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VA-API
Va-api installation depending on the GPU generation you have, so I recommend you to follow this excellent Arch linux guide, (It's not just for arch linux, applies to ubuntu as well)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration
Once you download the package, verify it using vainfo or vdpauinfo depending upon your GPU. Then you are good to go.
Browser
You can use any chromium based browser like Brave and Vivaldi, but for this guide I will be using chrome-stable. I will be also using x11 for this guide, so few steps might vary for wayland.
Version
Unfortunately chrome 92 update broke hardware acceleration on linux, so we will be using Chrome 91. Google might fix it in future, but no can guarantee it.
Installation
91.0.4472.164-1 is the last version where Hardware acceleration works perfectly
For Debian and Ubuntu based distros, use this mirror to download .deb file (https://mirror.cs.uchicago.edu/google-chrome/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_91.0.4472.164-1_amd64.deb)
Then you can install it directly by double clicking the .deb file from your file manager.
For Arch Linux and other Arch based distros, use this link to get tar file (https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aur-710114824f61f1468346d7de4072dc041fac8177.tar.gz)
Unzip it in a folder and open the folder in terminal. Then enter this command
makepkg -scri The script would automatically download and install this specific version of chrome.
Enable these Flags under chrome://flags
- Temporarily unexpire M90 flags.
- Override software rendering list
- GPU rasterization
- Hardware-accelerated video decode
- Zero-copy rasterizer
Launch configeration
Go to Your home library in a file manager, then select "Show hidden files" under three dot menu. Then select ".config" folder. Now check if a file named chrome-flags.conf exists. If it doesn't, create one. Open it with any text editor and enter these commands
--enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder --use-gl=desktop Check if Your GPU supports VP8/VP9 (For youtube)
You can check it through this table. Most newer hardware support it, but if you are on older hardware, your GPU would most likely no support it. (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration#Comparison_tables)
H.264ify
If you GPU doesn't support VP9 decoding, you can install this extension to make sure youtube videos run in H264 format instead of VP8/9/AV1
(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/h264ify/aleakchihdccplidncghkekgioiakgal?hl=en)
Keep in mind your resolution would be limited to 1080p (Youtube offers maximum of 1080p only for H264 decodes) and there might slight reduction in details or difference in color reproduction.
Verify if Hardware acceleration is working
Hop on to chrome://GPU If your report looks something like this below, you are good to go
Graphics Feature Status Canvas: Hardware accelerated Compositing: Hardware accelerated Multiple Raster Threads: Disabled (Shows disabled for me because my CPU doesn't support hyperthreading, if your's does, this should be shown as enabled) Out-of-process Rasterization: Hardware accelerated OpenGL: Enabled Rasterization: Hardware accelerated on all pages Skia Renderer: Enabled Video Decode: Hardware accelerated Vulkan: Disabled WebGL: Hardware accelerated WebGL2: Hardware accelerated - Then Hop on to any Video on Youtube and Press
Ctrl+shift+Ior F12 - Then select Three dot menu beside cross option
- Select More Tools
- Then select Media
- Click on Arrow beside Elements and console and select media
- Play the video and manually select a resolution. Keep in mind chrome only hardware accelerated videos above 720p.
- Under video decoder column, make sure it says "VDAVideoDecoder" under decoder name
- Check it "Hardware Decoder" option is viewed as True
If Everything goes right, you should be done and youtube videos should be hardware accelerated.
Bonus
If you are using an Intel GPU, there's a package "intel-gpu-tools", download it through terminal or package manager.
You can then enter a command sudo intel_gpu_top
Play a video on youtube or twitch and make sure GPU utilization is above 0 under "Video" column specifically. If it's any digit above 0, it's 100% sure you are making use of your GPU for hardware decode and everything is working as expecte
If there are any suggestions, please let me know in the comments.
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