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quellen

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Registered: 2014-05-24

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What VA-API driver for i3-7100?

hello,
i have an Intel CPU i3-7100 with integrated GPU HD 630. What VA-API driver do i need to install? "intel-media-driver" or "libva-intel-driver"?

on arch wiki it says:

Intel graphics open-source drivers support VA-API:

- HD Graphics series starting from Broadwell (2014) and newer are supported by intel-media-driver.
- GMA 4500 (2008) and newer GPUs, including HD Graphics up to Coffee Lake (2017) are supported by libva-intel-driver.
- GMA 4500 H.264 decoding is supported by libva-intel-driver-g45-h264AUR, see Intel#Hardware accelerated H.264 decoding on GMA 4500.
- Haswell Refresh to Skylake VP9 decoding and Broadwell to Skylake hybrid VP8 encoding is supported by intel-hybrid-codec-driverAUR.
- Skylake or later also need linux-firmware.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardwa … tion#Intel

Last edited by quellen (2022-12-02 11:32:10)

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sorry for my bad english

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: What VA-API driver for i3-7100?

intel-media-driver is the newer and more maintained one for chipsets like these. Broadwell is i*-5xxx series any higher number is newer than that.

quellen

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From: Italy

Registered: 2014-05-24

Posts: 275

Re: What VA-API driver for i3-7100?

intel-media-driver is the newer and more maintained one for chipsets like these. Broadwell is i*-5xxx series any higher number is newer than that.

thx for reply.
I did some tests.
it seems that intel-media-driver (iHD) consumes less CPU than libva-intel-driver (i915).
for example on mpv (with --deinterlace=yes option) playing 1080HD movie, iHD consumes min21% - max30%. i915 min40% - max59%.

Last edited by quellen (2022-12-02 12:44:46)

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V1del

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Re: What VA-API driver for i3-7100?

which I'd say is expected, intel-media-driver has much newer codec support and will use modern HW better.