VaAPI with Intel HD Graphics Clarkdale i3 proc not working with mplayer

[Kano]

There is no deeper sleep state than 1200 mhz. vlc uses xv to playback (or something else), but mplayer uses an other method to display in vaapi mode.

[doktordrog]

vaapi again

I have began the procces from the beggining. Now I have modified my xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "UXA"
Option "DRI" "on"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "IgnoreACPI" "yes"
EndSection

./mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi test.mkv has problems. Cpu usage is high, something is bad.
The mplayer log adviced to use -autosnyc 30. I have audio-video asyncron, but it seems the movie is smoother and the cpu usage is normal ~ 20-30.

Any advice?

[jalyst]

Is VaAPI working properly now? I'm about to build a HTPC/PVR that uses a core i3-530.
I'd prefer to use my Intel HD entirely, instead of a discrete nV if I can get away with it!

[XabiX]

Yes it should now work out of the box with Maverick and maybe some ppa.


like
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/glasen/intel-driver/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/glasen/intel-driver/ubuntu maverick main

[jalyst]

Yes it should now work out of the box with Maverick and maybe some ppa.


like
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/glasen/intel-driver/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/glasen/intel-driver/ubuntu maverick main

Thanks Xabix

Is a discrete nv card which can utilise VDPAU still much more beneficial overall than relying on Intel HD?

I'm talking purely from a VA (encoding/decoding etc) perspective, not 3d acceleration.
Or is there no longer any compelling advantage VDPAU cards have in this area?

I'm looking at something like this*

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3973/nvidias-geforce-gt-430/18

But am wondering if there's any good reasons to bother any more?

*Alas the OEM GT 430 seems slightly better, not sure why that is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_400_Series#400_Series

[jalyst]

^ Xabix or anyone?
Thanks if you can spare some time.

[jalyst]

Not to worry, deanj's since helped out a fair bit in my own thread.
Still trying to determine which GT_430 to get though, so any thoughts appreciated!

Thank-you.

[gbeauche]

I'm talking purely from a VA (encoding/decoding etc) perspective, not 3d acceleration.
Or is there no longer any compelling advantage VDPAU cards have in this area?

The new Sandy Bridge-based Core iX processors support MPEG-2, H.264 & VC-1 decoding. H.264 encoding is still being worked on. Older Clarkdale/Arrandale platforms only support MPEG-2 & H.264 decoding. If you need MPEG-4 ASP (DivX) hardware accelerated video decoding, get the NVIDIA card. Otherwise, the built-in GPU is enough.

[jalyst]

Yeah I only got an old clarkdale set-up, might upgrade to the sandy bridge revision due towards EOY (name escapes me, Ivy?).

Even if I had SB though, that decode/encode acceleration you're referring to, is still pretty flakey in Linux compared to nV's VDPAU right?

Which is why I'm still interested in a discrete GT_430 (and its successors).

[gbeauche]

Yeah I only got an old clarkdale set-up, might upgrade to the sandy bridge revision due towards EOY (name escapes me, Ivy?).

Ivry Bridge.

Even if I had SB though, that decode/encode acceleration you're referring to, is still pretty flakey in Linux compared to nV's VDPAU right?

No, why? Besides, VDPAU does not do anything like encoding.