Hello out there, I have a bad performance with multimedia players like VLC since summer last year on my Thinkpad X60 with testing (Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU and Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller). VLC complains amongs others this: libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i915_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 [b2bb5a00] vdpau_avcodec generic error: decoder profile not supported: 8 libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i915_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 [b44465f0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?) ....
I suspect this has something to do with ffmpeg since it began with the chaging from libav to ffmpeg. So I envoked ffprobe. I guess you know this very well but I give you the output: ffprobe version 3.2.2-1 Copyright (c) 2007-2016 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 6.2.1 (Debian 6.2.1-5) 20161124 configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/i386-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libebur128 --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libopencv --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-chromaprint --enable-shared libavutil 55. 34.100 / 55. 34.100 libavcodec 57. 64.101 / 57. 64.101 libavformat 57. 56.100 / 57. 56.100 libavdevice 57. 1.100 / 57. 1.100 libavfilter 6. 65.100 / 6. 65.100 libavresample 3. 1. 0 / 3. 1. 0 libswscale 4. 2.100 / 4. 2.100 libswresample 2. 3.100 / 2. 3.100 libpostproc 54. 1.100 / 54. 1.100 So my questions are: is ffmpeg the reason for the performance drop on my X60? And if so, is it possible to take the source package of ffmpeg modify it with other optimizations in order to build a ffmpeg, which is more usable for my 32Bit system? (complement: I can watch most of films, streams within Firefox without loss) Thank you in advance. Best Regards Christian
