I saw there is some firmware at https://github.com/LibreELEC/meson-firmware/tree/master/meson   .  Just wonder if any of you has apply it  to s905x tv box ? Does it utilize HW video decoder to play video ?

 

 

Regards !

 

 

Guofu Han 

just install the firmware package, amlogic vdec firmware will be used automatically.

After the firmware installed , I tried mpv with option "vo=gpu gpu-context=drm hwdec=auto" , but it failed to start : 

 

 

[cplayer] v: Waiting for scripts...
[ytdl_hook] v: script-opts/ytdl_hook.conf not found. 
[ytdl_hook] v: lua-settings/ytdl_hook.conf not found. 
[stats] v: script-opts/stats.conf not found. 
[stats] v: lua-settings/stats.conf not found. 
[cplayer] v: Done loading scripts.
event: start-file
[cplayer] info: Playing: http://www.justfortest.com/videoclip.mp4
[cplayer] v: Running hook: ytdl_hook/on_load
[ytdl_hook] v: ytdl:// hook 
[ytdl_hook] v: not a ytdl:// url 
[stream_callback] v: Opening http://www.justfortest.com/videoclip.mp4
[demux] v: Trying demuxers for level=normal.
[lavf] v: Found 'mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2' at score=100 size=2048.
[ffmpeg/demuxer] v: mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2: Protocol name not provided, cannot determine if input is local or a network protocol, buffers and access patterns cannot be configured optimally without knowing the protocol
[demux] v: Detected file format: mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 (libavformat)
[cplayer] v: Opening done: http://www.justfortest.com/videoclip.mp4
event: tracks-changed
event: tracks-changed
[cplayer] v: Running hook: ytdl_hook/on_preloaded
[lavf] v: select track 0
[lavf] v: select track 1
[cplayer] info:  (+) Video --vid=1 (*) (h264 800x480 25.000fps)
[cplayer] info:  (+) Audio --aid=1 (*) (aac 2ch 44100Hz)
event: metadata-update
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: Initializing GPU context 'drm'
[vo/gpu] error: VT_GETMODE failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
[vo/gpu/opengl] warn: Failed to set up VT switcher. Terminal switching will be unavailable.
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: Initializing KMS
[vo/gpu/opengl/kms] v: Connector 32 currently connected to encoder 31
[vo/gpu/opengl/kms] v: Selected Encoder 31 with CRTC 40
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: DRM Atomic support found
[vo/gpu/opengl/kms] v: Using default plane 34 for OSD
[vo/gpu/opengl/kms] v: Using default plane 37 for video
[vo/gpu] v: GBM_FORMAT_ARGB8888 supported by OSD plane.
[vo/gpu] v: Creating GBM device
[vo/gpu] v: Initializing GBM surface (1920 x 1080)
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: Initializing EGL
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: EGL_VERSION=1.4
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: EGL_VENDOR=Mesa Project
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: EGL_CLIENT_APIS=OpenGL OpenGL_ES 
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: Trying to create Desktop OpenGL context.
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: Attempting to find EGLConfig matching GBM_FORMAT_ARGB8888
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: Found matching EGLConfig for GBM_FORMAT_ARGB8888
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: Initializing EGL surface
[vo/gpu] v: GL_VERSION='2.1 Mesa 19.2.1'
[vo/gpu] v: Detected desktop OpenGL 2.1.
[vo/gpu] v: GL_VENDOR='lima'
[vo/gpu] v: GL_RENDERER='Mali450'
[vo/gpu] v: GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION='1.20'
[vo/gpu] v: Loaded extension GL_ARB_map_buffer_range.
[vo/gpu] v: Loaded extension GL_ARB_vertex_array_object.
[vo/gpu] v: Loaded extension GL_ARB_sync.
[vo/gpu] v: Loaded extension GL_ARB_get_program_binary.
[vo/gpu] v: Loaded extension GL_ARB_debug_output.
[vo/gpu/opengl] v: Preparing framebuffer
[vo/gpu] error: Failed to commit ModeSetting atomic request (-13)
[vo/gpu/opengl] error: Failed to set CRTC for connector 32: Permission denied
[vo/gpu] error: Failed initializing any suitable GPU context!
[cplayer] fatal: Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (--vo) device.
event: track-switched
event: audio-reconfig
[lavf] v: deselect track 0
[cplayer] info: Video: no video
[ad] v: Codec list:
[ad] v:     aac - AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
[ad] v:     aac_fixed (aac) - AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
[ad] v: Opening decoder aac
[ad] v: Requesting 1 threads for decoding.
[ad] v: Selected codec: aac (AAC (Advanced Audio Coding))
[af] v: User filter list:
[af] v:   (empty)
event: audio-reconfig
event: file-loaded
[cplayer] v: Starting playback...
[cplayer] v: EOF code: 6  
event: audio-reconfig
[ad] v: Uninit decoder.
event: tracks-changed
event: end-file
event: idle

 

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Do you have any idea on it ?

 

Regards !

 

Guofu Han

gpu-context=drm that means you are not in a X or Wayland environment.

 

once again, make sure you have updated lima driver from upstream mesa.

Thanks for the tip. I tried to build the latest mesa 20.0.2 on my armbian Eoan with Linux 5.5.0-rc6-aml-s9xxx  but failed . After the installation , the keyboard and mouse are very sluggish . Could you please tell me how to build it on armbian ?

 

Regards !

 

just apply this repo