VLC media player 3.0.18 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2)
[000055ad99734600] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[000055ad997c3a70] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00007fb39c007630] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v5.229.0 (API v229)
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[00007fb39c007630] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaInitialize: unknown libva error
Segmentation fault
I've tried changing settings in inputs/codecs from VDPAU to VAAPI but nothing works. I'm stumped
this error happens from my other computer, but it works. I use NVIDIA on both.
VLC media player 3.0.18 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2)
[0000559c9b425600] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0000559c9b4b7da0] main playlist: playlist is empty
[0000559c9b4fa6a0] main audio output error: too low audio sample frequency (0)
[00007fa6e8d142e0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[0000559c9b4fa6a0] vlcpulse audio output error: digital pass-through stream connection failure: Not supported
[0000559c9b4fa6a0] main audio output error: module not functional
[00007fa6e8d142e0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[00007fa6c0007400] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v5.229.0 (API v229)
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[00007fa6c0007400] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaInitialize: unknown libva error
[00007fa6c0007400] glconv_vaapi_drm gl error: vaInitialize: unknown libva error
[00007fa6c0007400] glconv_vaapi_drm gl error: vaInitialize: unknown libva error
[00007fa6c0007400] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v5.229.0 (API v229)
[00007fa6e8c1c320] avcodec decoder: Using NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library 525.60.11 Wed Nov 23 22:48:12 UTC 2022 for hardware decoding
display: :0 screen: 0
API version: 1
Information string: NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library 525.60.11 Wed Nov 23 22:48:12 UTC 2022
Video surface:
name width height types
-------------------------------------------
420 8192 8192 NV12 YV12
422 8192 8192 UYVY YUYV
444 8192 8192 NV24 YV24
420_16 8192 8192 P010 P016
422_16 8192 8192 UYVY YUYV
444_16 8192 8192 Y_U_V_444_16
Decoder capabilities:
name level macbs width height
----------------------------------------------------
MPEG1 0 65536 4096 4096
MPEG2_SIMPLE 3 65536 4096 4096
MPEG2_MAIN 3 65536 4096 4096
H264_BASELINE 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_MAIN 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_HIGH 51 65536 4096 4096
VC1_SIMPLE 1 8190 2048 2048
VC1_MAIN 2 8190 2048 2048
VC1_ADVANCED 4 8190 2048 2048
MPEG4_PART2_SP 3 8192 2048 2048
MPEG4_PART2_ASP 5 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_MOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_MOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048
H264_CONSTRAINED_BASELINE 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_EXTENDED 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_PROGRESSIVE_HIGH 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_CONSTRAINED_HIGH 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_HIGH_444_PREDICTIVE 51 65536 4096 4096
VP9_PROFILE_0 1 262144 8192 8192
VP9_PROFILE_1 --- not supported ---
VP9_PROFILE_2 --- not supported ---
VP9_PROFILE_3 --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN 153 262144 8192 8192
HEVC_MAIN_10 153 262144 8192 8192
HEVC_MAIN_STILL --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_12 153 262144 8192 8192
HEVC_MAIN_444 --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_444_10 --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_444_12 --- not supported ---
AV1_MAIN --- not supported ---
AV1_HIGH --- not supported ---
AV1_PROFESSIONAL --- not supported ---
Output surface:
name width height nat types
----------------------------------------------------
B8G8R8A8 32768 32768 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 A4I4 I4A4 A8I8 I8A8
R10G10B10A2 32768 32768 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 A4I4 I4A4 A8I8 I8A8
Bitmap surface:
name width height
------------------------------
B8G8R8A8 32768 32768
R8G8B8A8 32768 32768
R10G10B10A2 32768 32768
B10G10R10A2 32768 32768
A8 32768 32768
Video mixer:
feature name sup
------------------------------------
DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL y
DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL_SPATIAL y
INVERSE_TELECINE y
NOISE_REDUCTION y
SHARPNESS y
LUMA_KEY y
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L1 y
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L2 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L3 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L4 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L5 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L6 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L7 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L8 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L9 -
