I’m using Debian 12, Ryzen 7 5700X processor, and Radeon HD 5450 graphics card. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling VLC but it didn’t resolve the issue. Here’s an excerpt from the VLC’s log file:

glconv_vaapi_x11 error: vaDeriveImage: operation failed

main error: video output creation failed

main error: failed to create video output

avcodec info: Using G3DVL VDPAU Driver Shared Library version 1.0 for hardware decoding

How do I resolve this issue?

      • Quantum Cog@lemmy.world
        4·
        7 months ago

        sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

        According to Debian Wiki VLC has limited support of va-api for hardware acceleration. Try fixes in the wiki. It might help.

        • KickassWomen@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          5·
          7 months ago

          Thank you, this resolved my issue.

          I read the wiki and changed “Hardware-accelerated decoding” to “VA-API video decoder”.

          My original problem was caused by the fact that this was set to automatic, now that it’s set to “VA-API video decoder” VLC is able to play mp4 files again without any issues.

        • KickassWomen@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          7 months ago

          Tried it. I don’t think there’s anything to upgrade:

          Jean-Luc@Enterprise:~$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for Jean-Luc: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.