use_vaapi is enabled by default (on amd64 and i386) starting with chromium 88
(currently dev channel).
snaps in the edge channel already have this, as do the bionic builds in
ppa:chromium-team/dev. Chromium depends on a version of libva that's too recent
for xenial, so I have disabled it for xenial builds.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1894433
Title:
Use build flag "use_vaapi=true" for Chromium 86+
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
Upstream allowed to enable VAAPI through
chrome://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-decode
Commit URL:
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/2208531
But Chromium still needs to be built with flag "use_vaapi=true"
Patch could be easily backported to version 85 but currently Chromium needs
to be run with
--use-gl=desktop switch
(I have Bionic build on test PPA
https://launchpad.net/~xalt7x/+archive/ubuntu/chromium-deb-vaapi-test-upstream)
Please use this build flag for Snap and Deb builds (16.04 , 18.04) so
people with Intel & AMD on X11 wouldn't need to rely 3rd-party PPAs
for Hardware acceleration.
Thanks!
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