I have been playing with this some more, and have more detailed
information to share.
I am not sure how to proceed, as it's not clear if the XBMC folks
recognize this configuration.
I have noticed the GeeXbox guys already use nouveau, (and it works)
but they are still on XBMC Frodo.
Should I engage the Debian side, the XBMC side, or just leave this
alone for a while?
Does anyone have this nouveau+xbmc+vdpau configuration working already?
Problem summary:
0. No issues when using proprietary NVIDIA driver
1. mythtv-frontend + nouveau driver works great with full VDPAU acceleration
2. xbmc + nouveau works great with software decoding (NO VDPAU
acceleration) with xbmc
3. xbmc + nouveau blank screen on playback with VDPAU acceleration,
audio works, subtitles get rendered
I have also duplicated the above on a stock jessie image (no dmo) with
xbmc-13.0 from debian experimental.
For reference, a Xorg.0.log and a loglevel=2 xbmc.log uploaded here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-ImKPfo32eTX2NiZWRndDB2Y3c/edit?usp=sharing
Here is what I have currently installed on my jessie+dmo system
ii libvdpau1:amd64 0.7-2 amd64 Video Decode
and Presentation API for Unix (libraries)
ii mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 10.1.1-1 amd64 Mesa VDPAU
video acceleration drivers
ii libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 2.4.53-1 amd64 Userspace
interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM ...
ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1+b1 amd64 X.Org X server
-- Nouveau display driver
ii xbmc 4:13.0+r2-dmo1 all XBMC Media
Center (full metapackage).
ii mythtv-common 0.27.0+fixes2014 all Personal video
recorder application (common data).
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Martin Gallant <martyg@???> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am evaluating the xorg-nouveau driver as a replacement for the
> non-free NVIDIA driver.
> I am testing this on the jessie release (debian + deb-multimedia)
>
> I have MythTV frontend working with full VDPAU acceleration.
> Looks promising here.
>
> On XBMC, I get a blank/dark screen with audio/subtitles with VDPAU turned on.
> (Everything is fine with VDPAU turned off)
>
> Does anyone have nouveau+xbmc+vdpau working on their Debian XBMC system?
> Or am I on the absolute bleeding edge?
>
> I can provide package lineups and logs if there is interest.
>
> --
> Marty
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Marty
