if it says "<inactive>", then you are looking in the wrong place. It would never say inactive if its decoding anything, if its using software decoding, it would say "avcodec".
You need to check the actual active decoder instance. There can be multiple decoders active at the same time, so only accessing the properties of one specific decoder can show you any relevant information.
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LAV Filters - open source ffmpeg based media splitter and decoders
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