chromium: hardware video acceleration with VA-API

miomio · 2019-02-10 17:05:05

OdinEidolon wrote:

`vlc` seems to require `libva-intel-driver`, so I'll just keep them both installed.
PS: VP9 vides are not HW decoded in any case, on my XPS15 with SKL (i5-6300HQ).
PPS: I use the ImprovedTube extension to force h264.

VP9 isn't supported in hw SKL iGPU's: https://github.com/intel/media-driver/b … a-features

I use a SKL chip, but it is possible to get vlc using vaapi: https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_GPU_Decoding/#VA-API

You'll see terminal output like:

$ vlc some_file.mkv
VLC media player 3.0.6 Vetinari (revision 3.0.6-0-g5803e85f73)
[000056411bece570] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[000056411c005a60] main audio output error: too low audio sample frequency (0)
[00007f56e8ce89f0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[000056411c005a60] vlcpulse audio output error: digital pass-through stream connection failure: Not supported
[000056411c005a60] main audio output error: module not functional
[00007f56e8ce89f0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[00007f56e8c11fc0] avcodec decoder: Using Intel iHD driver - 1.0.0 for hardware decoding
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread

CarbonChauvinist · 2019-02-10 17:31:16

I'm getting following message spammed when running in a Plasma Wayland session using intel modesetting (i.e. no xf86-video-intel) with both the intel-media-driver and the libva-intel-driver:

[24836:24836:0210/113018.305810:ERROR:gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc(237)] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed!

Here's outputs of vainfo for both:

$ LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD vainfo
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.4 (libva 2.4.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver - 1.0.0
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointFEI

$ LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965 vainfo
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.4 (libva 2.4.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Skylake - 2.3.0
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh         :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh         :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVC1Simple              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileNone                   :	VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice

And here's my card:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:191b] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
	Subsystem: Dell HD Graphics 530 [1028:06e5]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 129
	Memory at db000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
	Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
	Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
	Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI)
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915

And lastly, here's my chromium-flags.conf

$ cat .config/chromium-flags.conf
#VAAPI is enabled by default with the current patch, so there's no need for --enable-accelerated-* flags 
#--enable-accelerated-video
#--enable-accelerated-mjpeg-decode

#Enabling CheckerImaging is no longer needed, since it is now used if an image has async=true.
#--enable-features="CheckerImaging"

#To force GPU acceleration, append the following flags to persistent configuration:
--enable-gpu-rasterization
--ignore-gpu-blacklist
--enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers
--enable-zero-copy

#Additionally --disable-gpu-driver-bug-workarounds has been tested and confirmed to remove video freezes (especially when watching in fullscreen).
--disable-gpu-driver-workarounds

#Same problem with hardware acceleration enabled logs was flooded with gigabytes of: [5558:5558:1025/015619.746665:ERROR:gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc(237)] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed! So added the following flag: --use-gl=egl
#https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=879929
#--use-gl=egl

Any ideas?

--edit:corrected mistyped location of chromium-flags.conf

Last edited by CarbonChauvinist (2019-02-10 22:51:13)

OdinEidolon · 2019-02-10 17:31:45

miomio wrote:

OdinEidolon wrote:
`vlc` seems to require `libva-intel-driver`, so I'll just keep them both installed.
PS: VP9 vides are not HW decoded in any case, on my XPS15 with SKL (i5-6300HQ).
PPS: I use the ImprovedTube extension to force h264.
VP9 isn't supported in hw SKL iGPU's: https://github.com/intel/media-driver/b … a-features
I use a SKL chip, but it is possible to get vlc using vaapi: https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_GPU_Decoding/#VA-API
You'll see terminal output like:
$ vlc some_file.mkv
VLC media player 3.0.6 Vetinari (revision 3.0.6-0-g5803e85f73)
[000056411bece570] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[000056411c005a60] main audio output error: too low audio sample frequency (0)
[00007f56e8ce89f0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[000056411c005a60] vlcpulse audio output error: digital pass-through stream connection failure: Not supported
[000056411c005a60] main audio output error: module not functional
[00007f56e8ce89f0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[00007f56e8c11fc0] avcodec decoder: Using Intel iHD driver - 1.0.0 for hardware decoding
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread

