VA API is missing Radeon support (r600_drv_video.so missing; also radeonsi and nouveau)

[Jaime Alberto Silva]

When i run vainfo I get:

libva: VA-API version 0.32.0
libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/r600_drv_video.so
libva: va_openDriver() returns -1

I have looked for this library in other packages and can't find any libva radeon package, seems like this library is missing from the ati drivers.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.31-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 24 12:56:55 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120228)
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

there is no VAAPI support for radeon..

[madbiologist (me-again)]

Radeon does support VDPAU though, on Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" and later.

[Mathew Hodson (mhodson)]

The package vdpau-va-driver provides nvidia_drv_video.so, s3g_drv_video.so, and vdpau_drv_video.so, so I think that is where this needs to be fixed.

[Mathew Hodson (mhodson)]

You can work around by setting LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=vdpau.

$ LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=vdpau vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 0.35.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: User requested driver 'vdpau'
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/vdpau_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_32
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 0.35 (libva 1.3.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems VDPAU backend for VA-API - 0.7.3
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Baseline : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package vdpau-video - 0.7.4-3

---------------
vdpau-video (0.7.4-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/mesa-drivers.patch: Enable drivers for nouveau, radionsi
    and r600. (Closes: #757370) (LP: #964040)

 -- Sebastian Ramacher <email address hidden> Thu, 07 Aug 2014 20:40:19 +0200

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Having this fix backported to trusty would be nice ;)

[frankster (wtfrank)]

It looks like you may need the fixed vdpau-video for in-home-streaming to work in steam with certain ATI cards

[Alecz20 (alexguzu)]

I was able to download the vdpau-va-driver_0.7.4-3_amd64.deb and install it in Trusty (14.04) without issues from here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/amd64/vdpau-va-driver/download

vainfo now works :)

[Angel Guzman Maeso (shakaran)]

I have 0.7.4-6 under Ubuntu 17.10 and it seems not fixed to me

$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 0.40.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r600_drv_video.so
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

$ vdpauinfo
display: :0 screen: 0
API version: 1
Information string: G3DVL VDPAU Driver Shared Library version 1.0

Video surface:

name width height types
-------------------------------------------
420 16384 16384 NV12 YV12
422 16384 16384 UYVY YUYV
444 16384 16384 Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8

Decoder capabilities:

name level macbs width height
----------------------------------------------------
MPEG1 --- not supported ---
MPEG2_SIMPLE 3 9216 2048 1152
MPEG2_MAIN 3 9216 2048 1152
H264_BASELINE 41 9216 2048 1152
H264_MAIN 41 9216 2048 1152
H264_HIGH 41 9216 2048 1152
VC1_SIMPLE 1 9216 2048 1152
VC1_MAIN 2 9216 2048 1152
VC1_ADVANCED 4 9216 2048 1152
MPEG4_PART2_SP --- not supported ---
MPEG4_PART2_ASP --- not supported ---
DIVX4_QMOBILE --- not supported ---
DIVX4_MOBILE --- not supported ---
DIVX4_HOME_THEATER --- not supported ---
DIVX4_HD_1080P --- not supported ---
DIVX5_QMOBILE --- not supported ---
DIVX5_MOBILE --- not supported ---
DIVX5_HOME_THEATER --- not supported ---
DIVX5_HD_1080P --- not supported ---
H264_CONSTRAINED_BASELINE 0 9216 2048 1152
H264_EXTENDED --- not supported ---
H264_PROGRESSIVE_HIGH --- not supported ---
H264_CONSTRAINED_HIGH --- not supported ---
H264_HIGH_444_PREDICTIVE --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_10 --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_STILL --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_12 --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_444 --- not supported ---

Output surface:

name width height nat types
----------------------------------------------------
B8G8R8A8 16384 16384 y NV12 YV12 UYVY YUYV Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 A4I4 I4A4 A8I8 I8A8
R8G8B8A8 16384 16384 y NV12 YV12 UYVY YUYV Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 A4I4 I4A4 A8I8 I8A8
R10G10B10A2 16384 16384 y NV12 YV12 UYVY YUYV Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 A4I4 I4A4 A8I8 I8A8
B10G10R10A2 16384 16384 y NV12 YV12 UYVY YUYV Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 A4I4 I4A4 A8I8 I8A8

Bitmap surface:

name width height
------------------------------
B8G8R8A8 16384 16384
R8G8B8A8 16384 16384
R10G10B10A2 16384 16384
B10G10R10A2 16384 16384
A8 16384 16384

Video mixer:

feature name sup
------------------------------------
DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL y
DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL_SPATIAL -
INVERSE_TELECINE -
NO...