When running an MPEG4 stream (DVB-T) through VLC, the libva intel driver dumps core: $ vlc dvb://frequency=567000000 VLC media player 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax) (revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42) [000000000146d158] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [00007fa37c005eb8] ts demux error: libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 13, expected 4) for PID 0 [00007fa37c005eb8] ts demux: MPEG-4 descriptor not found for pid 0xa02 type 0x11 [00007fa37c1f4898] packetizer_mpeg4audio packetizer: AAC channels: 1 samplerate: 24000 [VS] Software VDPAU backend library initialized libva info: VA-API version 0.38.1 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_38 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [00007fa37c0a5518] avcodec decoder: Using OpenGL/VAAPI/libswscale backend for VDPAU for hardware decoding. vlc: i965_decoder_utils.c:963: intel_decoder_check_avc_parameter: Assertion `pic_param->CurrPic.picture_id == decode_state->current_render_target' failed. Aborted (core dumped) $ inxi -b System: Host: hostname Kernel: 4.4.1-2-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: i3 4.11 Distro: Arch Linux Machine: Mobo: Intel model: NUC6i5SYB v: H81131-502 Bios: Intel v: SYSKLi35.86A.0028.2015.1112.1822 date: 11/12/2015 CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-6260U (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 411/2900 MHz Graphics: Card: Intel Sky Lake Integrated Graphics Display Server: X.Org 1.18.0 driver: N/A Resolution: 2560x1440@59.95hz GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 535 (Skylake GT3) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.1.1 Network: Card-1: Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V driver: e1000e Card-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi Drives: HDD Total Size: NA (-) Info: Processes: 139 Uptime: 1:05 Memory: 856.2/15940.9MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.32 Tracking on https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/16520 as well
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libva/2016-August/004241.html can avoid the assertion failure in the driver, but the upper layer library should check why are the invalid parameters passed to libva.
commit fb7d6f56ad3000734390279a55b5c7f54ed9e3a3 Author: Xiang, Haihao <haihao.xiang@intel.com> Date: Fri Aug 5 13:25:58 2016 +0800 decoder/h264: don't assert on invalid parameter
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