vd_lavc: remove Vulkan hwdec from auto-safe selection#17740
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It's unstable and unfortunately the situation is not getting better over time as there are constantly new regressions introduced, which makes it unsafe for auto selection. It is also twice as slow as d3d11va on Windows AMD. See also: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/21692 https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/21704 https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/22342 mpv-player#16782 mpv-player#17085 mpv-player#17175 mpv-player#17370 mpv-player#17517 mpv-player#17593 mpv-player#17688 Those are only issues from recent months, many of which are not fixed.
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It's unstable and unfortunately the situation is not getting better over time as there are constantly new regressions introduced, which makes it unsafe for auto selection.
It is also twice as slow as d3d11va on Windows AMD.
See also:
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/21692
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/21704
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/22342
#16782
#17085
#17175
#17370
#17517
#17593
#17688
Those are only issues from recent months, many of which are not fixed.