[SOLVED] MPlayer with VAAPI support on Slackware 14.1

pchristy · 07-18-2014, 03:41 AM

Not sure how much more help I can be. Looking at the gitorious website, mplayer-vaapi hasn't been updated in over a year! The last build brought it into line with mplayer svn rev 36265. Mine is back at 35107, and I have a feeling that's because that was the last version I got to build correctly!!!

Having said that, the errors you are getting seem to relate to libmpcodecs, and according to gitorious, those don't seem to have been updated since 2009 - at least in the hwaccel-vaapi branch.

I'll try and make some time later today and have a go at compiling more recent versions on my laptop, and see how far I get. However, I'm not a programmer, so don't hold your breath! All I can do is tell you what worked for me.

BTW, I'm in England, so there's a bit of a time difference between us.

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Pete

stormtracknole · 07-18-2014, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pchristy

Not sure how much more help I can be. Looking at the gitorious website, mplayer-vaapi hasn't been updated in over a year! The last build brought it into line with mplayer svn rev 36265. Mine is back at 35107, and I have a feeling that's because that was the last version I got to build correctly!!!

Having said that, the errors you are getting seem to relate to libmpcodecs, and according to gitorious, those don't seem to have been updated since 2009 - at least in the hwaccel-vaapi branch.

I'll try and make some time later today and have a go at compiling more recent versions on my laptop, and see how far I get. However, I'm not a programmer, so don't hold your breath! All I can do is tell you what worked for me.

BTW, I'm in England, so there's a bit of a time difference between us.

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Pete

Not a problem at all! Thank you already for all your great help. It's no big deal if you can't figure it out. I'll keep searching other distros to see if they have any patches available. I'll report back once I'm successful (hopefully).

pchristy · 07-18-2014, 08:35 AM

OK, I'm now puzzled! I built the "master" version of mplayer-vaapi, and you are quite right, although it built fine, it doesn't include vaapi!!!

I then tried the hwaccel-vaapi version, and it built and ran just fine! No errors!

Code:

 ./mplayer -vo help
MPlayer SVN-r36265-4.7.1 (C) 2000-2013 MPlayer Team
Available video output drivers:
        xv      X11/Xv
        gl_nosw OpenGL no software rendering
        x11     X11 ( XImage/Shm )
        xover   General X11 driver for overlay capable video output drivers
        sdl     SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!)
        gl      OpenGL
        gl_tiled        X11 (OpenGL) - multiple textures version
        dga     DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 )
        fbdev   Framebuffer Device
        fbdev2  Framebuffer Device
        svga    SVGAlib
        matrixview      MatrixView (OpenGL)
        aa      AAlib
        caca    libcaca
        v4l2    V4L2 MPEG Video Decoder Output
        xvidix  X11 (VIDIX)
        cvidix  console VIDIX
        null    Null video output
        mpegpes MPEG-PES to DVB card
        yuv4mpeg        yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
        png     PNG file
        jpeg    JPEG file
        gif89a  animated GIF output
        tga     Targa output
        pnm     PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
        md5sum  md5sum of each frame
        mng     MNG file
        vaapi   VA API with X11

I then tried playing a hi-def test file straight off my camera, and again, it played fine:

Code:

./mplayer 00008.MTS
MPlayer SVN-r36265-4.7.1 (C) 2000-2013 MPlayer Team

Playing 00008.MTS.
libavformat version 55.7.100 (internal)
TS file format detected.
VIDEO H264(pid=4113) AUDIO A52(pid=4352) SUB Teletext(pid=4608)  PROGRAM N. 1
FPS seems to be: 25.000000
Load subtitles in /home/pchristy/
[vo_vaapi] Using OpenGL rendering
libva info: VA-API version 0.34.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_32
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 55.9.100 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 256.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 32000->384000)
Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
[Mixer] No hardware mixing, inserting volume filter.
Starting playback...
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=0.
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [vaapi] 1920x1088 => 1920x1088 H.264 VA-API Acceleration  [fs]
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=0.
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [vaapi] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 H.264 VA-API Acceleration  [fs]
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vaapi] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 H.264 VA-API Acceleration  [fs]
A:  18.1 V:  18.1 A-V:  0.021 ct: -0.099 878/878 43% 12%  2.1% 28 0 

Exiting... (Quit)

The only thing I can think is that the libmpcodecs doesn't like the latest gcc. Clutching at straws here, but it might be worth trying replacing the libmpcodecs folder in the hwaccel-vaapi version with the one from the "master", which appears to be much newer.

