> Can you retest with git head? > > Build FFmpeg from source and retest.
I don't think I can do that easily, but I found a static build on the FFmpeg website. It's supposed to support VAAPI: # ./ffmpeg -hwaccels ffmpeg version N-46272-g3a56ade1f-static https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 6.3.0 (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1) 20170516 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc-6 --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gray --enable-libaom --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass --enable-libvmaf --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg libavutil 56. 18.102 / 56. 18.102 libavcodec 58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100 libavformat 58. 17.100 / 58. 17.100 libavdevice 58. 4.100 / 58. 4.100 libavfilter 7. 25.100 / 7. 25.100 libswscale 5. 2.100 / 5. 2.100 libswresample 3. 2.100 / 3. 2.100 libpostproc 55. 2.100 / 55. 2.100 Hardware acceleration methods: vdpau vaapi However, when I try this command: # ./ffmpeg -loglevel trace -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel vaapi -i bbb.mp4 out.mp4 ffmpeg version N-46272-g3a56ade1f-static https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 6.3.0 (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1) 20170516 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc-6 --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gray --enable-libaom --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass --enable-libvmaf --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg libavutil 56. 18.102 / 56. 18.102 libavcodec 58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100 libavformat 58. 17.100 / 58. 17.100 libavdevice 58. 4.100 / 58. 4.100 libavfilter 7. 25.100 / 7. 25.100 libswscale 5. 2.100 / 5. 2.100 libswresample 3. 2.100 / 3. 2.100 libpostproc 55. 2.100 / 55. 2.100 Splitting the commandline. Reading option '-loglevel' ... matched as option 'loglevel' (set logging level) with argument 'trace'. Reading option '-vaapi_device' ... matched as option 'vaapi_device' (set VAAPI hardware device (DRM path or X11 display name)) with argument '/dev/dri/renderD128'. Reading option '-hwaccel' ... matched as option 'hwaccel' (use HW accelerated decoding) with argument 'vaapi'. Reading option '-i' ... matched as input url with argument 'bbb.mp4'. Reading option 'out.mp4' ... matched as output url. Finished splitting the commandline. Parsing a group of options: global . Applying option loglevel (set logging level) with argument trace. Applying option vaapi_device (set VAAPI hardware device (DRM path or X11 display name)) with argument /dev/dri/renderD128. [AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x6189cc0] No VA display found for device: /dev/dri/renderD128. Device creation failed: -22. Failed to set value '/dev/dri/renderD128' for option 'vaapi_device': Invalid argument Error parsing global options: Invalid argument According to strace it doesn't even try to open the device. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".