For me does not work on 16.04.
If I install gstreamer1.0-vaapi (on NVidia card with binary drivers and vdpau working perfectly with mplayer), totem prints this and does not play anything
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_39
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
(totem:9596): Cogl-WARNING **: driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c:157: GL error (1280): Invalid enumeration value
However, gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=... works perfectly with hw acceleration (checked "video engine utilization" in nvidia-settings)
For me does not work on 16.04.
If I install gstreamer1.0-vaapi (on NVidia card with binary drivers and vdpau working perfectly with mplayer), totem prints this and does not play anything
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.0 x86_64- linux-gnu/ dri/nvidia_ drv_video. so
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_39
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
(totem:9596): Cogl-WARNING **: driver/ gl/cogl- framebuffer- gl.c:157: GL error (1280): Invalid enumeration value
However, gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=... works perfectly with hw acceleration (checked "video engine utilization" in nvidia-settings)