Yeah for me vlc, mpv and smplayer all work with e.g. x264.

maximbaz · 2019-02-10 21:04:06

FYI, intel-media-driver has a bug with fast forwarding videos in H264 format, VP9 works fine.

once · 2019-02-10 22:39:12

.config/chromium/chromium-flags.conf or .config/chromium-flags.conf, which?

maximbaz · 2019-02-10 22:41:48

The latter.

once · 2019-02-11 00:55:03

chrome://gpu
* Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Hardware accelerated

but,

*GpuMemoryBuffers Status
R_8 Software only
R_16 Software only
RG_88 Software only
BGR_565 Software only
RGBA_4444 Software only
RGBX_8888 Software only
RGBA_8888 Software only
BGRX_8888 Software only
BGRX_1010102 Software only
RGBX_1010102 Software only
BGRA_8888 Software only
RGBA_F16 Software only
YVU_420 Software only
YUV_420_BIPLANAR Software only
UYVY_422 Software only

maximbaz · 2019-02-11 01:45:24

Someone knowledgeable might explain the details, but I can assure you I have the same, and yet HW acceleration works, the CPU usage is definitely smaller, intel_gpu_top is showing correct output, and video playback is nice and smooth

miomio · 2019-02-11 18:18:23

once wrote:

chrome://gpu
* Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Hardware accelerated
but,
*GpuMemoryBuffers Status
R_8 Software only
R_16 Software only
RG_88 Software only
BGR_565 Software only
RGBA_4444 Software only
RGBX_8888 Software only
RGBA_8888 Software only
BGRX_8888 Software only
BGRX_1010102 Software only
RGBX_1010102 Software only
BGRA_8888 Software only
RGBA_F16 Software only
YVU_420 Software only
YUV_420_BIPLANAR Software only
UYVY_422 Software only

Have you tried the any of the following flags:

https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-c … deo-frames
https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-c … ry-buffers

?

I have this being reported too, except I'm using Brave Browser and I think the Brave team have removed some of the flags that Chrome/Chromium accepts, including these.

RainmakerRaw · 2019-02-17 19:09:27

I've found iHD (intel-media-driver) to be slightly 'better' than the old i965 driver. My system:

Intel Core i7 8700k 6c12t (5GHz all core @ 1.32v),
Intel UHD graphics 630,
32GB DDR4 3400MHz CL16 (4x 8GB TeamGroup '8Pack Edition' Samsung B-die), 
128GB Samsung Evo 960 nVME SSD,
arch-desktop 4.20.10-2-ck-skylake #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 16 15:29:42 EST 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Cinnamon Desktop Environment 4.0.9
Chromium 72.0.3626.109 Arch Linux
intel-media-driver 18.4.1-1
intel-media-sdk (AUR) 1:2018.4.0-1

My vainfo:

> vainfo                                                                          ~
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.4 (libva 2.4.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver - 1.0.0
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileNone                   :	VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileNone                   :	VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVC1Simple              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile2            :	VAEntrypointVLD

Chromium's chrome://gpu report:

