Dumb Question About 4k

[Guest asrequested]

Add this line to the mpv.conf, and try again.

hwdec-codecs=all

[Guest asrequested]

This is what we're dealing with.

[  13.080][i][display-tags]  Title: Captain America-The Winter Soldier 2014 UHD BluRay HDR10 2160p Multi Multi H265-d3g
[  13.080][v][vd] Container reported FPS: 23.976025
[  13.081][v][vd] Codec list:
[  13.081][v][vd]     hevc - HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)
[  13.081][v][vd]     hevc_qsv (hevc) - HEVC (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration)
[  13.082][v][vd]     hevc_cuvid (hevc) - Nvidia CUVID HEVC decoder
[  13.082][v][vd] Opening decoder hevc
[  13.082][v][vd] Looking at hwdec hevc-d3d11va...
[  13.082][v][vd] Not using this for auto-copy.
[  13.082][v][vd] Looking at hwdec hevc-dxva2...
[  13.082][v][vd] Not using this for auto-copy.
[  13.082][v][vd] Looking at hwdec hevc-nvdec...
[  13.082][v][vd] Not using this for auto-copy.
[  13.082][v][vd] Looking at hwdec hevc-dxva2-copy...
[  13.132][v][vd] Trying hardware decoding via hevc-dxva2-copy.
[  13.132][v][vd] Selected codec: hevc (HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding))
[  13.132][v][vf] User filter list:
[  13.132][v][vf]   (empty)
[  13.133][v][ad] Codec list:
[  13.133][v][ad]     spdif_truehd (truehd) - libavformat/spdifenc audio pass-through decoder
[  13.133][v][ad] Opening decoder spdif_truehd
[  13.133][v][ad] Selected codec: spdif_truehd (libavformat/spdifenc audio pass-through decoder)
[  13.133][v][af] User filter list:
[  13.133][v][af]   (empty)
[  13.133][v][cplayer] Starting playback...
[  13.135][v][vd] Pixel formats supported by decoder: dxva2_vld d3d11va_vld d3d11 cuda yuv420p10le
[  13.135][v][vd] Codec profile: Main 10 (0x2)
[  13.135][v][vd] Requesting pixfmt 'dxva2_vld' from decoder.
[  13.135][e][ffmpeg] AVHWFramesContext: Could not create the surfaces
[  13.135][e][ffmpeg] AVHWFramesContext: Error creating an internal frame pool
[  13.135][e][ffmpeg/video] hevc: Failed setup for format dxva2_vld: hwaccel initialisation returned error.
[  13.135][v][vd] Pixel formats supported by decoder: d3d11va_vld d3d11 cuda yuv420p10le yuv420p10le
[  13.135][v][vd] Codec profile: Main 10 (0x2)
[  13.135][v][vd] Requesting pixfmt 'yuv420p10le' from decoder.
[  13.210][v][vd] Falling back to software decoding.

The profile isn't being supported, and I'm trying to figure out, why. From what I can tell, you APU supports HEVC.

[Disturbd1 2]

 

Add this line to the mpv.conf, and try again.

hwdec-codecs=all

 

Same. Attached screen and the conf file in case I missed something.

mpv.zip

[Guest asrequested]

Try this

gpu-api=auto
hwdec=d3d11va
hwdec-codecs=all

audio-spdif=ac3,eac3,dts,dts-hd,truehd

audio-exclusive=yes

log-file="mpv log.txt"

[Disturbd1 2]

 

Try this

gpu-api=auto
hwdec=d3d11va
hwdec-codecs=all

audio-spdif=ac3,eac3,dts,dts-hd,truehd

audio-exclusive=yes

log-file="mpv log.txt"

 

We're making progress, as it's now showing that it's using HEVC, but FR is not holding steady. It's smooth for a bit, then choppy again.

[Guest asrequested]

We're making progress, as it's now showing that it's using HEVC, but FR is not holding steady. It's smooth for a bit, then choppy again.

 

 

No, it's always said the same thing, but it's not enabling hwdec, which you need. It should look like this

 

 

 

Try this

gpu-api=auto
hwdec=d3d11va-copy
vo=gpu
gpu-context=d3d11
hwdec-codecs=all

audio-spdif=ac3,eac3,dts,dts-hd,truehd

audio-exclusive=yes

log-file="mpv log.txt"

[Disturbd1 2]

 

No, it's always said the same thing, but it's not enabling hwdec, which you need. It should look like this

 

 

 

Try this

gpu-api=auto
hwdec=d3d11va-copy
vo=gpu
gpu-context=d3d11
hwdec-codecs=all

audio-spdif=ac3,eac3,dts,dts-hd,truehd

audio-exclusive=yes

log-file="mpv log.txt"

 

Still not showing hwdec

[Guest asrequested]

If that doesn't work, try playing an h264 movie. Let's establish if hwdec is used.

[Guest asrequested]

And probably with this config

gpu-api=auto
hwdec=auto

hwdec-codecs=all

audio-spdif=ac3,eac3,dts,dts-hd,truehd

audio-exclusive=yes

log-file="mpv log.txt"

[Disturbd1 2]

If that doesn't work, try playing an h264 movie. Let's establish if hwdec is used.

Yup, it appears to be:

[Disturbd1 2]

Yup, it appears to be:

 

 

This was also without changing the conf file. So on an h264 file with the following conf, it did show hwdec:

gpu-api=auto
hwdec=d3d11va-copy
vo=gpu
gpu-context=d3d11
hwdec-codecs=all

audio-spdif=ac3,eac3,dts,dts-hd,truehd

audio-exclusive=yes

log-file="mpv log.txt"

[Guest asrequested]

Ok, so I'm thinking you need to upgrade your GPU. It appears that the 6th gen APUs were the first to (maybe) support HEVC. So I'm thinking that the drivers may not be new enough, and probably aren't supported. The APU is recognized by mpv, but it's acting like HEVC isn't supported.

[   0.017][v][vo/gpu] Probing for best GPU context.
[   0.017][v][vo/gpu/d3d11] Initializing GPU context 'd3d11'
[   0.039][v][vo/gpu/d3d11] Using Direct3D 11 feature level 12_0
[   0.039][v][vo/gpu/d3d11] Device Name: AMD Radeon(TM) R7 Graphics
[   0.039][v][vo/gpu/d3d11] Device ID: 1002:130f (rev d4)

So maybe time to get a new GPU?

[Disturbd1 2]

Ok, so I'm thinking you need to upgrade your GPU. It appears that the 6th gen APUs were the first to (maybe) support HEVC. So I'm thinking that the drivers may not be new enough, and probably aren't supported. The APU is recognized by mpv, but it's acting like HEVC isn't supported.

[   0.017][v][vo/gpu] Probing for best GPU context.
[   0.017][v][vo/gpu/d3d11] Initializing GPU context 'd3d11'
[   0.039][v][vo/gpu/d3d11] Using Direct3D 11 feature level 12_0
[   0.039][v][vo/gpu/d3d11] Device Name: AMD Radeon(TM) R7 Graphics
[   0.039][v][vo/gpu/d3d11] Device ID: 1002:130f (rev d4)

So maybe time to get a new GPU?

 

Since AMD uses those AIO APUs (which is what mine is), I wonder if I could get away with just updating the APU and be all set. Else, is there a minimum NVIDIA/Radeon GPU recommendation per Emby for smooth 4k downscaling to 1080? If so, that could be a cheaper route for me.

[Guest asrequested]

You could probably get a GTX 1050 pretty cheap, now that they've released the 1650 and 1660. Grab a used on on ebay. I got my GTX 1060 (used) on ebay.

[Disturbd1 2]

You could probably get a GTX 1050 pretty cheap, now that they've released the 1650 and 1660. Grab a used on on ebay. I got my GTX 1060 (used) on ebay.

 

Thanks for all your help in investigating, Doofus. I'll look into hardware upgrades, and if for some crazy reason the problem persists I'll let you know here.

[Guest asrequested]

Looking at the log again, I think the issue is actually that it doesn't support 10 bit, and not simply HEVC. The solution is the same.

[Disturbd1 2]

Looking at the log again, I think the issue is actually that it doesn't support 10 bit, and not simply HEVC. The solution is the same.

You are a gentleman, and a scholar!

[Luke 42077]

Hardware Acceleration requires premiere. Not just a supported card. Lets not forget that part. ^_~

 

Just to clarify on this, only for server transcoding, not for hardware accelerated video playback in Emby apps such as Emby Theater.

[Disturbd1 2]

Just to clarify on this, only for server transcoding, not for hardware accelerated video playback in Emby apps such as Emby Theater.

I'm guessing that in my case, even changing transcoding settings in Server wouldn't translate to better performance? Regardless of the local player?

[Guest asrequested]

I'm guessing that in my case, even changing transcoding settings in Server wouldn't translate to better performance? Regardless of the local player?

Nope

[Luke 42077]

I'm guessing that in my case, even changing transcoding settings in Server wouldn't translate to better performance? Regardless of the local player?

 

If the server is not transcoding then no, it would not make any difference.