RadeonHD V.5 driver

@imagodespira

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I wouldn't call it aggressive, but yes, frameskipping is enabled. If it lags too far behind, then it'll jump to the next I-frame, which is the next frame that can be decoded without decoding any other frame first (AVDISCARD_NONREF).

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The video decoder drivers are written by AMD's own software engineers. So, unless they screwed up and deliver a fix later, I don't expect any sudden performance boosts from driver updates. I also doubt that fixing whatever seems to be limiting 2D/3D performance will help much, either, because the video decoder is clearly rather slow.

One thing I do wonder, is what's the hardware's decode time for I, P & B frames? And what's the average decode time per frame? B frames should take the longest to decode, and need two other frames to be decoded first. Maybe the trick is to let the video decoder run several frames ahead before calling vaPutSurface(),** so the video player spends less time waiting for the hardware. I don't have the time to look into this at the moment...

Hans


** i.e., Submit frame n+x for decoding before calling vaPutSurface() for frame n. VaPutSurface() has to wait for decode completion, so doing as much other work as possible before calling it will minimize the time wasted waiting.

@RazielQuote:
Yes I tried both and neither one helped. Thanks.

Since the Radeon HD driver doesn't allow to do a warm reboot, the early-startup menu has no more use.

Indeed, if you modify something in the early-startup (deactivate an HDD for example) or if you want to boot without startup-sequence, it won't work since... it's a warm reboot.

I had a crash recently, I used my backup to recover everything but now neither Emotion or DvPlayer will make use of accelerated video decoding.

I have the latest Radeon HD driver :

9.Workbench:> version RadeonHD.chip
RadeonHD.chip 5.14

And the latest Emotion (1.9 dated 2020-12-29) and DvPlayer (54.9 dated 2022-01-27).

Is there any settings I have missed?

@K-L

The VA library from the enhancer package ?

http://wiki.amiga.org/index.php?title=Enhancer_Software

@Skateman

Thanks, thas must be this but I'm pretty sure I reinstalled the whole package.

I will reinstall it again.

@K-L
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Maybe you disabled it, like I did, before getting the latest driver because DVPlayer and Emotion would not work with that library enabled and the older RadeonHD driver.

In any case, I see you have an X1000 like me. Once you get back up and going with the new HD driver stuff, could you please try playing videos with the latest MPlayer.
When I do it with the new drivers installed, the video eventually freezes. I'd like to see if others have this issue.

Here is the setup I'm using from earlier in this thread.
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Post 199 - Full details

Ok, after having reinstalled Enhance Software 2.2, it works again.

Any news regarding a new release of the driver?

Will power menagment work for Radeon 7750? Right now it seems to give me an error and no any settings are visible (I saw some screen shots with Balance, Performance etc. not for me). It looks like GPU is running on max clocks just running desctop.

Do I need to reinstall something after replacing Gpus constantly?

Also, I can't get r7 240 or 250 work with 3.7 driver, system will freeze when I click on an icon or dock.

Should I get rx 550 for my Sam460le, to have power menagment and better overall compatibility?

Also, will v5 help with 7750 and or r7 240/250?

@PixelHi

The poiwer management is ony usable for the RX cards if i recall correct.
7750 is a SI card so it wont work with that card.

OK. It seems that rx550 will be my best route. My understanding iż that RadeonRX driver from Enchancer 2.2 will be sufficient for this card? No need for Radeon HD Driver?

Also, just to confirm with rx550 I will not have access to Uboot menu? I think I can leave without it 😉

@PixelHi
@Skateman
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Radeon R7 250 works with RadeonHD v5 and does not crash as with v3.7.

Power management works too with R7 250 and RadeonHD v5

@Amigo1

Thank you.

I have to say this is the most confusing thing EVER.

Is there any place where is this described? What is supported or not? What features or not?

I don't mind getting v5 but if I will pay $50 and both of my cards will NOT work, can I get refund? 🙄

@PixelHi

Are you on X1000?

I am and using a RX580 card with only the RX driver.
You will need a bit of fiddling (in another thread) and will lose CFE display, but it works

@khayoz

Did you ever get the Juli@ to work?

@Raziel

Im using Sam460.

@Amigo1

I i see where i went wrong..

(in a previous post this was mentioned)
PowerPrefs will only work on RadeonHD (Southern Islands) cards with driver version 5+, Version 3.7 and lower will just start and show an empty list with a warning that this setup is not supported or similar.

@Raziel
Yeah the balanced TRS cables helped reduce the noice caused by RadeonRX with Power prefs set to HIGH.

@khayoz

Nice

OK, thank you for correction.

I purchased rx550 yesterday, so I'm keeping that one. I will let you know how it will work when I will get it. I think I gave up on Linux/MorphOS on Sam so RX 550 will do.

I just want to have a power management, 55W TDP is not bad, but doing literally nothing and using that much electricity is little to much.

BTW. rx 550 is such a overkill for Sam460 🙄.