Problem with VDPAU and 1080p videos

Question

I made a fresh install of Arch on my trusty Thinkpad. It's a T510 with a 3100M gpu from Nvidia.
Hardware decoding worked fine in the past, but after my freshly made install mpv doesn't seem to
like 1080p videos.
File tags:
major_brand: isom
minor_version: 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
encoder: Lavf55.33.100
[stream] Video (+) --vid=1 (*) (h264)
[stream] Audio (+) --aid=1 --alang=eng (*) (aac)
Trying to use hardware decoding.
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz stereo 2ch float
[ffmpeg/video] h264: get_buffer() failed
[ffmpeg/video] h264: thread_get_buffer() failed
[ffmpeg/video] h264: decode_slice_header error
[ffmpeg/video] h264: no frame!
Error while decoding frame!
Error using hardware decoding, falling back to software decoding.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: 0.000
Using conversion filter.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: 0.000
VO: [vdpau] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 yuyv422
[vo/vdpau] Compositing window manager detected. Assuming timing info is inaccurate.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_output_surface_create: The system does not have enough resources to complete the requested operation at this time.
[vo/vdpau] Error when allocating surface: The system does not have enough resources to complete the requested operation at this time.
[vo/vdpau] Error when uploading surface: An invalid handle value was provided.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: 0.000
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_create: The system does not have enough resources to complete the requested operation at this time.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: 0.000
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_output_surface_destroy: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_output_surface_create: The system does not have enough resources to complete the requested operation at this time.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_output_surface_create: A catch-all error, used when no other error code applies.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_output_surface_create: A catch-all error, used when no other error code applies.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: 0.000
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_block_until_surface_idle: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_destroy: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_create: The system does not have enough resources to complete the requested operation at this time.
[vo/vdpau] Error calling presentation_queue_query_surface_status: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_display: An invalid handle value was provided.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: 0.020
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_block_until_surface_idle: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_destroy: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_create: The system does not have enough resources to complete the requested operation at this time.
[vo/vdpau] Error calling presentation_queue_query_surface_status: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_display: An invalid handle value was provided.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: -0.000
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_block_until_surface_idle: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_destroy: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_create: The system does not have enough resources to complete the requested operation at this time.
[vo/vdpau] Error calling presentation_queue_query_surface_status: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_display: An invalid handle value was provided.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: -0.000
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_block_until_surface_idle: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_destroy: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_render: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error calling presentation_queue_query_surface_status: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_display: An invalid handle value was provided.
AV: 00:00:00 / 00:02:23 (0%) A-V: -0.000
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_block_until_surface_idle: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_video_mixer_render: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error calling presentation_queue_query_surface_status: An invalid handle value was provided.
[vo/vdpau] Error when calling vdp_presentation_queue_display: An invalid handle value was provided.
It doesn't really matter if it's an 10 or 8 bit video, it always falls back to software decoding, spouts out these error messages and as a result
the video is completely fucked up or just stutters/drops frames like crazy. This only happens with 1080p videos, 720p or below is just fine.
Here's my mpv config...
# Write your default config options here!
# default configuration that applies to every file
[default]
# use alsa for audio output, choose pulse, or oss4 as fallback
ao=pulse
# try to use high quality opengl output, with standard opengl, classic xv, and
# wayland as fallbacks
# # note: opengl has numerous quality/performance trade-off options.
# # as per the mpv(1), "opengl-hq" is just an alias for
# "opengl:lscale=lanczos2:dither-depth=auto:fbo-format=rgb16"
vo=vdpau
hwdec=vdpau
hwdec-codecs=all
# set the window title using the media filename (see Property Expansion section
# of mpv(1))
title="${filename}"
# disable screensaver
stop-screensaver="yes"
# correct pitch when speed is faster or slower than 1.0
af=scaletempo
# gapless audio play
# gapless-audio
osd-font='droid sans'
screenshot-format=jpg
...and last but not least the output from 'vdpauinfo'...
display: :0 screen: 0
API version: 1
Information string: NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library 337.25 Tue May 27 12:24:30 PDT 2014
Video surface:
name width height types
420 4096 4096 NV12 YV12
422 4096 4096 UYVY YUYV
Decoder capabilities:
name level macbs width height
MPEG1 0 8192 2048 2048
MPEG2_SIMPLE 3 8192 2048 2048
MPEG2_MAIN 3 8192 2048 2048
H264_MAIN 41 8192 2048 2048
H264_HIGH 41 8192 2048 2048
VC1_SIMPLE 1 8190 2048 2048
VC1_MAIN 2 8190 2048 2048
VC1_ADVANCED 4 8190 2048 2048
MPEG4_PART2_SP 3 8192 2048 2048
MPEG4_PART2_ASP 5 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_MOBILE [phone]
DIVX4_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX4_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_MOBILE [phone]
DIVX5_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048
DIVX5_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048
Output surface:
name width height nat types
B8G8R8A8 8192 8192 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8
R10G10B10A2 8192 8192 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8
Bitmap surface:
name width height
B8G8R8A8 8192 8192
R8G8B8A8 8192 8192
R10G10B10A2 8192 8192
B10G10R10A2 8192 8192
A8 8192 8192
Video mixer:
feature name sup
DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL y
DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL_SPATIAL y
INVERSE_TELECINE y
NOISE_REDUCTION y
SHARPNESS y
LUMA_KEY y
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L1 y
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L2 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L3 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L4 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L5 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L6 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L7 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L8 -
HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L9 -
parameter name sup min max
VIDEO_SURFACE_WIDTH y 1 4096
VIDEO_SURFACE_HEIGHT y 1 4096
CHROMA_TYPE y
LAYERS y 0 4
attribute name sup min max
BACKGROUND_COLOR y
CSC_MATRIX y
NOISE_REDUCTION_LEVEL y 0.00 1.00
SHARPNESS_LEVEL y -1.00 1.00
LUMA_KEY_MIN_LUMA y
LUMA_KEY_MAX_LUMA y

Answer 1

I'm experiencing this as well, specifically on 0.4.x. If I downgrade to 0.3.9 it works fine, vdpau and all. Try it yourself. I'm thinking it's a bug in mpv.