AMD's UVD2-based XvBA Finally Does Something On Linux

[Kano]

No, only 9.10 FINAL not the beta from U works + 9.12 hotfix.

Make a backup of /etc/ati/control and in case you get a watermark copy it back. My script installs the correct 9-12 hotfix:

http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

[tball]

No, only 9.10 FINAL not the beta from U works + 9.12 hotfix.

Make a backup of /etc/ati/control and in case you get a watermark copy it back. My script installs the correct 9-12 hotfix:

http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

Thx.

Sure it isn't /etc/ati/signature I have to backup and replace when installed? /etc/ati/control didn't work. I still have the watermark.

[tball]

I use thiese:

- libva-0.31.0
- xvba-video-0.6.0.x86_64
- mplayer-vaapi-20091228

I have an r700 based 4650, with the fglrx 9.12 hotfix.
But I can't get it to work. I get thiese errors:

$ mplayer -vo vaapi:gl -va vaapi ./random_movie.avi
MPlayer SVN-r30134-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing ./random_movie.avi.
AVI file format detected.
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO:  [XVID]  624x256  12bpp  25.000 fps  1031.1 kbps (125.9 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Software: VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.3 | www.virtualdub-fr.org || (build 2550/release)
[vo_vaapi] Using OpenGL rendering
libva: libva version 0.31.0-sds4
libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/va/drivers/fglrx_drv_video.so
libva: va_openDriver() returns 0
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
[VD_FFMPEG] VA API accelerated codec.
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=0.
Unsupported PixelFormat -1
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [vaapi] 624x256 => 624x256 MPEG-4 VA API Acceleration 
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=1.
Unsupported PixelFormat -1
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=2.
Unsupported PixelFormat -1
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
Unsupported PixelFormat -1
Unsupported PixelFormat -1
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
[mpeg4 @ 0xd81940]decoding to PIX_FMT_NONE is not supported.
Error while decoding frame!

FATAL: Could not initialize video filters (-vf) or video output (-vo).


Exiting... (End of file)

Anyone got similar problems?

[Melcar]

Don't use gl.

[Kano]

@tball

Only when you install it manually, my script fixes missing signatures now on the fly. There are 2 watermarks, the hardware watermark is shown when the control file does not include the pci id of your card (or whatever it checks).

Also you need to test h264 or vc1 - are you sure that your avi is not just divx?

[tball]

Don't use gl.

Sorry but what do you mean. If I just use mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi ./movie.avi

It does the same.

[Kano]

VIDEO: [XVID] 624x256 12bpp 25.000 fps 1031.1 kbps (125.9 kbyte/s)

is NOT supported! When do you get it?

[tball]

VIDEO: [XVID] 624x256 12bpp 25.000 fps 1031.1 kbps (125.9 kbyte/s)

is NOT supported!

Ahh didn't read the last line you wrote. Sorry.

When do you get it?

Please, there is no reason to be rude. I just didn't read the last line of yours.

[tball]

Well it works wonderful now. I can see a 1280x532 movie (x264 as kano stated) without any problems at all. Activating v-sync and with opengl tearing is gone. My subtitles also works fine.

Nice to see AMD/ATI improving.

EDIT:
oh and mplayer only uses about 7 % cpu while playing the movie

[Kano]

You are a lucky guy really, because i have got LOTS of h264 which does not work. With 9-10 i had even system crashes with some testfiles. vc1 works more stable however.