mpv-player / mpv-player/mpv

Hang in __futex_abstimed_wait_common64 on trying to play with nvdec

Open
#9,313 9 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

os:linux
Dominant language
C
Stars
37k
Forks
3.5k
Avg merge
1d 10h
Merged PRs (30d)
22

Description

Important Information

Provide following Information:

  • mpv version: 0.33.1+git.20210630T163736.f2afae55e9-1.4
  • Linux Distribution and Version: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20211011
  • Source of the mpv binary: Main repo
  • Window Manager and version: Kwin 5.22.5-1.2
  • GPU driver and version: Nvidia 470.74-44.1
Reproduction steps

Play a video file with --hwdec=nvdec. Seems to work with any file with hardware decoding, at least AVC and HEVC.

Expected behavior

The video plays as normal, with hardware decoding.

Actual behavior

Some of the time (though not every time), mpv will completely hang, and just display an empty window (filled with whatever was behind it). It will use 100% CPU (on one core). At this point, mpv needs to be killed (SIGTERM or SIGINT twice).

It doesn't seem to happen if you try it multiple times in rapid succession. If you successfully play the file, you have to wait for a bit to reproduce the issue.

Log file

Log and backtrace

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the hang by playing a video with --hwdec=nvdec on the reported Linux/NVIDIA setup, then inspect the linked log and backtrace. Done means mpv reliably plays AVC or HEVC with hardware decoding without hanging, leaving an empty window, or consuming 100% of one CPU core.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c, linux
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.