That's right. I would recommend avoiding i965-va-driver-shaders and use only i965-va-driver. The latter should be more efficient and supported by Intel. But you do need to ensure your hardware is new enough for VP9 decoding. Only Intel 7th generation (Kaby Lake) and later chips support VP9.
That said, if you have older hardware (Sky Lake or older) then it sounds like i965-va-driver-shader might be the next best option. If you would like to discuss problems in i965-va-driver-shader then please open a new bug for it by running: ubuntu-bug i965-va-driver-shader -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to intel-vaapi-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756380 Title: vaapi VP9 hardware decoding not working anymore in bionic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/intel-vaapi-driver/+bug/1756380/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp