20.04 with NVIDIA and hardware acceleration

[Bret Busby]

On 03/06/2021, Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have 20.04 installed on a Zotac Zbox. ZBOX-ID41
>
>  lspci | grep VGA
> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [ION] (rev a2)
>
>  vainfo
> libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
> libva info: Trying to open
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
> libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_0
> libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
> vainfo: VA-API version: 1.7 (libva 2.6.0)
> vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems VDPAU backend for VA-API -
> 0.7.4
> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
>       VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
>       VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
>       VAProfileMPEG4Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
>       VAProfileMPEG4AdvancedSimple    : VAEntrypointVLD
>       VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
>       VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
>       VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
>       VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
>       VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
>
> The NVIDIA acceleration does not seem to be happening - even though vainfo
> shows present.
> libvdpau is installed.
>
> When I run the 1080p video with totem I get many frame drops.
>
> Is there something special on 20.04 I need to to do and get NVIDIA hardware
> acceleration going ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
>

Have you tried an application other than totem?

I have been using UbuntuMATE for about 8 years with nVIDIA Optimus and
external monitors with 1080p resolution, on two separate systems,
without any problems.

If you are using totem for watching videos, try something else, like
celluloid, and see what happens.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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