00:10 <l-as> I am trying to make use of meson-vdec, but I am getting this error: `meson-vdec ff620000.video-decoder: Direct firmware load for meson/vdec/g12a_h264.bin failed with error -2` Does anyone have any idea as to what the issue could be? This happened when trying to use the v4l2m2m support in ffmpeg.

00:31 <l-as> nevermind, I just didn't have the firmware...

04:42 <chewitt> l-as https://github.com/LibreELEC/meson-firmware/tree/master/meson/vdec has newer firmware files than the upstream kernel

04:44 <chewitt> the challenge being .. with closed-source blobs we have no idea of knowing whether newer=better

08:51 <l-as> thanks for the link!

10:37 <l-as> I am testing it out with mpv, but I noticed that I can't seek. Is this expected?

10:53 <chewitt> I've no idea what the status of mpv is as I never use it

11:32 <l-as> chewitt it just uses ffmpeg so that makes sense

11:32 <l-as> thanks for the info

11:33 <chewitt> pi foundation are currently on a blitz to get H264 seek working in Kodi

11:34 <chewitt> at one point we had it "mostly working" with amlogic and "mostly broken" with pi

11:34 <chewitt> pi is now working well

11:34 <chewitt> while amlogic is in the "mostly broken" category :)

11:35 <chewitt> likely the amlogic vdec needs tweaks to align with changes made in the pi vdec

11:35 <chewitt> kodi and ffmpeg use the same code paths

11:37 <chewitt> hopefully the tweaks are minor and obvious enough for the pi folks to figure out

11:37 <chewitt> because the guy who wrote the amlogic vdec code is not around, and maintainers stated to head out for xmas vacations

11:38 <chewitt> so current crew is me (who doesn't code) and pi folks (who don't know the code)

11:39 <chewitt> anyway.. the patch poking continues

11:48 <l-as> do you know what their driver is called? maybe the changes are simple enough that I would be able to do it, although I don't have any experience with the code either

11:56 <chewitt> drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/ <= amlogic

11:58 <chewitt> but that won't make sense without all the corresponding changes in ffmpeg and knowing what we're up to, which is quite a convo

19:52 <asdf28> anyone else having having the issue that the amlogic tv box just reboots on a shutdown?

19:53 <asdf28> also, i wonder what happens after a successful shutdown. will the remote be able to start it again?

21:50 <xdarklight> asdf28: it depends on the firmware typically loaded by u-boot. some of them (like Khadas VIM) support powering down most of the SoC. wakeup is then implemented in firmware and can utilize for example HDMI CEC, IR and button presses

22:55 <l-as> chewitt: I mean, what is the pi vdec called