[SOLVED]Enable vdpau in Totem

aja · 2013-08-06 00:46:40

Dear Arch Users,

I use nvidia GT 520 graphics card with vdpau configured correctly as suggested by Arch wiki however i see high cpu usage(60-70%) while playing hd movies on totem player, while mplayer consumes 30% cpu with vdpau enabled i prefer totem over mplayer but high cpu usage is the issue.I suspect totem is not using nvidia hardware acceleration , please suggest how do i enable vdpau in totem.

Also while using gnome-mplayer with mplayer-vaapi or mplayer2 as backend it often says gnome-mplayer not responding do you want to force quit/wait if it select wait then i am unable to use the slider and i have to kill it from command line.Please suggest if anyone faced this type of issue and suggestions.
Thanks.

Last edited by aja (2013-08-06 02:58:05)

cfr · 2013-08-06 02:14:47

According to the wiki

To take full advantage of the hardware decoding capability of your video card you will need a media player that supports VDPAU or VA-API.

Totem is not one of the listed examples. What makes you think it supports vdpau?

Also saying that you correctly configured something according to the wiki is your interpretation. It is easy to misunderstand or to make a mistake. Don't interpret. Post what you did: commands issued, output returned.

For the gnome-mplayer issue I suggest you start by inspecting the logs.

Last edited by cfr (2013-08-06 02:15:11)

aja · 2013-08-06 02:49:50

Thanks for your quick reply ,please close the ticket.

cfr · 2013-08-06 02:54:39

aja wrote:

please close the ticket.

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#1 2013-08-06 00:46:40

[SOLVED]Enable vdpau in Totem

#2 2013-08-06 02:14:47

Re: [SOLVED]Enable vdpau in Totem

#3 2013-08-06 02:49:50

Re: [SOLVED]Enable vdpau in Totem

#4 2013-08-06 02:54:39

Re: [SOLVED]Enable vdpau in Totem

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