Public bug reported: This could be a bug in the i965_drv_video driver, but here I can offer a reproducible case. The initial part (using youtube-dl) merely serves to provide a reproducible case as long as that particular video remains online.
jeff@birdsong:downloads $ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh9jAD1ofm4 [youtube] Xh9jAD1ofm4: Downloading webpage [youtube] Xh9jAD1ofm4: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] Xh9jAD1ofm4: Extracting video information [youtube] Xh9jAD1ofm4: Downloading MPD manifest WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv. [download] Destination: UNDER ARMOUR _ RULE YOURSELF _ MICHAEL PHELPS-Xh9jAD1ofm4.f137.mp4 [download] 100% of 32.31MiB in 00:31 [download] Destination: UNDER ARMOUR _ RULE YOURSELF _ MICHAEL PHELPS-Xh9jAD1ofm4.f251.webm [download] 100% of 1.33MiB in 00:01 [ffmpeg] Merging formats into "UNDER ARMOUR _ RULE YOURSELF _ MICHAEL PHELPS-Xh9jAD1ofm4.mkv" Deleting original file UNDER ARMOUR _ RULE YOURSELF _ MICHAEL PHELPS-Xh9jAD1ofm4.f137.mp4 (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file UNDER ARMOUR _ RULE YOURSELF _ MICHAEL PHELPS-Xh9jAD1ofm4.f251.webm (pass -k to keep) jeff@birdsong:downloads $ mplayer UNDER\ ARMOUR\ _\ RULE\ YOURSELF\ _\ MICHAEL\ PHELPS-Xh9jAD1ofm4.mkv MPlayer2 2.0-728-g2c378c7-4build1 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team Playing UNDER ARMOUR _ RULE YOURSELF _ MICHAEL PHELPS-Xh9jAD1ofm4.mkv. [mkv] Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0 [mkv] Unknown/unsupported audio codec ID 'A_OPUS' for track 2 or missing/faulty [mkv] private codec data. [mkv] Track ID 2: audio (A_OPUS), -aid 0, -alang eng [mkv] Will play video track 1. Detected file format: Matroska Clip info: MAJOR_BRAND: dash MINOR_VERSION: 0 COMPATIBLE_BRANDS: iso6avc1mp41 ENCODER: Lavf56.36.100 Load subtitles in . libva info: VA-API version 0.38.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_38 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 Selected video codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 [libavcodec] Audio: no sound Starting playback... VIDEO: 1920x1080 23.976 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kB/s) VO: [vdpau] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 Planar YV12 [vdpau] Got display refresh rate 59.950 Hz. [vdpau] If that value looks wrong give the -vo vdpau:fps=X suboption manually. V: 4.5 0/ 0 0% 20% 0.0% 0 0 Exiting... (Quit) jeff@birdsong:downloads $ System is ubuntu 15.10. Note that opening the video in firefox works fine, so somehow, somewhere, it is possible to play it on an ubuntu linux system. This repeats on another host of mine, so I don't think it is my specific hardware (though it might be). I see the above whether I use youtube-dl 2015-06-04.1 (ubuntu 15.10 repository) or 2016.03.06 (HEAD). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: mplayer2 2.0-728-g2c378c7-4build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-25.30-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: i3 Date: Wed Mar 9 09:21:30 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-23 (137 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: mplayer2 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-23 (137 days ago) ** Affects: mplayer2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1554963 Title: Fail to init i965_drv_video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer2/+bug/1554963/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs