Tested the snap package and it works fine!
Running on DELL XPS13
Version 84.0.4147.89 (Official Build) snap (64-bit)
+ using the h264ify extension in the browser to force Youtube (VP9 by default)
to run on h264
$ sudo snap install --channel=candidate/vaapi chromium
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS"
$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_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: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 20.1.1 ()
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointEncPicture
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile2: VAEntrypointVLD
chrome://media-internals/
Timestamp PropertyValue
00:00:00.000origin_url "https://www.youtube.com/;
00:00:00.000kFrameUrl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb3EKWsInQ;
00:00:00.000kFrameTitle "COSTA RICA IN 4K 60fps HDR (ULTRA HD) -
YouTube"
00:00:00.000url
"blob:https://www.youtube.com/bd1489d5-5381-4f8a-b3c0-90023da92ae9;
00:00:00.000info"ChunkDemuxer"
00:00:00.000pipeline_state "kStarting"
00:00:00.036kVideoTracks[{"alpha
mode":"is_opaque","codec":"h264","coded size":"1920x1080","color
space":"{primaries:BT709, transfer:BT709, matrix:BT709,
range:LIMITED}","encryption scheme":"Unencrypted","has extra data":false,"hdr
metadata":"unset","natural size":"1920x1080","orientation":"0°","profile":"h264
high","visible rect":"0,0 1920x1080"}]
00:00:00.036kAudioTracks[{"bytes per channel":2,"bytes per
frame":4,"channel layout":"STEREO","channels":2,"codec":"aac","codec
delay":0,"discard decoder delay":false,"encryption scheme":"Unencrypted","has
extra data":false,"profile":"unknown","sample format":"Signed 16-bit","samples
per second":44100,"seek preroll":"0us"}]
00:00:00.039info"Effective playback rate changed from 0 to 1"
00:00:00.039event "kPlay"
00:00:00.045kIsAudioDecryptingDemuxerStream false
00:00:00.045kAudioDecoderName "FFmpegAudioDecoder"
00:00:00.045kIsPlatformAudioDecoder false
00:00:00.045info"Selected FFmpegAudioDecoder for audio decoding,
config: codec: aac, profile: unknown, bytes_per_channel: 2, channel_layout:
STEREO, channels: 2, samples_per_second: 44100, sample_format: Signed 16-bit,
bytes_per_frame: 4, seek_preroll: 0us, codec_delay: 0, has extra data: false,
encryption scheme: Unencrypted, discard decoder delay: false"
00:00:00.046error
"{\"causes\":[{\"causes\":[],\"data\":{},\"stack\":[{\"file\":\"../../media/filters/decrypting_video_decoder.cc\",\"line\":53}],\"status_code\":264,\"status_message\":\"\"}],\"data\":{\"Decoder
name\":\"DecryptingVideoDecoder\"},\"stack\":[{\"file\":\"../../media/filters/decoder_selector.cc\",\"line\":172}],\"status_code\":265,\"status_message\":\"\"}"
00:00:00.065kIsVideoDecryptingDemuxerStream false
00:00:00.065kVideoDecoderName "MojoVideoDecoder"
00:00:00.065kIsPlatformVideoDecoder true
00:00:00.065info"Selected MojoVideoDecoder for video decoding, config:
codec: h264, profile: h264 high, level: not available, alpha_mode: is_opaque,
coded size: [1920,1080], visible rect: [0,0,1920,1080], natural size:
[1920,1080], has extra data: false, encryption scheme: Unencrypted, rotation:
0°, flipped: 0, color space: {primaries:BT709, transfer:BT709, matrix:BT709,
range:LIMITED}"
00:00:00.065pipeline_state "kPlaying"
(...)
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor
Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500
v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 08)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI
Controller (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP
Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
00:15.0 Signal processing controller:
