MPG2 acceleration doesn't work

[janob]

Hi all,

I have RPi3, MPG2 licence, modified config.txt.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ vcgencmd codec_enabled MPG2
MPG2=enabled
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ vcgencmd get_mem gpu
gpu=128M

But output from "glxgears" is approx. 10 - 11 fps in both cases (doesn't matter if MPG2 enabled / disabled), CPU is working on 100% on that time.. When I try to display movie file with omxplayer, it lags, or is frozen (vlcplayer as well).

I checked serial number with my order and everything seems to be OK.

What should I do?

[Heater]

I would not expect a coded, for decoding some video format, to make any difference to 3D rendering performance.

Can't account for the video player lock ups.

Do you have 3D rendering disabled? I think you should.

[jamesh]

As above, glxgear is not affected by a codec.

What specific video format is the file you are trying to play? Use omxplayer btw, that is the HW accelerated player.

[janob]

As I wrote already - I used omxplayer (tried vlcplayer as well). The file was mpeg2 format. OS raspbian.

What was surprising me - the CPU load 100% in both cases (acceleration on / off) ...

[6by9]

The standard VLC doesn't use the hardware acceleration.
Omxplayer ONLY uses the hardware acceleration, so if you get anything then it is using it.

NB MPEG2 is a video codec, unless your talking of an MPEG2 transport stream. A file will typically be a container with multiple encoded streams in it.

What resolution and frame rate is your video clip? And what audio codec (audio is decoded on the ARM). "avprobe filename.mp4" ("sudo apt-get install libav-tools" if you haven't already installed it).

[janob]

I'm not at my RPi right now - I will try today evening (CET).