Public bug reported: I tried installing gstreamer0.10-vaapi for gpu accelerated video decoding. Generally, vaapi works but it only supports mpeg2, h264 and vc1. So one would guess that a video application should just fall back to the standard decoders when trying to play an unsupported video.
Totem seems to have trouble with this. First, the thumbnailer isnt working for non-vaapi videos: $ /usr/bin/totem-video-thumbnailer -j no-vaapi-support.mp4 test.png libva: VA-API version 0.32.0 Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0". libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so libva: va_openDriver() returns 0 totem-video-thumbnailer: 'no-vaapi-support.mp4' isn't thumbnailable Reason: Media contains no supported video streams. Another problem is that when opening the properties for unsupported videos in nautilus the application just freezes and crashes. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jul 15 12:12:51 2012 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gstreamer0.10 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024912 Title: Totem refuses to decode videos not supported by vaapi, Nautilus crashes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer0.10/+bug/1024912/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs