1080p h.264 video can't be played on ubuntu Panda 4430.

[Botao]

On Panda 4430 board, for test:

https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/QA/TestCases/Ubuntu#HwMM_-_Hardware_accelerated_video_decoding_support

The package "ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia" can be installed successfully, but after that the 1080p h.264 video totally can't be played. Before this package installed, the Totem can play the video, but looks like a slide show; now the monitor is whole black, nothing shows up.

Observed on hardware pack:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/hwpacks/lt-panda-x11-base/197/hwpack_linaro-lt-panda-x11-base_20120723-197_armhf_supported.tar.gz

with ubuntu rootfs:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/images/ubuntu-desktop/305/linaro-precise-ubuntu-desktop-20120723-305.tar.gz

[Botao (botao-sun)]

On Panda 4460, after install package "ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia", reboot board, click the Totem movie player, the player can't be launched. Refer to attachment to get snapshot.

[Ricardo Salveti (rsalveti)]

Here the broken behavior is because the kernel is missing a few kernel patches still (omapdce, drm, etc), which should be integrated by Andy soon.

Targeting this bug for 12.08, hopefully to be fixed in the next few days.

[Botao (botao-sun)]

For Panda 4460 board with Unity 2D enabled and DVI-D display output, before install "ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia" package, the 1080p video can be played, but likes a slide show. However, after install "ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia" package, the video can't be played at all, black screen in movie player shows.

Totem movie player can be launched and exit successfully this time, and I think it because I run it under the DVI-D + Unity 2D mode.

In serial console, repeated error information continuously shows:

omapdss DISPC error: SYNC_LOST on channel tv, restarting the output with video overlays disabled

Observed on hardware pack:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/hwpacks/lt-panda-x11-base/201/hwpack_linaro-lt-panda-x11-base_20120725-201_armhf_supported.tar.gz

with ubuntu rootfs image is:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/images/ubuntu-desktop/313/linaro-precise-ubuntu-desktop-20120725-313.tar.gz

[Botao (botao-sun)]

Same behaviour observed as comment #3 on Panda 4430 board.

hardware pack:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/hwpacks/lt-panda-x11-base/201/hwpack_linaro-lt-panda-x11-base_20120725-201_armhf_supported.tar.gz

ubuntu rootfs image:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/images/ubuntu-desktop/313/linaro-precise-ubuntu-desktop-20120725-313.tar.gz

[Botao (botao-sun)]

For Panda 4460 board, observed same behaviour as comment #3 on DVI-D display mode, with Linaro ubuntu pre-built image:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/pre-built/lt-panda-x11-base/219/lt-panda-x11-base-precise_ubuntu-desktop_20120803-219.img.gz

[Botao (botao-sun)]

For Panda 4430 board, observed same behaviour as comment #3 on HDMI display mode, except this error information in serial console:

omapdss DISPC error: SYNC_LOST on channel tv, restarting the output with video overlays disabled

It doesn't appear on HDMI display mode, however, 1080p video still can't be played. The pre-built image is as same as I used for Panda 4460 board:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/pre-built/lt-panda-x11-base/219/lt-panda-x11-base-precise_ubuntu-desktop_20120803-219.img.gz

[Amit Khare (amit-khare)]

observed with panda4430 build
http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/pre-built/lt-panda-x11-base/242/lt-panda-x11-base-precise_ubuntu-desktop_20120812-242.img.gz

The 1080p video can be played after installing "ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia" package and on small screen it runs fine but on full-screen it breaks.

[Amit Khare (amit-khare)]

same observation on panda 4460 with same build as comment #7

[Amit Khare (amit-khare)]

observed with panda ubuntu build on 4430

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/pre-built/lt-panda-x11-base/256/lt-panda-x11-base-precise_ubuntu-desktop_20120819-256.img.gz

observation same as comment #7

[Ricardo Salveti (rsalveti)]

Tested with the latest hwpack (using latest updates from TI's tree), and I'm able to play 1080p using full screen (not with a perfect performance still, but way better already).

[Botao (botao-sun)]

Without package "ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia", the 1080p video now can be played well under HDMI+Unity 2D mode on Panda 4460 board, full screen.

observed on Linaro ubuntu pre-built image:

http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/pre-built/lt-panda-x11-base/256/lt-panda-x11-base-precise_ubuntu-desktop_20120819-256.img.gz

[Amit Khare (amit-khare)]

observed on Panda 4430 board with image
http://snapshots.linaro.org/precise/pre-built/lt-panda-x11-base/279/lt-panda-x11-base-precise_ubuntu-desktop_20120830-279.img.gz

after installing ""ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia"" video runs fine in small screen but with full screen its still distorted.

@Ricardo should we consider it fixed as you have already tested ??

[Ricardo Salveti (rsalveti)]

I believe this issue happens once you install the extras-multimedia package and don't reboot your board. Please re-open in case it's still happening with latest daily images.