VLC fails to enable VA-API acceleration in Ubuntu 17.10

[Huixiu]

I configured VLC to "VA-API video decoder via DRM". Playing some movies I got:
  libva info: VA-API version 0.40.0
  libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 1
  libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with operation
  failed,driver_name=i965
  [00007f8cd40f9c68] vaapi_drm generic error: Failed to initialize the
  VAAPI device

After set up "export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965", I got:
  libva info: VA-API version 0.40.0
  libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
  libva info: User requested driver 'i965'
  libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
   gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
  libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_40
  libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init
     failed
  libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
  vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 0.40.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_40
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 0.40 (libva )
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Skylake - 1.8.3
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointEncSlice

So, I can not get video acceleration in VLC enabled.

vlc version: 2.2.6-4build1, libva: 1.8.3-1.

Thanks a lot.

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

Missing vlc -vvv output.

[Huixiu (huixiu)]

vlc -vvv as attachment

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

Sorry, we'd need the vlc -vvv output when you try to play the move.

[Huixiu (huixiu)]

vlc -vvv as attachment

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

Which Intel CPU do you have?

[Huixiu (huixiu)]

# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'name'| uniq
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz
# lspci -v|grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 520 (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[antgel (antgel)]

I also see this on `Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz`. Parole plays the same file with almost no CPU impact. `vlc -vvv` log attached.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for vlc (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]