parameter name sup min max
-----------------------------------------------------
VIDEO_SURFACE_WIDTH y 1 8192
VIDEO_SURFACE_HEIGHT y 1 8192
CHROMA_TYPE y
LAYERS y 0 4
attribute name sup min max
-----------------------------------------------------
BACKGROUND_COLOR y
CSC_MATRIX y
NOISE_REDUCTION_LEVEL y 0.00 1.00
SHARPNESS_LEVEL y -1.00 1.00
LUMA_KEY_MIN_LUMA y
LUMA_KEY_MAX_LUMA y
with extra repo's nvidia-dkms/nvidia-utils
display: :0 screen: 0
API version: 1
Information string: NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library 525.78.01 Mon Dec 26 05:38:00 UTC 2022
Video surface:
name width height types
-------------------------------------------
420 8192 8192 NV12 YV12
422 8192 8192 UYVY YUYV
444 8192 8192 NV24 YV24
420_16 8192 8192 P010 P016
422_16 8192 8192 UYVY YUYV
444_16 8192 8192 Y_U_V_444_16
Decoder capabilities:
name level macbs width height
----------------------------------------------------
MPEG1 0 65536 4096 4096
MPEG2_SIMPLE 3 65536 4096 4096
MPEG2_MAIN 3 65536 4096 4096
H264_BASELINE 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_MAIN 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_HIGH 51 65536 4096 4096
VC1_SIMPLE 1 8190 2048 2048
VC1_MAIN 2 8190 2048 2048
VC1_ADVANCED 4 8190 2048 2048
MPEG4_PART2_SP 3 8192 2048 2048
MPEG4_PART2_ASP 5 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_MOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_MOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048
H264_CONSTRAINED_BASELINE 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_EXTENDED 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_PROGRESSIVE_HIGH 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_CONSTRAINED_HIGH 51 65536 4096 4096
H264_HIGH_444_PREDICTIVE 51 65536 4096 4096
VP9_PROFILE_0 1 262144 8192 8192
VP9_PROFILE_1 --- not supported ---
VP9_PROFILE_2 --- not supported ---
VP9_PROFILE_3 --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN 153 262144 8192 8192
HEVC_MAIN_10 153 262144 8192 8192
HEVC_MAIN_STILL --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_12 153 262144 8192 8192
HEVC_MAIN_444 --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_444_10 --- not supported ---
HEVC_MAIN_444_12 --- not supported ---
AV1_MAIN --- not supported ---
AV1_HIGH --- not supported ---
AV1_PROFESSIONAL --- not supported ---
Output surface:
name width height nat types
----------------------------------------------------
B8G8R8A8 32768 32768 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 A4I4 I4A4 A8I8 I8A8
R10G10B10A2 32768 32768 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 A4I4 I4A4 A8I8 I8A8
Bitmap surface:
name width height
------------------------------
B8G8R8A8 32768 32768
R8G8B8A8 32768 32768
R10G10B10A2 32768 32768
B10G10R10A2 32768 32768
A8 32768 32768
Video mixer:
feature name sup
------------------------------------
DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL y
DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL_SPATIAL y
INVERSE_TELECINE y
NOISE_REDUCTION y
SHARPNESS y
LUMA_KEY y
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L1 y
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L2 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L3 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L4 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L5 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L6 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L7 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L8 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L9 -
parameter name sup min max
-----------------------------------------------------
VIDEO_SURFACE_WIDTH y 1 8192
VIDEO_SURFACE_HEIGHT y 1 8192
CHROMA_TYPE y
LAYERS y 0 4
attribute name sup min max
-----------------------------------------------------
BACKGROUND_COLOR y
CSC_MATRIX y
NOISE_REDUCTION_LEVEL y 0.00 1.00
SHARPNESS_LEVEL y -1.00 1.00
LUMA_KEY_MIN_LUMA y
LUMA_KEY_MAX_LUMA y
vainfo:
vainfo
Trying display: wayland
Trying display: x11
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
I uninstalled libva-vdpau-driver and now it works. Was this package not supposed to be installed?
Your result states an affirmative to that.
I use Nvidia "dkms" video driver with only libvdpau and lib32-libvdpau and stuff has worked so far. One has to tweak their environment to the unique combination of variables when getting a system running and running well.
This is still potentially a vlc bug. Having a package installed shouldn't crash an application. In your case, VDPAU is pretty dated and abandoned (nvidia uses nvdec nowadays) so maybe consider not using it at all. Depends on your gpu and all that of course.