Graphic Driver Issue

simarusi · February 10, 2021 at 3:24 AM

Hello there!

I'm new with LibreELEC, I was using Kodibuntu till know but I decided to move a new more updated distro so I choose this one, the installation goes ok, it's really easy but I'm having problems to get HW decoding working properly, I guess that is a graphic card driver issue.

First of all I'm using and old graphic chipset, the AMD780G and the Radeon HD3200 graphic adapter here (I know pretty old but still working ) , it was perfectly working with VDPAU decoding but no longer working, looking through log I have seen something suspect "VDPAU::Open: required extension GL_NV_vdpau_interop not found" thats makes me wonder about graphic driver, I know nothing about this distro so I don't know how to install anything (not yum or sudo here ). Also audio passtrough is not working and I don't know why the sound is playing on stereo instead of its original format....

Any idea on how to get the graphic adapter working (installing somethig maybe)?

Below the piece of log, maybe it means something for you (I hope so)

Code

23:33:17.628 T:139973491033856   DEBUG: Thread VideoPlayerAudio start, auto delete: false
23:33:17.628 T:139973491033856  NOTICE: running thread: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process()
23:33:17.628 T:139973537953536  NOTICE: Opening stream: 4 source: 256
23:33:17.628 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Overlay: SSA Subtitle Decoder - Opening
23:33:17.628 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: SECTION:LoadDLL(libass.so.9)
23:33:17.629 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: Loading: libass.so.9
23:33:17.643 T:139973537953536    INFO: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Creating ASS library structure
23:33:17.643 T:139973537953536    INFO: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Initializing ASS library font settings
23:33:17.643 T:139973537953536    INFO: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Initializing ASS Renderer
23:33:17.649 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: [ass] Shaper: FriBidi 0.19.7 (SIMPLE)
23:33:17.654 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: [ass] Loading font file '/storage/.kodi/temp/fonts//CerigoStd-Medium_0.ttf'
23:33:17.698 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: [ass] Using font provider fontconfig
23:33:17.699 T:139973537953536    INFO: CDVDSubtitlesLibass: Creating new ASS track
23:33:17.699 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Overlay: SSA Subtitle Decoder - Opened
23:33:17.699 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: ReadEditDecisionLists - Checking for edit decision lists (EDL) on local drive or remote share for: nfs://192.168.1.77
23:33:17.699 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: OnPlayBackStarted: play state was 1, starting 1
23:33:17.699 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: CVideoPlayer::SetCaching - caching state 2
23:33:17.699 T:139974852936640   DEBUG: PlayFile: OpenFile succeed, play state 2
23:33:17.700 T:139973537953536   DEBUG: CDVDClock::SetSpeedAdjust - adjusted:0.000000
23:33:17.700 T:139974852936640   DEBUG: OnPlayBackStarted: play state was 2, starting 0
23:33:17.700 T:139973499426560    INFO: CVideoPlayerVideo - Stillframe left, switching to normal playback
23:33:17.700 T:139973499426560   DEBUG: CVideoPlayerVideo::CalcDropRequirement - hurry: 0
23:33:17.702 T:139973499426560  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::GetFormat - Creating VDPAU(1920x800)
23:33:17.702 T:139973499426560  NOTICE: VDPAU::Open: required extension GL_NV_vdpau_interop not found
23:33:17.702 T:139973499426560  NOTICE:  (VDPAU) Close
23:33:17.704 T:139973499426560  NOTICE: VAAPI::Close
23:33:17.713 T:139973491033856   DEBUG: CDVDAudio::Pause - pausing audio stream
23:33:17.718 T:139973491033856  NOTICE: Creating audio stream (codec id: 86019, channels: 6, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through)
23:33:17.718 T:139974852921088   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnPlay from xbmc
23:33:17.718 T:139974852921088   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 1, from xbmc, message OnPlay
23:33:17.719 T:139974815762176    INFO: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
23:33:17.720 T:139974815762176   DEBUG: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - trying to open device ALSA:hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
23:33:17.720 T:139974815762176    INFO: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0"
23:33:17.720 T:139973491033856   DEBUG: CVideoPlayerAudio:: synctype set to 1: resample
23:33:17.725 T:139974815762176    INFO: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x02"
23:33:17.729 T:139974815762176    INFO: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
23:33:17.729 T:139974815762176    INFO: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S32NE
23:33:17.729 T:139974815762176   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Request: periodSize 2400, bufferSize 9600
23:33:17.734 T:139973499426560  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
23:33:17.736 T:139973499426560   DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg - open frame threaded with 3 threads
23:33:17.738 T:139973458065152   DEBUG: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
23:33:17.739 T:139973499426560   DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg - Updated codec: ff-h264
23:33:17.740 T:139973499426560   DEBUG: CVideoPlayerVideo::CalcDropRequirement - hurry: 0
23:33:17.741 T:139973458065152   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times.

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**Klojum** · February 10, 2021 at 5:05 AM Official Post

Quote from simarusi

Any idea on how to get the graphic adapter working (installing somethig maybe)?

"installing something" will not be possible due to the nature of LibreELEC. There is no package manager and no sudo, all necessary components are compiled into one big blob.

The 780G/3200HD cpu/gpu chipsets can be considered prehistoric by now (I've had one myself). LibreELEC is not planning to support all types of hardware for many years to come. You could try install a "proper" Linux OS as Ubuntu and install Kodi, and see how far graphics and audio support will get you then.

Alternatively, look at a Raspberry Pi like setup. It will get you the latest graphics options at a tiny fraction of the electricity bill (your AMD solution probably draws some 60-80 watts/hr.., an RPi will do only 2-5 watts/hr), as well as total silence. Or, a new/recent Intel board. Gemini Lake generation or newer (also passively cooled), can do wonders for you.

**CvH** · February 11, 2021 at 10:59 AM Official Post

For such old HW its likely even better to switch to Windows 10 to get the maximal support/performance.

Windows could also autostart kodi and such stuff so you never need to look at the dektop etc.

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