I use xbmc on Sabayon and figured out a big Problem with use of it with intel mesa.
For testing purpose I set up a fresh Sabayon installation and a fresh Kubuntu installation on the same hardware.
I used the same Video file for both systems and did screenshots of the statistics on both machines and also collected the debug log and the normal log for both systems.
So beginning with Sabayon log file:
http://pastebin.com/F5dfgzrW
There you can notice, that this error appears:
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WARNING: Decode - avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet. size:


And for the CPU usage you can see here:

The debug log you can see here:
http://pastebin.com/a9j4QTjV
In line 306 I found this:
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DEBUG: CDVDFactoryCodec: compiled in hardware support: CrystalHD:no OpenMax:no VDPAU:yes VAAPI:no
For Kubuntu there is no framedropping and tearing at all, here is the log:
http://pastebin.com/mMWtJ82W
And all Video stats look nice:


And the CPU usage is also way better:

And here is the debug log from kubuntu:
http://pastebin.com/0NZk2NWD
where i found this in line 304:
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DEBUG: CDVDFactoryCodec: compiled in hardware support: CrystalHD:yes OpenMax:no VDPAU:yes VAAPI:no
So for me it seems that the hardware acceleration is not really working, am I right?
Hope someone can figure it out.

