Bug#750199: xbmc: No Video but audio and subtitiles

[Bálint Réczey]

2014-06-03 16:13 GMT+07:00 Mr Toc <mr-toc at neuf.fr>:
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> Le 03/06/2014 06:03, Bálint Réczey a écrit :
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>> 2014-06-03 2:20 GMT+07:00 Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher at debian.org>:
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>>> On 2014-06-02 18:38:43, Mr Toc wrote:
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>>>> Le 02/06/2014 16:08, Sebastian Ramacher a écrit :
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>>>>> On 2014-06-02 14:53:27, MrToc wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Package: xbmc
>>>>>> Version: 2:13.1~beta2+dfsg1-1
>>>>>> Severity: important
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Maintainer,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since the latest update, some videos can't be read. The pb appears
>>>>>> container
>>>>>> like .mkv or .mp4 .
>>>>>> The audio and subtitles are working but I have a black screen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> some info from the terminal
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   xbmc
>>>>>> Running DIL (3.22.0) Version
>>>>>> DtsDeviceOpen: Opening HW in mode 0
>>>>>> DtsDeviceOpen: Create File Failed
>>>>>> libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
>>>>>> libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
>>>>>> libva info: Trying to open
>>>>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
>>>>>> libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
>>>>>> libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
>>>>>> libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
>>>>>> libva info: Trying to open
>>>>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
>>>>>> libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have vdpau-va-driver installed? It look like that's missing.
>>>>> (There is an upload sitting in the NEW queue that pulls in the driver
>>>>> packages, but for now they need to be installed manually.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, if you install vainfo, what does running vainfo print?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> vdpau-va-driver isn't installed on my system.
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>>>> $ vainfo
>>>> libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
>>>> libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
>>>> libva info: Trying to open
>>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
>>>> libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
>>>> vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> With vdpau-va-driver installed it seems OK.
>>>>
>>>> $ vainfo
>>>> libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
>>>> libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
>>>> libva info: Trying to open
>>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
>>>> libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_35
>>>> libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
>>>> vainfo: VA-API version: 0.35 (libva 1.3.1)
>>>> vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems VDPAU backend for
>>>> VA-API -
>>>> 0.7.4
>>>> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
>>>>        VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>        VAProfileMPEG2Main              :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>        VAProfileMPEG4Simple            :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>        VAProfileMPEG4AdvancedSimple    :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>        VAProfileH264Main               :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>        VAProfileH264High               :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>        VAProfileVC1Simple              :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>        VAProfileVC1Main                :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>        VAProfileVC1Advanced            :       VAEntrypointVLD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help. The pb is solved.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for checking.
>>>
>>> So on libva's side a fix is pending. Balint, do you think there is
>>> something left to on xbmc's side, e.g. falling back to another method if
>>> no libva backend is available?
>>
>> Thanks for the fix! AFAIK XBMC's VAAPI problems are due to bugs in libva.
>> There is even a patch for disabling VAAPI on nvidia, but I did not
>> want to include it in Debian to help debugging the issues in libva
>> itself:
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>> http://kanotix.com/files/fix/xbmc/0006-VAAPI-Only-run-on-ATI-with-Splitted-Desktop-and-on-Intel.patch
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>> MrToc, could you please check if the libva fix solved the problem?
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>> Cheers,
>> Balint
>>
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> Sorry but I'm not sure to understand the question. This is the first time I
> report a bug. Could you be mors specific because I don't know what to do.
> With vdpau-va-driver installed XBMC is running OK.
Sorry, I missed the part of the email where you wrote that installing
the driver fixed the problem.
I will check if there is a fallback in latest XBMC.

Cheers,
Balint