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Hardware accelerated
Flash: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Hardware accelerated
Out-of-process Rasterization: Disabled
Hardware Protected Video Decode: Unavailable
Rasterization: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
Skia Deferred Display List: Disabled
Skia Renderer: Disabled
Surface Control: Disabled
Surface Synchronization: Enabled
Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
Viz Service Display Compositor: Enabled
WebGL: Hardware accelerated
WebGL2: Hardware accelerated
Problems Detected
Protected video decoding with swap chain is for Windows and Intel only
Disabled Features: protected_video_decode
Skia renderer is not used by default.
Disabled Features: skia_renderer
Skia deferred display list is not used by default.
Disabled Features: skia_deferred_display_list
Version Information
Data exported	2019-02-17T19:02:52.777Z
Chrome version	Chrome/72.0.3626.109
Operating system	Linux 4.20.10-2-ck-skylake
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Driver bug list URL	https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/fae8db7ab9280fa6704a59980263c804f809ebd5/gpu/config/gpu_driver_bug_list.json
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Command Line	/usr/lib/chromium/chromium --disable-gpu-driver-bug-workarounds --enable-accelerated-mjpeg-decode --enable-accelerated-video --enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers --flag-switches-begin --force-gpu-rasterization --enable-oop-rasterization --enable-zero-copy --enable-lcd-text --enable-smooth-scrolling --enable-features=NativeNotifications,ParallelDownloading,PdfIsolation,VizDisplayCompositor,WebRTC-H264WithOpenH264FFmpeg --disable-features=HappinessTrackingSurveysForDesktop --flag-switches-end
Driver Information
Initialization time	16
In-process GPU	false
Passthrough Command Decoder	false
Sandboxed	false
GPU0	VENDOR = 0x8086 [Intel Open Source Technology Center], DEVICE= 0x3e92 [Mesa DRI Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (Coffeelake 3x8 GT2) ] *ACTIVE*
Optimus	false
AMD switchable	false
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Vertex shader version	4.50
Max. MSAA samples	16
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Disabled Extensions	
Disabled WebGL Extensions	
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RGBA_4444	Software only
RGBX_8888	Software only
RGBA_8888	Software only
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RGBX_1010102	Software only
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RGBA_F16	Software only
YVU_420	Software only
YUV_420_BIPLANAR	Software only
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Decode h264 baseline	up to 4096x4096 pixels
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Decode vp9 profile0	up to 4096x4096 pixels
Encode h264 baseline	up to 4096x4096 pixels and/or 30.000 fps
Encode h264 main	up to 4096x4096 pixels and/or 30.000 fps
Encode h264 high	up to 4096x4096 pixels and/or 30.000 fps
Encode vp8	up to 1920x1920 pixels and/or 30.000 fps
Log Messages
[9744:9744:0217/182347.022311:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(364)] : InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
[9744:9744:0217/183821.262913:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(1149)] : Failed syncing surface VA error: internal decoding error

YouTube videos using either VP9 or H264 show (intel_gpu_top from intel-gpu-tools) shows that the video decode part of the graphics card is active, and so is the 'video-improve' (whatever that is). With the i965 driver, the video-improve section is always at 0%. I'm assuming this is a new feature/capability of the media-driver vs the old libva-driver.

Either way, CPU usage is still much higher on Linux than on Windows or macOS (no matter whether using i965 or iHD). Using the same Chromium build on Windows 10, watching a 1080p YouTube video in VP9 or H264, gives CPU usage of around 2% to 3%. Under Linux, the same YouTube video with the same settings uses 12% to 15% CPU. That's a huge difference; especially when you consider that's >6x more resources of a 12 thread 5GHz CPU doing the same task. Is this simply what we can expect due to driver abilities? Or is this a Chromium (and/or vaapi patch) issue? Could something else be tweaked?

Edit: A word.

Last edited by RainmakerRaw (2019-02-17 19:12:13)

RainmakerRaw · 2019-02-17 19:10:44

miomio wrote:

once wrote:
chrome://gpu
* Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Hardware accelerated
but,
*GpuMemoryBuffers Status
R_8 Software only
R_16 Software only
RG_88 Software only
BGR_565 Software only
RGBA_4444 Software only
RGBX_8888 Software only
RGBA_8888 Software only
BGRX_8888 Software only
BGRX_1010102 Software only
RGBX_1010102 Software only
BGRA_8888 Software only
RGBA_F16 Software only
YVU_420 Software only
YUV_420_BIPLANAR Software only
UYVY_422 Software only
Have you tried the any of the following flags:
https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-c … deo-frames
https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-c … ry-buffers
?
I have this being reported too, except I'm using Brave Browser and I think the Brave team have removed some of the flags that Chrome/Chromium accepts, including these.

What GPU are you using, 'once'? If it's integrated Intel graphics then software memory buffers is normal and expected (see the Intel GitHub repo for intel-media-driver).

kmahyyg · 2019-02-19 13:20:47

Hey guys,

If you are moving from `aur/chromium-vaapi-bin` with Intel KabyLake+ CPU, and use `aur/intel-media-stack-bin` as your VAAPI driver, please note that you may need to uninstall `aur/intel-media-stack-bin` first as it offers VA-API 1.3 and this chromium build needs at least VA-API 1.4

You should use `community/intel-media-driver 18.4.1-1` instead, and trying to the following contents into `/etc/profile.d/intel-media-driver.sh`:

```
export LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/dri
export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
```

So that after set the correct flag of chromium, you could enjoy your VAAPI-enabled chromium now.

digitalone · 2019-03-01 17:33:47

They should have done that years ago, but better late than never.

digitalone · 2019-03-03 10:17:50

I want to show something quite funny. Take a look here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210729

Reported 4 years ago and Mozilla devs saying it could not be done. They also restricted the bug report to devs only. Never assigned.

