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and subject line Bug#1126656: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #820181,
regarding gstreamer1.0-vaapi: installing vaapi breaks gstreamer video playback
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gstreamer1.0-vaapi
Version: 0.5.9-2
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Video playback via playbin works somewhat (tearing and frame-drop at 2k)
without vaapi using this command:
$ gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///var/local/incoming/clap3-bobcoecke.avi
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
Redistribute latency...
Pipeline is PREROLLED ...
Setting pipeline to PLAYING ...
New clock: GstAudioSinkClock
After apt-get install gstreamer1.0-vaapi get a black frame and this:
$ gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///var/local/incoming/clap3-bobcoecke.avi
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
libva info: VA-API version 0.36.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_35
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
Got context from element 'vaapidecode0': gst.vaapi.Display=context,
display=(GstVaapiDisplay)NULL;
Redistribute latency...
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_vaapi_image_get_plane: assertion
'image != NULL' failed
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_vaapi_image_get_pitch: assertion
'image != NULL' failed
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_vaapi_image_get_plane: assertion
'image != NULL' failed
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_vaapi_image_get_pitch: assertion
'image != NULL' failed
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_vaapi_image_get_plane: assertion
'image != NULL' failed
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_vaapi_image_get_pitch: assertion
'image != NULL' failed
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_video_meta_unmap_vaapi_memory:
assertion 'mem->surface' failed
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_video_meta_unmap_vaapi_memory:
assertion 'mem->surface' failed
** (gst-launch-1.0:28987): CRITICAL **: gst_video_meta_unmap_vaapi_memory:
assertion 'mem->surface' failed
While some video files do play, others fail differently. I believe that
this means there isn't a way of playing back video adequately (at 2k at
least) using debian gstreamer. The VDPAU "bad" plugin might help, but
isn't built by default.
ffplay manages to play the test video files well, i.e. no tearing or
frame-drop that I noticed.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages gstreamer1.0-vaapi depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u4
ii libglib2.0-0 2.42.1-1+b1
ii libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 1.4.4-2
ii libgstreamer-vaapi1.0-0 0.5.9-2
ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.4.4-2
ii multiarch-support 2.19-18+deb8u4
gstreamer1.0-vaapi recommends no packages.
Versions of packages gstreamer1.0-vaapi suggests:
pn gstreamer1.0-vaapi-doc <none>
-- no debconf information
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John
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.26.8-2+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package gstreamer-vaapi has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1126656
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
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Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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