Bug#769057: xbmc: using VDPAU, segfault when going full screen while playing certain videos

[Bálint Réczey]

Hi Gedalya,

2014-11-11 2:57 GMT+01:00 Gedalya <gedalya at gedalya.net>:
> Package: xbmc-bin
> Version: 2:13.2+dfsg1-4
>
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
>    * What led up to the situation?
> XBMC is in a window, playing certain videos: xvid, or decoded bluray copied
> to hard drive. VDPAU hardware decoding is enabled.
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> going full screen by pressing the \ key
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> segfault. See attached crash logs.
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> no segfault
I see no segfault in the attached logs.
Could you please attach a log file with a crashdump?

>
> In other types of video files, what I observe is a black screen instead of
> continued video playback, lasting a few seconds, then XBMC kind of
> fast-forwards through the last few seconds of missed video until it catches
> up.

>From the logs it seems something is slow in VDPAU:
...
20:52:15 T:140235430156032  NOTICE: CVDPAU::Check waiting for display
reset event
20:52:18 T:140236907264064   ERROR: CheckDisplayEvents - no display
event after 3 seconds
20:52:18 T:140236907264064   DEBUG: CheckDisplayEvents - notify
display reset event
...

Can you observe similar issues with mpv & VDPAU with the same files?

Cheers,
Balint