Comment 34 for bug 1300215

Same problem here after a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.3 on a Thinkpad T460

$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 07)

$ vdpauinfo
display: :0 screen: 0
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Error creating VDPAU device: 1

$ ll /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vdpau
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_nouveau.so -> libvdpau_nouveau.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_nouveau.so.1 -> libvdpau_nouveau.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_nouveau.so.1.0 -> libvdpau_nouveau.so.1.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 4 root root 5132328 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_nouveau.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_r300.so -> libvdpau_r300.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_r300.so.1 -> libvdpau_r300.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_r300.so.1.0 -> libvdpau_r300.so.1.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 4 root root 5132328 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_r300.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_r600.so -> libvdpau_r600.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_r600.so.1 -> libvdpau_r600.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_r600.so.1.0 -> libvdpau_r600.so.1.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 4 root root 5132328 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_r600.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_radeonsi.so -> libvdpau_radeonsi.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_radeonsi.so.1 -> libvdpau_radeonsi.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_radeonsi.so.1.0 -> libvdpau_radeonsi.so.1.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 4 root root 5132328 gen 13 09:41 libvdpau_radeonsi.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 feb 19 2016 libvdpau_trace.so.1 -> libvdpau_trace.so.1.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55376 feb 19 2016 libvdpau_trace.so.1.0.0

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Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_.so: impossibile aprire il file oggetto condiviso: File o directory non esistente
vo_vdpau: Can't create vdp device : No vdpau implementation.
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request: 151 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 17 ()
  Serial number of failed request: 2631
  Current serial number in output stream: 2631