How to enable VDPAU for nVidia 8400GS? Point me to a post?
locohost
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Question  2010-10-08, 17:10
I installed libvdpau and then I installed the nvidia vdpau software. I was following some steps from another post. When I run xbmc and hit 'O' I can see that the gcpu is still not doing any work, the two computer cpus are doing all the work. They run at roughly 30% on 720p content and it renders smooth. However, the cpus jump up to 50%+ on 1080p content and they can't keep the frame rate steady so of course the movie stutters.

So... the solution is to get VDPAU working and so far I haven't found the right instructions. Can someone point me to some clear steps?

Thanks a lot for your help! :-)

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spiff
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2010-10-08, 17:49
self-built? then you have to remember the -dev packages. (and reconfigure/remake). if not, we need a debug log - it should be all automagic.
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2010-10-08, 18:23
spiff Wrote:self-built? then you have to remember the -dev packages. (and reconfigure/remake). if not, we need a debug log - it should be all automagic.

You know what? This is totally in the wrong forum. XBMC is running perfectly fine. I need to get VDPAU on my 8400GS working in Ubuntu and I bet I did something wrong when installing the drivers. Maybe something out of sequence or wrong version. Something Huh

I'll post in Ubuntu forums.

Sorry Blush
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Hannes The Hun
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2010-10-08, 20:18
you know what? i bet you forgot to install libvdpau1 but as you're gonna post in the ubuntu forums anyways, please at least give these guys some more information about what exactly you did.
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Smile  2010-10-08, 20:40
Hannes The Hun Wrote:you know what? i bet you forgot to install libvdpau1 but as you're gonna post in the ubuntu forums anyways, please at least give these guys some more information about what exactly you did.

I uninstalled the libvdpau drivers and the nvidia drivers and started fresh. So right now all I have installed is the "NVidia binary Xorg driver, kernal module and VDPAU library". Installed that from the Hardware Drivers screen. So far that's all I've installed.

So you're saying -in addition to this- now install libvdpau1?

Thanks! Smile
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bobo1on1
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2010-10-08, 20:40
I'm pretty sure the xbmc debug log will tell what's wrong.
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locohost
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Thumbs Up  2010-10-08, 21:01
bobo1on1 Wrote:I'm pretty sure the xbmc debug log will tell what's wrong.

Here is the current xbmc.log. I do see an issue loading VDPAU...

Code:
14:45:09 T:3078961024 M:803958784  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: smb://SPOCK/movies-usb4/Centurion (2010) 1080p/Centurion (2010) 1080p.mkv
14:45:09 T:3078961024 M:803958784 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
14:45:09 T:2847861616 M:803823616  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:803696640  NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:793088000  NOTICE: Opening video stream: 0 source: 256
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:793088000  NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 28
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792961024  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Creating VDPAU(1920x816)
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792961024  NOTICE: (VDPAU) unable to get handle to libvdpau
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792961024  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Failed to get VDPAU device
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792961024  NOTICE:  (VDPAU) ~CVDPAU
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792961024  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792961024  NOTICE: Creating video thread
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792961024  NOTICE: Opening audio stream: 1 source: 256
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792961024  NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86021
14:45:10 T:2822683504 M:792961024  NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792821760  NOTICE: Creating audio thread
14:45:10 T:2847861616 M:792821760  NOTICE: Opening Subtitle stream: 2 source: 256
14:45:10 T:2814290800 M:792821760  NOTICE: running thread: CDVDPlayerAudio::Process()
14:45:10 T:2814290800 M:787861504  NOTICE: Creating audio device with codec id: 86021, channels: 2, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through
14:45:10 T:2822683504 M:781012992  NOTICE:  fps: 23.976025, pwidth: 1920, pheight: 816, dwidth: 1920, dheight: 816
14:45:10 T:2822683504 M:781012992  NOTICE: Display resolution DESKTOP : 1920x1080 @ 50.00 - Full Screen (12)
14:45:12 T:3078961024 M:766455808  NOTICE: Using GL_TEXTURE_2D
14:45:12 T:3078961024 M:766455808  NOTICE: GL: Selecting Single Pass YUV 2 RGB shader
14:45:12 T:3078961024 M:765599744  NOTICE: GL: NPOT texture support detected
14:45:19 T:2822683504 M:778919936 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 70641, consumed: 0
14:45:19 T:2822683504 M:778919936 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 71035, consumed: 0
14:45:21 T:2822683504 M:778895360 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 79643, consumed: 0
14:45:21 T:2822683504 M:778895360 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 52665, consumed: 0
14:45:21 T:2822683504 M:778895360 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 50052, consumed: 0
14:45:21 T:2822683504 M:778895360 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 63096, consumed: 0
14:45:23 T:2822683504 M:778862592 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 68382, consumed: 0
14:45:24 T:2822683504 M:778928128 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 59945, consumed: 0
14:45:24 T:2822683504 M:778928128 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 61108, consumed: 0
14:45:24 T:2822683504 M:778928128 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 60546, consumed: 0
14:46:29 T:2822683504 M:779710464 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 42394, consumed: 0
14:46:30 T:2822683504 M:779456512 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 43548, consumed: 0
14:46:30 T:2822683504 M:779456512 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 44022, consumed: 0
14:46:34 T:2822683504 M:779329536 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 34786, consumed: 0
14:46:34 T:2822683504 M:779329536 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 44974, consumed: 0
14:46:38 T:2822683504 M:779304960 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 50147, consumed: 0
14:46:42 T:2822683504 M:779350016 WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size: 50047, consumed: 0

There is a lot more in the xbmc.log but I had to trim it because the post was too big Oo
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bobo1on1
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2010-10-08, 21:27
That looks like you don't have libvdpau1 installed Smile
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gabbott
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2010-10-08, 21:32
locohost Wrote:There is a lot more in the xbmc.log but I had to trim it because the post was too big Oo

here is a tip: use http://pastebin.com/ or http://pastebin.ca/ for logs
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2010-10-08, 22:01
gabbott Wrote:here is a tip: use http://pastebin.com/ or http://pastebin.ca/ for logs

Oh crap, sorry Blush
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locohost
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Thumbs Up  2010-10-08, 22:08
bobo1on1 Wrote:That looks like you don't have libvdpau1 installed Smile

Yep! That helped a ton!

Now the 2 cpus run at 1 - 9% max. Barely even idling. 1080p MKVs are about 95% smooth in each of my test vids. They still have minor stutters in spots but I'm guessing that can be ironed out with tweaks to the settings.

Is there a thread that says what the best NVidia driver settings and the XBMC "Video > Playback" and "System > Video Output" settings should be for VDPAU? Mine must have some minor issues.

Thanks for helping with this! Big Grin
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Hannes The Hun
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2010-10-09, 11:44
locohost Wrote:Yep! That helped a ton!

wow, now I'm gonna pretend to look surprised: Shocked
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2010-10-09, 15:16
lol Laugh
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locohost
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Thumbs Down  2010-10-10, 22:54
Hannes The Hun Wrote:wow, now I'm gonna pretend to look surprised: Shocked

Yes, yes, yes you're extraordinarily brilliant and benevolent for taking 60 seconds to help someone as ignorant as me. Thank you SO much!

Anyway... Rolleyes
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