Its a bit of a long shot, but I guess there's nothing to lose!

--
Pete

stormtracknole · 07-18-2014, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pchristy

OK, I'm now puzzled! I built the "master" version of mplayer-vaapi, and you are quite right, although it built fine, it doesn't include vaapi!!!

I then tried the hwaccel-vaapi version, and it built and ran just fine! No errors!

Code:

 ./mplayer -vo help
MPlayer SVN-r36265-4.7.1 (C) 2000-2013 MPlayer Team
Available video output drivers:
        xv      X11/Xv
        gl_nosw OpenGL no software rendering
        x11     X11 ( XImage/Shm )
        xover   General X11 driver for overlay capable video output drivers
        sdl     SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!)
        gl      OpenGL
        gl_tiled        X11 (OpenGL) - multiple textures version
        dga     DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 )
        fbdev   Framebuffer Device
        fbdev2  Framebuffer Device
        svga    SVGAlib
        matrixview      MatrixView (OpenGL)
        aa      AAlib
        caca    libcaca
        v4l2    V4L2 MPEG Video Decoder Output
        xvidix  X11 (VIDIX)
        cvidix  console VIDIX
        null    Null video output
        mpegpes MPEG-PES to DVB card
        yuv4mpeg        yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
        png     PNG file
        jpeg    JPEG file
        gif89a  animated GIF output
        tga     Targa output
        pnm     PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
        md5sum  md5sum of each frame
        mng     MNG file
        vaapi   VA API with X11

I then tried playing a hi-def test file straight off my camera, and again, it played fine:

Code:

./mplayer 00008.MTS
MPlayer SVN-r36265-4.7.1 (C) 2000-2013 MPlayer Team

Playing 00008.MTS.
libavformat version 55.7.100 (internal)
TS file format detected.
VIDEO H264(pid=4113) AUDIO A52(pid=4352) SUB Teletext(pid=4608)  PROGRAM N. 1
FPS seems to be: 25.000000
Load subtitles in /home/pchristy/
[vo_vaapi] Using OpenGL rendering
libva info: VA-API version 0.34.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_32
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 55.9.100 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 256.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 32000->384000)
Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
[Mixer] No hardware mixing, inserting volume filter.
Starting playback...
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=0.
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [vaapi] 1920x1088 => 1920x1088 H.264 VA-API Acceleration  [fs]
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=0.
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [vaapi] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 H.264 VA-API Acceleration  [fs]
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
[VD_FFMPEG] XVMC-accelerated MPEG-2.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vaapi] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 H.264 VA-API Acceleration  [fs]
A:  18.1 V:  18.1 A-V:  0.021 ct: -0.099 878/878 43% 12%  2.1% 28 0 

Exiting... (Quit)

The only thing I can think is that the libmpcodecs doesn't like the latest gcc. Clutching at straws here, but it might be worth trying replacing the libmpcodecs folder in the hwaccel-vaapi version with the one from the "master", which appears to be much newer.

Its a bit of a long shot, but I guess there's nothing to lose!

--
Pete

Are you using 14.0 or 14.1 to build it?

stormtracknole · 07-18-2014, 08:59 AM

Also, what arguments are you passing to the configure script?

pchristy · 07-18-2014, 09:31 AM

14.0 - like I said, 14.1 is incompatible the the AMD legacy driver. Oh, and NO arguments to the configure script. Its not like a normal autogen configure script, and passing arguments to it can have unintended consequences! It should work it all out for itself.

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Pete

stormtracknole · 07-18-2014, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pchristy

14.0 - like I said, 14.1 is incompatible the the AMD legacy driver. Oh, and NO arguments to the configure script. Its not like a normal autogen configure script, and passing arguments to it can have unintended consequences! It should work it all out for itself.

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Pete

Ah, that's right.

