H.264 hardware decode weirdness

snertev

Hello *,

I've a notebook with a Intel HD4000 iGPU and a Nvidia 610m dGPU (Optimus Tech - latest available drivers for my hardware installed), Win 10 Home.

In Win 10 "Graphic settings" I've set Vivaldi in a way it uses Nvidia 610m and in Vivaldi://flags I've enabled "Override software rendering list" and "GPU rasterization". Infact in vivaldi://gpu I see:

Mod Edit: Added code tags

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Hardware accelerated
Flash: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
Out-of-process Rasterization: Disabled
Hardware Protected Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
Rasterization: Hardware accelerated
Skia Deferred Display List: Disabled
Skia Renderer: Disabled
Surface Synchronization: Enabled
Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
Viz Service Display Compositor: Disabled
WebGL: Hardware accelerated
WebGL2: Hardware accelerated
Driver Bug Workarounds
clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
decode_encode_srgb_for_generatemipmap
disable_delayed_copy_nv12
disable_discard_framebuffer
disable_framebuffer_cmaa
exit_on_context_lost
force_cube_complete
scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args
disabled_extension_GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced
disabled_extension_GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent
Problems Detected
Some drivers are unable to reset the D3D device in the GPU process sandbox
Applied Workarounds: exit_on_context_lost
Clear uniforms before first program use on all platforms: 124764, 349137
Applied Workarounds: clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
Always rewrite vec/mat constructors to be consistent: 398694
Applied Workarounds: scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args
ANGLE crash on glReadPixels from incomplete cube map texture: 518889
Applied Workarounds: force_cube_complete
Framebuffer discarding can hurt performance on non-tilers: 570897
Applied Workarounds: disable_discard_framebuffer
Use GL_INTEL_framebuffer_CMAA on ChromeOS: 535198
Applied Workarounds: disable_framebuffer_cmaa
Disable KHR_blend_equation_advanced until cc shaders are updated: 661715
Applied Workarounds: disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced), disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent)
Decode and Encode before generateMipmap for srgb format textures on Windows: 634519
Applied Workarounds: decode_encode_srgb_for_generatemipmap
Delayed copy NV12 displays incorrect colors on NVIDIA drivers.: 728670
Applied Workarounds: disable_delayed_copy_nv12
Native GpuMemoryBuffers have been disabled, either via about:flags or command line.
Disabled Features: native_gpu_memory_buffers
Viz service display compositor is not enabled by default.
Disabled Features: viz_display_compositor
Skia renderer is not used by default.
Disabled Features: skia_renderer
Skia deferred display list is not used by default.
Disabled Features: skia_deferred_display_list

Operating system	Windows NT 10.0.17134
Software rendering list URL	https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/9b2ff69dbecc420197a07a2e28ef5cc7b92ed5bf/gpu/config/software_rendering_list.json
Driver bug list URL	https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/9b2ff69dbecc420197a07a2e28ef5cc7b92ed5bf/gpu/config/gpu_driver_bug_list.json
ANGLE commit id	unknown hash
2D graphics backend	Skia/70 8adc53ec0ee4bbafbd9925024df38437c0fcf88a-
Command Line	"C:\Users\Gianluca\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe" --flag-switches-begin --enable-gpu-rasterization --ignore-gpu-blacklist --flag-switches-end
Driver Information
Initialization time	294
In-process GPU	false
Passthrough Command Decoder	false
Sandboxed	true
GPU0	VENDOR = 0x8086, DEVICE= 0x0166
GPU1	VENDOR = 0x10de, DEVICE= 0x1058 *ACTIVE*
Optimus	false
AMD switchable	false
Desktop compositing	Aero Glass
Direct Composition	true
Supports overlays	false
Overlay capabilities
Diagonal Monitor Size of \\.\DISPLAY1	15.5"
Driver D3D12 feature level	Not supported
Driver Vulkan API version	Not supported
Driver vendor	NVIDIA
Driver version	391.35
Driver date	3-23-2018
GPU CUDA compute capability major version	0
Pixel shader version	5.0
Vertex shader version	5.0
Max. MSAA samples	8
Machine model name	
Machine model version	
GL_VENDOR	Google Inc.
GL_RENDERER	ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce 610M Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)
GL_VERSION	OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 2.1.0.unknown hash)
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Disabled Extensions	GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent
Disabled WebGL Extensions	
Window system binding vendor	Google Inc. (adapter LUID: 0000000000009dab)
Window system binding version	1.4 (ANGLE 2.1.0.unknown hash)
Window system binding extensions	EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_query_surface_pointer EGL_ANGLE_window_fixed_size EGL_ANGLE_keyed_mutex EGL_ANGLE_surface_orientation EGL_ANGLE_direct_composition EGL_NV_post_sub_buffer EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_stream EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture_yuv EGL_ANGLE_flexible_surface_compatibility EGL_ANGLE_stream_producer_d3d_texture EGL_ANGLE_create_context_webgl_compatibility EGL_CHROMIUM_create_context_bind_generates_resource EGL_CHROMIUM_sync_control EGL_EXT_pixel_format_float EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context EGL_ANGLE_display_texture_share_group EGL_ANGLE_create_context_client_arrays EGL_ANGLE_program_cache_control EGL_ANGLE_robust_resource_initialization EGL_ANGLE_create_context_extensions_enabled
Direct rendering	Yes
Reset notification strategy	0x8252
GPU process crash count	0
Compositor Information
Tile Update Mode	One-copy
Partial Raster	Enabled
GpuMemoryBuffers Status
ATC	Software only
ATCIA	Software only
DXT1	Software only
DXT5	Software only
ETC1	Software only
R_8	Software only
R_16	Software only
RG_88	Software only
BGR_565	Software only
RGBA_4444	Software only
RGBX_8888	GPU_READ, SCANOUT
RGBA_8888	GPU_READ, SCANOUT
BGRX_8888	Software only
BGRX_1010102	Software only
RGBX_1010102	Software only
BGRA_8888	Software only
RGBA_F16	Software only
YVU_420	Software only
YUV_420_BIPLANAR	Software only
UYVY_422	Software only
Display(s) Information
Info	Display[2528732444] bounds=[0,0 1366x768], workarea=[0,0 1366x738], scale=1, external.
Color space information	{primaries:BT709, transfer:IEC61966_2_1, matrix:RGB, range:FULL}
Bits per color component	8
Bits per pixel	24
Video Acceleration Information
Decode h264 baseline	up to 4096x2304 pixels
Decode h264 baseline	up to 2304x4096 pixels
Decode h264 main	up to 4096x2304 pixels
Decode h264 main	up to 2304x4096 pixels
Decode h264 high	up to 4096x2304 pixels
Decode h264 high	up to 2304x4096 pixels
Encode h264 baseline	up to 3840x2176 pixels and/or 30.000 fps
Encode h264 main	up to 3840x2176 pixels and/or 30.000 fps
Encode h264 high	up to 3840x2176 pixels and/or 30.000 fps
Diagnostics
0
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bAGPEnabled	true
bAGPExistenceValid	true
bAGPExists	true
bCanRenderWindow	true
bDDAccelerationEnabled	true
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dwBpp	32
dwDDIVersion	11
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szDXVAModes	ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeWMV9_C ModeVC1_C
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szDeviceName	\\.\DISPLAY1
szDisplayMemoryEnglish	1792 MB
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szDisplayModeEnglish	1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
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szDriverAssemblyVersion	10.18.10.4653
szDriverAttributes	Final Retail
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If I play a h.264 video on Youtube (or I use h264ify on the same site), like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH34gErxr6s

I can see in Win 10 Activity manager (or GPUz utility) that the hardware video decode is used and CPU use is lower.

Instead, on any other website, like this:

http://www.html5videoplayer.net/html5video/mp4-h-264-video-test/

the hardware decode isn't used and CPU usage is higher.

On these websites I see in vivaldi://media-internals:

00:00:01 218	info	Selected **PassThroughVideoDecoder for video decoding**, config: codec: h264 format: 2 profile: h264 main coded size: [560,360] visible rect: [0,0,560,360] natural size: [560,361] has extra data? true encryption scheme: Unencrypted rotation: 0°
00:00:01 218	pipeline_state	kPlaying
00:00:01 245	**info	video decoder config changed midstream, new config: codec: h264** format: 2 profile: h264 main coded size: [560,368] visible rect: [0,0,560,360] natural size: [560,369] has extra data? true encryption scheme: Unencrypted rotation: 0°

while on youtube "GPUvideodecoder" is selected and used.

I'm not so expert to understand these esoteric things, but:

In Opera, Firefox, Brave and Pale moon browser Nvidia h.264 hardware decode works on whatever website, while in Vivaldi works only on Youtube.

This issue is driving me crazy. I must understand if it's a Vivaldi bug. Warning: Microsoft Edge and Internet explorer don't use GPU acceleration nowhere even if I've set them to use it, but I don't know if it's a different issue.

Any idea or suggestions?

snertev

I forgot telling I'm using Vivaldi 2.1.1337.47 (Stable channel) (a 32 bit)

snertev

@Gwen-Dragon I'm sure Nvidia is used because its fan ramps up while doing video decoding for more than 10 minutes.

I've tested it via software too (win 10 task manager and DXVA checker) and when the fan works, the software says hardware decoding is used.

However, I've discovered that my GPU supports D3d11 hardware acceleration only and not DXVA 1.0/2.0/HD.

Vivaldi and MS Edge don't like this fact, while Firefox, Pale Moon, Chrome; Chromium, Opera and Brave browser hardware accelerate any video with which I feed them.

I've learned that browsers have several different ways to manage videos (proprietary codecs, open source codecs, OS codecs...) and each one has its own bugs.

Sincerely, life is too short to spent it by testing 8 browser video hardware decoding systems. :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:

snertev

@Gwen-Dragon I'll check again this bug on Vivaldi 2.2 stable when I will check the mouse gesture tab closing crash too. If they will persist, I will file the bug reports.

snertev

I've just filed the bug for Vivaldi 2.2: VB-47200.

Well, I'd like to know if this issue is really a Vivaldi bug or a problem with Windows DXVA APIs missing support from my GPU.

It wouldn't change the final result, but at least I'd know whose the fault is.

BlueBird17x

I am having this same issue 2.5 years later!

DoctorG

@bluebird17x You are having what? With less information nobody can help.

BlueBird17x

@doctorg Vivaldi is not using hardware decoding. I made a post about it:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/65525/vivaldi-not-using-hardware-decoding