One more datapoint, vlc seems to be using VAAPI on the same machine & distro without issues:
``` $ vlc big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.mp4 VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2) [000055cebcc6f580] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [00007f9b1c003e50] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.192.1 (API v192) libva info: VA-API version 1.14.0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_14 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [00007f9b39141220] avcodec decoder: Using Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 22.3.1 () for hardware decoding ``` -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1969512 Title: Totem unable to play video: "The specified movie could not be found" Status in Totem: Unknown Status in totem package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As part of our ISO testing for the Pi desktop, we attempt to play https://archive.org/download/BigBuckBunny_124/Content/big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.mp4 with the shipped totem video player. Unfortunately, on the current Jammy image, totem simply reports "The specified movie could not be found" when attempting to play the file (the exit code is 0, no other errors are reported at the command line). I've attempted to install a few gstreamer codecs, in case that might've been the issue (this was necessary on some older versions), but neither gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly, nor gstreamer1.0-libav made any difference. Just to ensure the video file was intact and playable, I then installed vlc from the archive, which played the video happily. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/totem/+bug/1969512/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