Forgot about that.

stormtracknole · 07-18-2014, 10:04 AM

BAH! I give up. lol The compilers in 14.1 are just too new for this old version of vaapi-mplayer. I'm going to focus on rebuilding VLC and see if I am successful there. Thank you so much pchristy for taking time to help. I appreciate it!

pchristy · 07-18-2014, 01:28 PM

No problem. Did you try using the libmpcodecs folder from the master version in the hwaccel one?

And one final thought - since it appears that even AMD have given up on vaapi and are moving to vdpau instead, it may be possible to build vdpau to use the AMD drivers. I know this can be done with the open-source drivers for newer amd hardware - it just doesn't seem to work for my gfx card.

I gave up on VLC years ago! The laptop I'm using came with windoze 7 64 bit, and I cant even get the windoze version of VLC to work with hardware acceleration! The only media player that works with it under windows is Micro$ofts own media player!

Under Linux, I've tried building it from scratch (hard work, and no hardware acceleration!), using Alien Bob's build scripts (HUGE!), and even Alien Bob's binaries, but I couldn't get hardware acceleration on any of them! If you manage to get it to work. tell me how!

Mplayer, with or without the smplayer gui just works for me, but I accept that my hardware setup is unusual. However, as its a laptop, I'm stuck with it!

Best of luck, and sorry I couldn't find a working solution for you.

Cheers,

--
Pete

stormtracknole · 07-18-2014, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pchristy

No problem. Did you try using the libmpcodecs folder from the master version in the hwaccel one?

And one final thought - since it appears that even AMD have given up on vaapi and are moving to vdpau instead, it may be possible to build vdpau to use the AMD drivers. I know this can be done with the open-source drivers for newer amd hardware - it just doesn't seem to work for my gfx card.

I gave up on VLC years ago! The laptop I'm using came with windoze 7 64 bit, and I cant even get the windoze version of VLC to work with hardware acceleration! The only media player that works with it under windows is Micro$ofts own media player!

Under Linux, I've tried building it from scratch (hard work, and no hardware acceleration!), using Alien Bob's build scripts (HUGE!), and even Alien Bob's binaries, but I couldn't get hardware acceleration on any of them! If you manage to get it to work. tell me how!

Mplayer, with or without the smplayer gui just works for me, but I accept that my hardware setup is unusual. However, as its a laptop, I'm stuck with it!

Best of luck, and sorry I couldn't find a working solution for you.

Cheers,

--
Pete

I did try a different libmpcodecs, but it gave me a different failure error. Given that no new work has happened for several years now, it is pretty safe to say that it just won't build anymore. It is what it is. I tried rebuilding VLC, but I don't notice any difference in the CPU usage when hardware acceleration is turned on. At least none of the videos skip though. Thank you again for all your help. If I can figure something else out, or come up with a different solution, I'll make sure to post it here.

ppr:kut · 07-19-2014, 01:06 PM

Honestly, I think the easiest way to get vaapi acceleration with mplayer is with vdpau and libvdpau-va-gl. Works like a charm here, and as an added benefit you'll get video acceleration in flash player as well.

stormtracknole · 07-20-2014, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ppr:kut

Honestly, I think the easiest way to get vaapi acceleration with mplayer is with vdpau and libvdpau-va-gl. Works like a charm here, and as an added benefit you'll get video acceleration in flash player as well.

I'll give that a try. Would rebuilding the standard MPlayer provided by Slackware work?

ppr:kut · 07-20-2014, 11:19 AM

Yeah, worked fine for me. Just needs "--enable-vdpau" as additional configure parameter.
The only thing to keep in mind is that you need to tell vdpau what implementation library to use, since it defaults to nvidia's. You can simply do that using

Code:

export VDPAU_DRIVER="va_gl"

before running mplayer. Or permanently by putting it in you bashrc/bash_profile or /etc/profile.d

stormtracknole · 07-20-2014, 12:28 PM

MPlayer is now working with vdpau. However, I am not noticing a significant drop in CPU usage though. It's averages between 27 and 35% which is the same if using the xv driver. Do you notice a significant difference between the two drivers?

stormtracknole · 07-20-2014, 12:34 PM

Actually, it could be that's the best that I would be able to do with this video card.