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#1 2016-05-30 10:50:55
- darkbasic
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How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
http://imgur.com/fiCOuGM
I have a Broadwell Intel card and I would like to enable *ONLY* hw acc video decode, not canvas and/or rasterization (the less bugs, the better). Someone suggested to disable GPU blacklists, but as I said I don't want to expose myself to more bugs than what's strictly necessary to enable video decode.
What's the best way to achieve it?
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#2 2016-05-30 16:17:30
- TheChickenMan
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Re: How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
Disabling the hardware GPU blacklist is the correct way to do this.
Last edited by TheChickenMan (2016-05-30 16:17:47)
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#3 2016-05-30 16:57:45
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Re: How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
It also enables Canvas Hardware acceleration, but anyway it doesn't work, even if I get "Video Decode: Hardware accelerated".
Some suggest to apply a patch to Chromium: http://www.kelvinblog.tk/enable-chromiu … ion-linux/
Is it really needed?
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#4 2016-05-30 17:52:36
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Re: How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
Yes, you need the patch.
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#5 2016-05-30 17:59:46
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Re: How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
Is there any repository/pkgbuild with this patch?
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#6 2016-05-30 19:29:37
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Re: How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
Is there any repository/pkgbuild with this patch?
I know of chromium-dev in AUR, no idea if there's anything else.
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#7 2016-05-31 04:42:06
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Re: How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
Yes, you need the patch.
It works for me with no patch applied.
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#8 2016-05-31 09:24:04
- darkbasic
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Re: How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
Gusar wrote:Yes, you need the patch.
http://i.imgur.com/gUPX8Jam.png
It works for me with no patch applied.
This is not a proof, I get the same green screenshot but hw decode still don't work. I tried chromium-dev from AUR and video decode DOES work now, even without disabling GPU blacklists (in fact canvas are still not accelerated).
I think I will file a feature request bug report asking for inclusion of the patch in the Arch package.
Last edited by darkbasic (2016-05-31 09:25:54)
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#9 2016-05-31 09:54:23
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Re: How to enable hw accelerated video decode in Chromium
By the way, what about pepper flash? /etc/adobe/mms.cfg doesn't affect pepper flash.
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