FS#74819 - [chromium] enable-accelerated-video-decode absent

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Prince Cooper (pc00per) - Sunday, 22 May 2022, 08:13 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Thursday, 28 July 2022, 05:40 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
According to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=244031, this package should support VA-API HW acceleration out of the box. But enable-accelerated-video-decode flag is missing.

Additional info:
* package version(s) -
* config and/or log files etc.
* link to upstream bug report, if any

Steps to reproduce:
Search "Hardware accelerated video decode" flag under chrome://flags
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 05:40 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  See comments
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Thursday, 28 July 2022, 05:40 GMT
> According to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=244031

In the first post of that thread it says (in bold):

"IMPORTANT: There is no official support for HW acceleration from Chromium or Arch Linux teams"

The message is also repeated in the wiki [1]. The forum is the place to go for support of this feature.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chromium#Hardware_video_acceleration

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