Now that Chromium has accepted vaapi patches to expose hardware decoding on Linux, the bug is assigned to a Mozilla developer and maybe in the future also Firefox could have hardware decoding on Linux.

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Gusar · 2019-03-03 17:22:20

The Mozilla bugzilla is a development tool, meant for Mozilla developers to do actual work. It is not an advocacy platform. Everything that is not directly related to developing a new feature or fixing a bug is spam. And these video decoding bugs have been spammed a lot, that's why the restrictions on them.

Another point, in order to have hardware decoded video be part of a webpage, a browser first needs hardware accelerated webpage rendering. Firefox simply does not have that on Linux, not in a working state at least. Mozilla has been developing a new renderer for some now, called Webrender. Unlike their current renderer (which only works well in D3D mode, so on Windows), Webrender one is designed to also work on Linux. It needs to be finished first before Mozilla can begin tackling hardware video decoding.

Keep the two points above in mind when thinking of hardware decoding in Firefox. They are very important points and there's absolutely nothing "funny" about them.

yorrd · 2019-03-06 15:18:14

I can't open chromium at the moment, it stops with the error

[3485:3485:0306/161557.240434:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(324)] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error

I do have nvidia-utils and libva-intel-driver installed (graphics card is a gtx 970, tried the intel driver because I'm desperate).

Any pointers?

seth · 2019-03-06 15:27:53

You need https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libv … -chromium/ and you might have to recompile that for changes in the underlying libs.
The intel driver is pointless if you don't have an intel chip. Drop that.

yorrd · 2019-03-06 15:37:29

@seth, thanks. I removed the intel package and recompiled libva-vdpau-driver-chromium. The error is gone, chromium still refuses to start. Only log output are the usual gtk warnings.

If it means anything: google-chrome-stable shows the same behavior

seth · 2019-03-06 15:41:40

Except that we don't have the slightest clue that this is due to VAAPI.
Check glxinfo, the process list (eg. for running chromium zombies) and the behavior on a fresh account (or at least move away ~/.config/chromium) and prbably start a new thread.

yorrd · 2019-03-06 18:16:46

Yeah, I just assumed so because there was a VAAPI issue before and chromium used to work before I updated to version 72 yesterday.

Thanks. it works with a new profile, will migrate my old data (or just rely on synch). Thanks a bunch, reinstalling libva-vdpau-driver-chromium ended up fixing the real issue!

samurai · 2019-03-08 09:47:16

Just reporting. Intel HD 520, intel-media-driver. Very unstable for me.

Though I don't care really. Firefox is just perfect. Even if it works on Chromium beautifully, I don't think I'll switch to Chromium.

marc1n · 2019-03-08 10:11:54

On Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2500U with Vega 8) every time i try to play youtube videos my system crashes. Had to diasable all hardware acceleration for now. Kernel 5.0, xf86-video-amdgpu 18 and 19.
Mpv with va-api works perfectly well.

digitalone · 2019-03-08 13:05:17

AMD Radeon R2 Mullins, Sea Island Family, everything works like a charm with radeon drivers, amdgpu very unstable on my system.

digitalone · 2019-03-11 22:54:52

I noticed that hardware decoding is not working when playing DRM content (Netflix stuff), even though Hardware Protected Video Decode is shown as Hardware accelerated in chrome://gpu. Someone knows why?

Last edited by digitalone (2019-03-11 22:55:09)

bugsmanagement · 2019-03-11 23:14:56

Hey digitalone,

This might be useful to you https://github.com/asciidisco/plugin.vi … -405550560

Netflix's license policy for WideVine restricts decoding to software only (see this comment). ... For Netflix there's no way.

Cheers,
Regards

Arch Linux

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