I also can't get the hardware acceleration on Youtube. With Netflix I do get DecryptingVideoDecoder.
Also there is no "Hardware-accelerated video decode" in flags. Chromium snap version 84.0.4147.135 from candidate/vaapi channel. $ vainfo libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 vainfo: VA-API version: 1.7 (libva 2.6.0) vainfo: Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 20.0.8 for AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (NAVI10, DRM 3.38.0, 5.8.3-xanmod1, LLVM 10.0.0) vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc chrome://media-internals/ render_id: 9 player_id: 24 origin_url: https://www.youtube.com/ kFrameUrl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb3EKWsInQ kFrameTitle: COSTA RICA IN 4K 60fps HDR (ULTRA HD) - YouTube url: blob:https://www.youtube.com/61c207f8-ceac-4af4-ab57-2e6c0526d53b info: Effective playback rate changed from 0 to 1 pipeline_state: kPlaying kAudioTracks: [object Object] duration: 313.840907 kVideoTracks: [object Object] kIsAudioDecryptingDemuxerStream: false kAudioDecoderName: FFmpegAudioDecoder kIsPlatformAudioDecoder: false error: {"causes":[{"causes":[],"data":{"codec":"h264"},"stack":[{"file":"../../media/filters/dav1d_video_decoder.cc","line":165}],"status_code":260,"status_message":""}],"data":{"Decoder name":"Dav1dVideoDecoder"},"stack":[{"file":"../../media/filters/decoder_selector.cc","line":172}],"status_code":265,"status_message":""} kIsVideoDecryptingDemuxerStream: false kVideoDecoderName: FFmpegVideoDecoder kIsPlatformVideoDecoder: false audio_buffering_state: [object Object] dimensions: 1920x1080 kResolution: 1920x1080 video_buffering_state: [object Object] pipeline_buffering_state: [object Object] event: kPlay -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1816497 Title: [snap] vaapi chromium no video hardware decoding Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: News : - Candidate Chromium 83 Snap with vaapi enabled can be installed with : sudo snap install --channel=candidate/vaapi chromium Check that your vidéo is gpu decoded but checking "MojoVideoDecoder" in about:media-internals Widevine DRM streams will have DecryptingVideoDecoder Please report success/failure with - distro version - GPU Hardware used - Codec used ----------Original Bug report --------- Libva is no longer working for snap installed chromium 72.0.3626.109 (Official Build) snap (64-bit) I followed this instruction sudo snap install --channel=candidate/vaapi chromium My amdgpu can use libva `vainfo: Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 18.3.3 for AMD STONEY (DRM 3.27.0, 4.20.0-10.1-liquorix-amd64, LLVM 7.0.1) vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc` To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1816497/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp