xvba-va-driver broken

[Miguel]

After installing the latest fglrx driver in the repository and installing the xvba-va-driver, I write vainfo in a terminal and it returns the following error:

libva: VA-API version 0.32.0
libva: User requested driver 'xvba LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/va/drivers'
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/xvba LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/va/drivers_drv_video.so
libva: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

It doesn't work either when using vlc.

Thank you for your help!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xvba-va-driver 0.7.8-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 30 22:35:30 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
SourcePackage: xvba-video
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[RussianNeuroMancer (russianneuromancer)]

Do you try workaround from bug 800022?

[Miguel (legolin)]

Thank you for pointing me to that other bug, I seem to have solved the problem using the following workaround:

1)create a symlink with sudo ln -s /usr/lib/va/drivers/fglrx_drv_video.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so

2)Add the line LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME="fglrx" to /etc/environment.

Now vainfo returns the following:

libva: VA-API version 0.32.0
libva: User requested driver 'fglrx'
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so
libva: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 0.32 (libva 1.0.15)
vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems XvBA backend for VA-API - 0.7.8
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD

And opening a video with vlc returns:

MKV/Ebml Parser: m_el[mi_level] == NULL
MKV/Ebml Parser: Up cannot escape itself
MKV/Ebml Parser: m_el[mi_level] == NULL
libva: VA-API version 0.32.0
libva: User requested driver 'fglrx'
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so
MKV/Ebml Parser: Up cannot escape itself
libva: va_openDriver() returns 0
xvba_video: XVBA_GetSurface(): status 2
[0x7febe4c579e8] avcodec decoder: Using VA API version 0.32 for hardware decoding.

Is it working properly now? (I don't really know).

[Krzysztof Klimonda (kklimonda)]

Package installs libraries in the wrong location, not taking multiarch into consideration. It's too late in the cycle to sync with Debian (fixing bug #809765) because the debian package FTBFS due to the missing header file. But we can fix the current package so it installs libraries in the correct location, by changing debian/rules a bit. Attached is the debdiff for the version currently waiting for the approval.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xvba-video - 0.7.8-1ubuntu3

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xvba-video (0.7.8-1ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/rules, debian/install.in:
    - Add support for the multiarch paths to the packaging and install VA-API
      driver in the correct location. (LP: #969579)
 -- Krzysztof Klimonda <email address hidden> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:45:19 +0200