[lunar] missing vaapi hardware acceleration

[Andreas Hasenack]

I have an alder lake gen12 cpu, and mpv is not using hardware acceleration when playing an mp4 h264 4k video I recorded with my cellphone.

I'm on lunar up-do-date, using Xorg.

$ mpv VID_20230522_183055590.mp4
 (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 3840x2160 29.746fps)
 (+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (aac 2ch 48000Hz)
AO: [pipewire] 48000Hz stereo 2ch floatp
VO: [gpu] 3840x2160 yuv420p
AV: 00:00:06 / 00:00:19 (31%) A-V: 0.000

According to intel_gpu_top, no hw acceleration was used during the playback of this video. CPU usage stayed around 60%.

$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 1.17.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_17
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.17 (libva 2.12.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 23.1.2 ()
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP9Profile1 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile1 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP9Profile3 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile3 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileHEVCMain12 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain12 : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain422_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain422_10 : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain422_12 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain422_12 : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain444 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain444 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileHEVCMain444_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain444_10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileHEVCMain444_12 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCSccMain : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCSccMain : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileHEVCSccMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCSccMain10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileAV1Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP

intel-media-va-driver-non-free:amd64 23.1.2+ds1-1

$ lsgpu
card0 Intel Alderlake_p (Gen12) drm:/dev/dri/card0
└─renderD128 drm:/dev/dri/renderD128

$ inxi --gpu
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+ ports:
    active: DP-1,DP-3,eDP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-4,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:46a6 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-3.2:6 chip-ID: 046d:082d
    class-ID: 0102 serial: 40BB7A2F
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
    compositor: gnome-shell v: 44.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 10560x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 2794x571mm (110.00x22.48")
    s-diag: 2852mm (112.27")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: left model: Dell P2721Q serial: GSLW4C3 built: 2021
    res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
    diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: primary,center model: Dell P2723QE serial: FNJYLP3
    built: 2022 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
  Monitor-3: eDP-1 pos: right model: Samsung 0x4152 built: 2020
    res: 2880x1800 hz: 90 dpi: 242 gamma: 1.2 size: 302x189mm (11.89x7.44")
    diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 16:10 modes: 2880x1800
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes

On the same environment, chromium snap from the hwaccel channel uses hardware acceleration with this video.

mpv with verbose flag outputs the following:

$ mpv -v -fs VID_20230522_183055590.mp4
[cplayer] Command line options: '-v' '-fs' 'VID_20230522_183055590.mp4'
[cplayer] mpv 0.35.1 Copyright © 2000-2023 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
[cplayer] built on UNKNOWN
[cplayer] FFmpeg library versions:
[cplayer] libavutil 57.28.100
[cplayer] libavcodec 59.37.100
[cplayer] libavformat 59.27.100
[cplayer] libswscale 6.7.100
[cplayer] libavfilter 8.44.100
[cplayer] libswresample 4.7.100
[cplayer] FFmpeg version: 5.1.2-3ubuntu1
[cplayer]
[cplayer] Configuration: meson configure build -Dprefix=/usr -Dbuildtype=plain -Doptimization=plain
[cplayer] List of enabled features: alsa av-channel-layout caca cdda cplayer cplugins cuda-hwaccel cuda-interop dmabuf-interop-gl dmabuf-interop-pl dmabuf-wayland drm drm-is-kms dvdnav egl egl-drm egl-helpers egl-x11 ffmpeg ffnvcodec gbm gl gl-wayland glibc-thread-name glob glob-posix gpl iconv jack javascript jpeg jpegxl lcms2 libarchive libass libavdevice libbluray libdl libm libmpv-shared libplacebo libplacebo-next librt linux-fstatfs lua52 manpage-build memfd_create noexecstack pipewire plain-gl posix pulse rubberband rubberband-3 sdl2 sdl2-audio sdl2-gamepad sdl2-video sixel spirv-cross stdatomic threads uchardet vaapi vaapi-drm vaapi-egl vaapi-libplacebo vaapi-wayland vaapi-x-egl vaapi-x11 vdpau vector vt.h vulkan wayland wayland_protocols_1_24 x11 xv zimg zlib
[cplayer] Reading config file /etc/mpv/encoding-profiles.conf
[cplayer] Applying profile 'default'...
[cplayer] Reading config file /etc/mpv/mpv.conf
[cplayer] Applying profile 'default'...
[cplayer] Setting option 'hwdec' = 'vaapi' (flags = 4)
[cplayer] Setting option 'v' = '' (flags = 8)
[cplayer] Setting option 'fs' = '' (flags = 8)
[cplayer] Waiting for scripts...
[osd/libass] libass API version: 0x1700000
[osd/libass] libass source: tarball: 0.17.0
[osd/libass] Shaper: FriBidi 1.0.8 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 6.0.0 (COMPLEX)
[osd/libass] Setting up fonts...
[osd/libass] Using font provider fontconfig
[osd/libass] Done.
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Done loading scripts.
[cplayer] Running hook: ytdl_hook/on_load
[ytdl_hook] ytdl:// hook
[ytdl_hook] not a ytdl:// url
[ifo_dvdnav] Opening VID_20230522_183055590.mp4
[bdmv/bluray] Opening VID_20230522_183055590.mp4
[file] Opening VID_20230522_183055590.mp4
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[demux] Trying demuxers for level=normal.
[osd/libass] libass API version: 0x1700000
[osd/libass] libass source: tarball: 0.17.0
[osd/libass] Shaper: FriBidi 1.0.8 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 6.0.0 (COMPLEX)
[osd/libass] Setting up fonts...
[lavf] Found 'mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2' at score=100 size=2048.
[file] stream level seek from 131072 to 405303
[demux] Detected file format: mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 (libavformat)
[cplayer] Opening done: VID_20230522_183055590.mp4
[osd/libass] Using font provider fontconfig
[osd/libass] Done.
[find_files] Loading external files in .
[cplayer] Running hook: ytdl_hook/on_preloaded
[lavf] select track 0
[lavf] select track 1
[cplayer] (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 3840x2160 29.746fps)
[cplayer] (+) Audio --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (aac 2ch 48000Hz)
[vo/gpu] Probing for best GPU context.
[vo/gpu/opengl] Initializing GPU context 'wayland'
[vo/gpu/opengl] Initializing GPU context 'x11egl'
[vo/gpu/x11] X11 opening display: :0
[vo/gpu/x11] Display 0 (eDP-1): [7680, 0, 10560, 1800] @ 90.001438 FPS
[vo/gpu/x11] Display 1 (DP-1): [0, 0, 3840, 2160] @ 59.996625 FPS
[vo/gpu/x11] Display 2 (DP-3): [3840, 0, 7680, 2160] @ 59.996625 FPS
[vo/gpu/x11] Current display FPS: 90.001438
[vo/gpu/opengl] EGL_VERSION=1.5
[vo/gpu/opengl] EGL_VENDOR=Mesa Project
[vo/gpu/opengl] EGL_CLIENT_APIS=OpenGL OpenGL_ES
[vo/gpu/opengl] Trying to create Desktop OpenGL context.
[vo/gpu/opengl] Choosing visual EGL config 0x15, visual ID 0x21
[vo/gpu/x11] The XPresent extension was found.
[vo/gpu/x11] XPresent disabled.
[vo/gpu/opengl] GL_VERSION='4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 23.0.2'
[vo/gpu/opengl] Detected desktop OpenGL 4.6.
[vo/gpu/opengl] GL_VENDOR='Intel'
[vo/gpu/opengl] GL_RENDERER='Mesa Intel(R) Graphics (ADL GT2)'
