VAAPI decoding fails on Jammy
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gstreamer-vaapi (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
For the linked video, if I try to play it through playbin on Jammy (`gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:
Running with GST_DEBUG=3 gives a lot of
```
0:00:00.381581482 183712 0x7f5f6c05b640 ERROR vaapivideomemory gstvaapivideome
0:00:00.381663666 183712 0x7f5f6c05b640 ERROR default video-frame.
0:00:00.381711318 183712 0x7f5f6c05b640 WARN xvimagesink xvimagesink.
```
This issue can be worked around by uninstalling gstreamer1.0-vaapi package, or by downgrading to 1.16.2-2.
vlc seems to be using VAAPI on the same machine & distro without issues:
```
$ vlc big_buck_
VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-
[000055cebcc6f580] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00007f9b1c003e50] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.192.1 (API v192)
libva info: VA-API version 1.14.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_14
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
[00007f9b39141220] avcodec decoder: Using Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 22.3.1 () for hardware decoding
```
[1] https:/
tags: | added: jammy |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.