Bug #675

vdpinfo not installable in latest public release

Added by Human over 14 years ago. Updated over 14 years ago.

Status:Closed Start date:03/31/2010
Priority:Normal Due date:
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Category:Packages: Extra Spent time: -
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Description

The vdpinfo package is hardwired to look for nvidia-utils 185.18.36, so it won't install, no matter how you answer the question below:

[mythtv@dragon ~]$ sudo pacman -Sy vdpinfo
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "nvidia-utils=185.18.36", a dependency of "vdpinfo" 
:: the following package(s) cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      vdpinfo  

Do you want to skip the above package(s) for this upgrade? [Y/n]

History

Updated by jams over 14 years ago

use the pkg vdpauinfo

Updated by Human over 14 years ago

I would like to keep the mplayer-resumer.pl code general enough to work on other platforms, and the standard seems to be to call the executable vdpinfo, as it had been. I would recommend renaming the vdpauinfo package to vdpinfo, and making sure that the package for mplayer-resumer.pl requires vdpinfo. That way, the resumer can work on all platforms that have vdpinfo.

Just to be clear, at the moment, nobody playing videos in LinHES is getting vdpau acceleration because of this.

Updated by mihanson over 14 years ago

vdpinfo was renamed to vdpauinfo to match libvdpau naming. We can probably change the PKGBUILD to include a replaces array (with 'vdpinfo' being the sole member) and then create a symlink called vdpinfo.

See here as well: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=138880

Updated by nharris over 14 years ago

Bob,

Who still uses vdpinfo? nVidia changed this many months ago.

-Nathan

edit: forgot the links
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2009-September/001037.html
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=138880

Updated by Human over 14 years ago

Ok, if vdpauinfo is the new spelling (looks like the utility v0.0.6 and newer is vdpauinfo; v0.0.5 and older is vdpinfo) then I'll change the wrapper to comply and use the new spelling.

Updated by mihanson over 14 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed

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