVD. What is it about?

My card is a HD6310.

Thanks

Arctic · Post by **Arctic** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:01 pm

Because i am not sure that AMD load the same UVD module for HD 6*** 5*** 4*** seires. 6 series has uvd 3 , 5 seires and 4 seires uses uvd 2 or uvd 2.2 old atis use uvd.
In phoronix's site i read that they loaded an UVD2 , but i am not sure if amd change driver an unified module or what happens because the article is 2009, and they show this output.........

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 grep UVD /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) fglrx(0): UVD2 feature is available

I had an HD6870 and loaded UVD too .

Using and HD 4290 (integrated video) using xv_amd driver (10% cpu) and using vaapi (15% cpu)

Gregoire · Post by **Gregoire** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:23 pm

Anyone able to use this mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi anyfile with intel GPU ?

Gusar · Post by **Gusar** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:15 pm

Gregoire wrote:Anyone able to use this mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi anyfile with intel GPU ?

Yes, me. Ironlake graphics (Core i3-530 processor).

a7thson · Post by **a7thson** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:22 pm

Gregoire wrote:Anyone able to use this mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi anyfile with intel GPU ?

Yep. mobile i7 w/Ivy Bridge, seems to be working fine for me.

also see thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=7062560

Gregoire · Post by **Gregoire** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:03 am

Wouah, I tried it again (i3770k) and now it work, I didn't even recompil it (well it's not the same kernel anymore and some other packages got updated also).

Really nice, thank !!!

nicoseb · Post by **nicoseb** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:35 am

I have been talking too fast...

mplayer compiled with vaapi and I can now use it for my videos, but I get some artifact that I did not use to have:
- for NON-MKV videos, it shows a black screen. If I do any scrolling, the video show up for a second and then go back to a black screen
- for MKV videos (or bluray) the video shows up but with terrible artifacts, one second it is the right frames, and the next it is frames from another scene ...

Any insight guys?

Thanks

Arctic · Post by **Arctic** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:31 am

nicoseb wrote:I have been talking too fast...

mplayer compiled with vaapi and I can now use it for my videos, but I get some artifact that I did not use to have:
- for NON-MKV videos, it shows a black screen. If I do any scrolling, the video show up for a second and then go back to a black screen
- for MKV videos (or bluray) the video shows up but with terrible artifacts, one second it is the right frames, and the next it is frames from another scene ...

Any insight guys?

Thanks

In my HD4290 runs smooth ,but you can try VLC works better for me (vaapi)
Check video level , only right play 4.1 level or less, bluray (m2ts) linux support is not good.

nicoseb · Post by **nicoseb** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:08 am

Arctic wrote:In my HD4290 runs smooth ,but you can try VLC works better for me (vaapi)
Check video level , only right play 4.1 level or less, bluray (m2ts) linux support is not good.

Hehe yeah I know both vaapi and bluray are not working too well...
VLC is working better but I just like mplayer better

With my earlier version, mplayer used to be able to play mkv OK without artifact...
Bluray was hopeless at the time though, now I can get it to work but with artifacts!

i'm just not sure if there is anything I can play with to help, or if this is just a lost cause...
Thanks for your answer though!

If the same issue happens to some other people: I used -vo vaapi:gl which was creating artifacts... -vo vaapi works OK a bit too slow on some videos...

Arctic · Post by **Arctic** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:33 pm

nicoseb wrote:
Arctic wrote:In my HD4290 runs smooth ,but you can try VLC works better for me (vaapi)
Check video level , only right play 4.1 level or less, bluray (m2ts) linux support is not good.
Hehe yeah I know both vaapi and bluray are not working too well...
VLC is working better but I just like mplayer better

With my earlier version, mplayer used to be able to play mkv OK without artifact...
Bluray was hopeless at the time though, now I can get it to work but with artifacts!

i'm just not sure if there is anything I can play with to help, or if this is just a lost cause...
Thanks for your answer though!

If the same issue happens to some other people: I used -vo vaapi:gl which was creating artifacts... -vo vaapi works OK a bit too slow on some videos...

Try this , install the opensource driver (you can read the wiki radeon howto) , and compile mesa and mplayer with vdpau support , then try to play something using :

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mplayer -vo vdpau videoiwnatoplay

In my pc the cpu uses 5-10% with blu-ray 1080p

Opensource driver has developement some code to uses vdapu api with mesa , using gallium 3d engine for video aceleratopn.

Regards

nicoseb · Post by **nicoseb** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:45 am

Try this , install the opensource driver (you can read the wiki radeon howto) , and compile mesa and mplayer with vdpau support , then try to play something using :
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mplayer -vo vdpau videoiwnatoplay
In my pc the cpu uses 5-10% with blu-ray 1080p

Opensource driver has developement some code to uses vdapu api with mesa , using gallium 3d engine for video aceleratopn.

Regards

Thanks again Arctic.
I used to have the opensource driver like a year ago (still installed but not in kernel anymore), but I think I had stopped because I could not get my ttys to be in high resolution!

Needless to say, I am surprised by your comment since I though VDPAU was only for nvidia drivers, and vaapi for ATI (and Intel sometimes)... but I guess this was a misunderstanding on my aprt again.
I will give that a shot next week and let you know how much luck I get

Gusar · Post by **Gusar** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:51 am

Note that you don't actually get hardware decoding with that. Gallium3D VDPAU supports only mpeg2 decoding. And if you want that (you have a mpeg2 video), you need to explicitly specify it:

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mplayer -vo vdpau -vc ffmpeg12vdpau

Without specifying the codec, you only get presentation (the "p" of vdpau), which in open source drivers I don't think is any better than using the default -vo xv

mplayer with vaapi?

mplayer with vaapi?

Not working :s

Re: Not working :s