Otherwise only vdpau decoder is built, but not vdpau video output which is: /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/vdpau/libvdpau_display_plugin.so Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 408412 [details] emerge --info
Thanks, some research indicates you are correct. Upstream fix is here: http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc/vlc-2.2.git/?p=vlc/vlc-2.2.git;a=commit;h=55574f4261cac5260bd316d024fbf142d4ad3252 Will fix in Gentoo via adding the REQUIRED_USE: vdpau? ( xcb ) I will work with folks in #gentoo-proxy-maint to get change added.
Created attachment 415672 [details, diff] vlc-2.2.1-r1_vdpau_xcb.patch Patch to 2.2.1-r1 ebuild to add the REQUIRED_USE.
Author: Amy Winston <amynka@gentoo.org> Date: Thu Oct 29 08:03:25 2015 +0100 media-video/vlc: use for vdpau and skins changed bug #556860 and #563398. By sdnick484.
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1314b5434b794a67d1d52318c7e4732c70af2c86