`vlc` of V1.1 Ubuntu 24,04 image crashes

[tillkamppeter]

I am using the V1.1 image of Ubuntu 24.04, where it is claimed in the release notes that vlc is included.

I am trying vlc as follows, with an MP4 video file containing the recording of a talk from FOSDEM 2024:

$ vlc fosdem-2024-1930-openprinting-we-make-printing-just-work-.mp4 
VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126b)
[0000002ac0170550] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libEGL warning: DRI3: failed to query the version
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
libEGL warning: DRI3: failed to query the version
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
$

It seems that some backend module is missing.

There should be

1. Either the module included (are there actually RISC-V machines with NVidia GPU?) or the module not required (via appropriate vlc build or config file)
2. This should not lead to a segfault but just exit with non-zero status
3. There also seems to be some problem with libEGL

[tillkamppeter]

When I do the same on my amd64 laptop I get

$ vlc ~/printing/fosdem/2024/fosdem-2024-1930-openprinting-we-make-printing-just-work-.mp4
VLC media player 3.0.21 Vetinari (revision 3.0.21-0-gdd8bfdbabe8)
[0000575e821ca520] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
$

and the video plays in the vlc window.

As it also tells on the console that libvdpau_nvidia.so is missing, the crash on RISC-V seems to be caused by something else.

[xdxd666]

I am using the V1.1 image of Ubuntu 24.04, where it is claimed in the release notes that vlc is included.

I am trying vlc as follows, with an MP4 video file containing the recording of a talk from FOSDEM 2024:

$ vlc fosdem-2024-1930-openprinting-we-make-printing-just-work-.mp4 
VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126b)
[0000002ac0170550] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libEGL warning: DRI3: failed to query the version
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
libEGL warning: DRI3: failed to query the version
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
$

It seems that some backend module is missing.

There should be

1. Either the module included (are there actually RISC-V machines with NVidia GPU?) or the module not required (via appropriate vlc build or config file)
2. This should not lead to a segfault but just exit with non-zero status
3. There also seems to be some problem with libEGL

Currently, VLC does not support hardware decoding, and invoking VLC via terminal commands results in an error. The development team is actively debugging and working on resolving the hardware decoding issue.

If you need to play videos, you can use the mpv player. However, it also lacks hardware decoding, and while it can play videos, you may experience stuttering and frame drops.

sudo apt-get install mpv

[tillkamppeter]

@xdxd666 I have tried mpv now and it works great, even without having hardware accelearion. Thank you very much.