Bug#745655: libav: latest patch enabling PIC on s390 breaks video playback using vaapi

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Mathieu <mathieu.baeumler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Source: libav
> Version: 6:9.11-3
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> since latest libav* packages upgrade from 6:9.11.2 to 6:9:11.3, playing
> x264 videos with intel vaapi enabled doesn't work anymore.
>
> e.g. XBMC fails to render video with the following messages:
> ERROR: CLinuxRendererGL::UploadVAAPITexture - failed to create vaapi glx surface
>
> Re-building the package after deleting the patch allows the videos to be
> played again ( quilt delete s390x-pic.patch ).

Does just rebuilding without removing the s390x-pic.patch help as well?

> Note that as a workaround, disabling vaapi support (mplayer/XBMC) works as well.

So it seems that "only" vaapi is broken?



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regards,
    Reinhard