Public bug reported: [needs-packaging] libva-mesa-driver / gallium_drv_video.so Please include "gallium_drv_video.so" which is a native va-api state tracker for mesa(gallium).
URL: http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/ URL: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi/ #intel/vdpau License: http://www.mesa3d.org/license.html Notes: Currently (as of today) in ubuntu 15.10 nightly amd64, va-api(vaapi) on AMD/Ati radeon opensource display hardware is using a vdpau backend 0.7.4 by Splitted-Desktop Systems (wrapper) on gallium r600. Although its possible and probably preferred (better performance less copying) to use a native implementation which mesa(gallium) 10.4 and higher delivers in a form of a va-api state tracker. vainfo #current default setup vdpau backend libva info: VA-API version 0.38.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r600_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_37 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 vainfo: VA-API version: 0.38 (libva 1.6.0) vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems VDPAU backend for VA-API - 0.7.4 vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG4Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG4AdvancedSimple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Baseline : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD The preferred setup needs that "gallium_drv_video.so" binary which is currently unavailable in ubuntu and debian. As an example I added a package/binary from archlinux. Copying the gallium_drv_video.so to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/ and symlinking(correcting) the libLLVM-3.6.so to arch-linux default /usr/lib/ location and exporting a variable was enough to make it work! https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/libva-mesa-driver/ #example by archlinux export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=gallium vainfo #preferred setup using gallium va-api from arch-linux (symlinked libLLVM-3.6.so to /usr/lib) libva info: VA-API version 0.38.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: User requested driver 'gallium' libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/gallium_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_38 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 vainfo: VA-API version: 0.38 (libva 1.6.0) vainfo: Driver version: mesa gallium vaapi vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG4Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG4AdvancedSimple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Baseline : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD I guess this binary "gallium_drv_video.so" might be available as a compile flag in the current mesa implementation... intel and vdpau has their own current implementation in va-api maybe http://cgit.freedesktop.org/vaapi/libva/ ? ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1481832 Title: VA-API implementation for gallium missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1481832/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