[vo/gpu/opengl] GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION='4.60'
[vo/gpu/opengl] Loaded extension GL_KHR_debug.
[vo/gpu] Testing FBO format rgba16f
[vo/gpu] Using FBO format rgba16f.
[vo/gpu] No advanced processing required. Enabling dumb mode.
[vo/gpu] Assuming 90.001438 FPS for display sync.
[vd] Container reported FPS: 29.746173
[vd] Codec list:
[vd] h264 - H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
[vd] h264_v4l2m2m (h264) - V4L2 mem2mem H.264 decoder wrapper
[vd] h264_qsv (h264) - H264 video (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration)
[vd] h264_cuvid (h264) - Nvidia CUVID H264 decoder
[vd] Opening decoder h264
[vd] Looking at hwdec h264-vaapi...
[vo/gpu] Loading hwdec drivers for format: 'vaapi'
[vo/gpu] Loading hwdec driver 'vaapi'
[vo/gpu/vaapi] using EGL dmabuf interop
[vo/gpu/vaapi] Trying to open a x11 VA display...
[vo/gpu/vaapi/vaapi] Initialized VAAPI: version 1.17
[vo/gpu/vaapi] Going to probe surface formats (may log bogus errors)...
[vo/gpu/vaapi] Done probing surface formats.
[vd] Trying hardware decoding via h264-vaapi.
[vd] Selected codec: h264 (H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10)
[vf] User filter list:
[vf] (empty)
[ad] Codec list:
[ad] aac - AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
[ad] aac_fixed (aac) - AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
[ad] Opening decoder aac
[ad] Requesting 1 threads for decoding.
[ad] Selected codec: aac (AAC (Advanced Audio Coding))
[af] User filter list:
[af] (empty)
[cplayer] Starting playback...
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[file] stream level seek from 832193 to 424591
[file] stream level seek from 555663 to 832193
[file] stream level seek from 1022233 to 425382
[file] stream level seek from 556454 to 1022233
[vd] Pixel formats supported by decoder: vdpau cuda vaapi yuvj420p
[vd] Codec profile: Baseline (0x42)
[vd] Hardware decoding of this stream is unsupported?
[vd] Requesting pixfmt 'yuvj420p' from decoder.
[vd] Falling back to software decoding.
[vd] Detected 16 logical cores.
[vd] Requesting 16 threads for decoding.
[vd] DR failed - disabling.
[vd] Using software decoding.
[vd] Decoder format: 3840x2160 [0:1] yuv420p bt.601/bt.601-525/bt.1886/full/auto CL=mpeg2/4/h264
[vf] [in] 3840x2160 yuv420p bt.601/bt.601-525/bt.1886/full/display SP=1.000000 CL=mpeg2/4/h264 rot=90
[vf] [userdeint] 3840x2160 yuv420p bt.601/bt.601-525/bt.1886/full/display SP=1.000000 CL=mpeg2/4/h264 rot=90
[vf] [userdeint] (disabled)
[vf] [autorotate] 3840x2160 yuv420p bt.601/bt.601-525/bt.1886/full/display SP=1.000000 CL=mpeg2/4/h264 rot=90
[vf] [autorotate] (disabled)
[vf] [convert] 3840x2160 yuv420p bt.601/bt.601-525/bt.1886/full/display SP=1.000000 CL=mpeg2/4/h264 rot=90
[vf] [convert] (disabled)
[vf] [out] 3840x2160 yuv420p bt.601/bt.601-525/bt.1886/full/display SP=1.000000 CL=mpeg2/4/h264 rot=90
[af] [in] 48000Hz stereo 2ch floatp
[af] [userspeed] 48000Hz stereo 2ch floatp
[af] [userspeed] (disabled)
[af] [convert] 48000Hz stereo 2ch floatp
[ao] Trying audio driver 'pipewire'
[ao/pipewire] requested format: 48000 Hz, stereo channels, floatp
[ao/pipewire] Headers version: 0.3.65
[ao/pipewire] Library version: 0.3.65
[ao/pipewire] Core user: andreas
[ao/pipewire] Core host: nsnx2
[ao/pipewire] Core version: 0.3.65
[ao/pipewire] Core name: pipewire-0
[ao/pipewire] device buffer: 960 samples.
[ao/pipewire] using soft-buffer of 9600 samples.
[cplayer] AO: [pipewire] 48000Hz stereo 2ch floatp
[cplayer] AO: Description: PipeWire audio output
[af] [convert] (disabled)
[af] [out] 48000Hz stereo 2ch floatp
[cplayer] VO: [gpu] 3840x2160 yuv420p
[cplayer] VO: Description: Shader-based GPU Renderer
[vo/gpu] DR path suspected slow/uncached, disabling..reconfig to 3840x2160 yuv420p bt.601/bt.601-525/bt.1886/full/display SP=1.000000 CL=mpeg2/4/h264 rot=90
[vo/gpu/x11] not waiting for MapNotify
[vo/gpu/x11] Current display FPS: 59.996625
[vo/gpu] Resize: 2160x3840
[vo/gpu] Window size: 2160x3840 (Borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0)
[vo/gpu] Video source: 3840x2160 (1:1)
[vo/gpu] Video display: (0, 0) 2160x3840 -> (0, 0) 2160x3840
[vo/gpu] Video scale: 1.000000/1.000000
[vo/gpu] OSD borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0
[vo/gpu] Video borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0
[vo/gpu] Reported display depth: 8
[vo/gpu] Texture for plane 0: 3840x2160
[vo/gpu] Texture for plane 1: 1920x1080
[vo/gpu] Texture for plane 2: 1920x1080
[vo/gpu] Testing FBO format rgba16f
[vo/gpu] Using FBO format rgba16f.
[vo/gpu] No advanced processing required. Enabling dumb mode.
[vo/gpu] Resize: 2160x3840
[vo/gpu] Window size: 2160x3840 (Borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0)
[vo/gpu] Video source: 3840x2160 (1:1)
[vo/gpu] Video display: (0, 0) 2160x3840 -> (0, 0) 2160x3840
[vo/gpu] Video scale: 1.000000/1.000000
[vo/gpu] OSD borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0
[vo/gpu] Video borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0
[vo/gpu] Reported display depth: 8
[vo/gpu] Assuming 59.996625 FPS for display sync.
[cplayer] first video frame after restart shown
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] audio ready
[cplayer] delaying audio start 0.018792 vs. 0.000000, diff=0.018792
[cplayer] playback restart complete @ 0.000000, audio=ready, video=playing
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (0%) A-V: 0.000
[cplayer] starting audio playback
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[vo/gpu/x11] Disabling screensaver.
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (0%) A-V: 0.000
[vo/gpu] Resize: 3840x2123
[vo/gpu] Window size: 3840x2123 (Borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0)
[vo/gpu] Video source: 3840x2160 (1:1)
[vo/gpu] Video display: (0, 0) 2160x3840 -> (1323, 0) 1194x2123
[vo/gpu] Video scale: 0.552778/0.552865
[vo/gpu] OSD borders: l=1323 t=0 r=1323 b=0
[vo/gpu] Video borders: l=1323 t=0 r=1323 b=0
[vo/gpu] Reported display depth: 8
[vo/gpu] Resize: 3840x2123
[vo/gpu] Window size: 3840x2123 (Borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0)
[vo/gpu] Video source: 3840x2160 (1:1)
[vo/gpu] Video display: (0, 0) 2160x3840 -> (1323, 0) 1194x2123
[vo/gpu] Video scale: 0.552778/0.552865
[vo/gpu] OSD borders: l=1323 t=0 r=1323 b=0
[vo/gpu] Video borders: l=1323 t=0 r=1323 b=0
[vo/gpu] Reported display depth: 8
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (0%) A-V: 0.019
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (0%) A-V: 0.017
[vo/gpu] Resize: 2160x2123
[vo/gpu] Window size: 2160x2123 (Borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0)
[vo/gpu] Video source: 3840x2160 (1:1)
[vo/gpu] Video display: (0, 0) 2160x3840 -> (483, 0) 1194x2123
[vo/gpu] Video scale: 0.552778/0.552865
[vo/gpu] OSD borders: l=483 t=0 r=483 b=0
[vo/gpu] Video borders: l=483 t=0 r=483 b=0
[vo/gpu] Reported display depth: 8
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (2%) A-V: 0.005
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (2%) A-V: 0.005
[osd/libass] fontselect: (sans-serif, 400, 0) -> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf, 0, DejaVuSans
[osd/libass] fontselect: (mpv-osd-symbols, 400, 0) -> mpv-osd-symbols-Regular, 0, mpv-osd-symbols-Regular
[vo/gpu] Reallocating OSD texture to 4096x512.
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (4%) A-V: 0.002
[cplayer] Set property: fullscreen -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (4%) A-V: 0.002
[vo/gpu] Resize: 2160x2123
[vo/gpu] Window size: 2160x2123 (Borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0)
[vo/gpu] Video source: 3840x2160 (1:1)
[vo/gpu] Video display: (0, 0) 2160x3840 -> (483, 0) 1194x2123
[vo/gpu] Video scale: 0.552778/0.552865
[vo/gpu] OSD borders: l=483 t=0 r=483 b=0
[vo/gpu] Video borders: l=483 t=0 r=483 b=0
[vo/gpu] Reported display depth: 8
[statusline] AV: 00:00:00 / 00:00:19 (5%) A-V: 0.001
[vo/gpu] Resize: 3840x2160
[vo/gpu] Window size: 3840x2160 (Borders: l=0 t=0 r=0 b=0)
[vo/gpu] Video source: 3840x2160 (1:1)
[vo/gpu] Video display: (0, 0) 2160x3840 -> (1312, 0) 1215x2160
[vo/gpu] Video scale: 0.562500/0.562500
[vo/gpu] OSD borders: l=1312 t=0 r=1313 b=0
[vo/gpu] Video borders: l=1312 t=0 r=1313 b=0
[vo/gpu] Reported display depth: 8
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[statusline] AV: 00:00:01 / 00:00:19 (7%) A-V: 0.000
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1
[statusline] AV: 00:00:02 / 00:00:19 (13%) A-V: 0.000
[cplayer] EOF code: 5
[vo/gpu/x11] Enabling screensaver.
[cplayer] finished playback, success (reason 3)
[cplayer]
[cplayer] Exiting... (Quit)
[cplayer] Set property: shared-script-properties -> 1

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I'm using Lunar on Alder Lake too, and mpv is using VA-API correctly here. Both Xorg and Wayland.

Can you share a sample video for me to test?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Do you have a custom config in ~/.config/mpv/ ?

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

> Do you have a custom config in ~/.config/mpv/ ?

No, that directory exists but is empty.

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

The video I attached plays within the chromium snap with hardware acceleration (I see "Video" and "VideoEnhance" move a lot in the output of intel_gpu_top). With mpv and the firefox snap, they stay at 0%.

chromium snap is:
$ snap info chromium
name: chromium
summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome
publisher: Canonical✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/chromium
contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bugs?field.tag=snap
license: unset
description: |
  An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more
  stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.
commands:
  - chromium.chromedriver
  - chromium
snap-id: XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R
tracking: latest/edge/hwacc
refresh-date: 10 days ago, at 12:56 -03
channels:
  latest/stable: 113.0.5672.126 2023-05-19 (2477) 157MB -
  latest/candidate: 113.0.5672.126 2023-05-17 (2477) 157MB -
  latest/beta: 114.0.5735.35 2023-05-22 (2484) 155MB -
  latest/edge: 115.0.5773.4 2023-05-22 (2483) 156MB -
installed: 115.0.5762.4-hwacc (2475) 175MB -

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks, confirmed. Looks like a subtle mpv bug causing it to give up on hardware acceleration of videos from the Moto G7 Plus. Other than where the video came from I cannot see any difference between it and my own test videos. I recommend reporting the problem upstream at https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Actually there is one difference in the reported pixel format according to ffplay:

WORKS: yuv420p
FAILS: yuvj420p(pc, smpte170m)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Interesting that ffplay also says about your video:

[swscaler @ 0x7fa1d5926a80] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Filed upstream bug at https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/11712

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Found this:

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/7348

If I pass `--vd-lavc-check-hw-profile=no`, then mpv playback uses hardware acceleration.

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Looks like mpv is doing the correct thing and checking the baseline profile.

To workaround it, pass --vd-lavc-check-hw-profile=no, or put it in the ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf file:

$ cat ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
vd-lavc-check-hw-profile=no