If i do 'mpv -v -vo vdpau --vd=ffh264vdpau,ffvc1vdpau, movie.m2ts' , i get a high cpu usage. So indeed hardware acceleration does not work. However, if i use 'mpv -v -vo vdpau --hwdec=vdpau movie.mt2s' , i get a nice low cpu usage. So mpv is not affected as long as one uses the new way of choosing hardware acceleration. I believe mplayer2 is no longer in active development. The website 'mplayer2.org' is dead. So chances are small this (i.e. the API changes in libav) will ever be repaired in mplayer2.
** Changed in: mpv (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libav in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374825 Title: VDPAU does not work in libav on Utopic Status in “libav” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “mplayer” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “mplayer2” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “mpv” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “vlc” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: After upgrading a Kubuntu Trusty x86_64 system to Utopic, VDPAU support has stopped working in all applications that use libav. In mplayer2, it prints "Cannot find codec 'h264_vdpau' in libavcodec..." and in VLC I get "[00007f9090000958] vdpau_avcodec generic error: decoder profile not supported: 6". To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/1374825/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp