[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
This needs to be closed to claim the bounty at https://www.bountysource.com/issues/55506502-meta-add-va-api-hardware- decoding-support-on-linux so closing this one. Wayland va-api decoding was implemented by Bug 1616185 X11 variant is pending at Bug 1619523 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
(In reply to Robert Mader [:rmader] from comment #35) > (In reply to eric.riese from comment #34) > > > > In my opinion the bounty was already earned when this issue was resolved > > but I don't know who gets to be the arbiter. > > That would certainly be Martin Stránský :) > Martin, do you want to claim the bounty? If you don't care about it / don't > need it yourself, you could donate it or so. Okay, I'll try to claim it and send it to a charity. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
This should depend on bug 1616185 and bug 1619523 so it's easier to find where the work happened. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
Reminder that there is still a bounty for this issue at BountySource https://www.bountysource.com/issues/55506502-add-va-api-hardware- decoding-support-on-linux I got an email from BountySource that they're going to start taking old bounties for themselves starting *2020-07-1* (reproduced below) In my opinion the bounty was already earned when this issue was resolved but I don't know who gets to be the arbiter. ``` Hi, You are receiving this email because we are updating the Bountysource Terms of Service, effective 1st July 2020. What's changing? We have added a Time-Out clause to the Bounties section of the agreement: 2.13 Bounty Time-Out. If no Solution is accepted within two years after a Bounty is posted, then the Bounty will be withdrawn and the amount posted for the Bounty will be retained by Bountysource. For Bounties posted before June 30, 2018, the Backer may redeploy their Bounty to a new Issue by contacting supp...@bountysource.com before July 1, 2020. If the Backer does not redeploy their Bounty by the deadline, the Bounty will be withdrawn and the amount posted for the Bounty will be retained by Bountysource. You can read the full Terms of Service here What do I need to do? If you agree to the new terms, you don't have to do anything. If you have a bounty posted prior to June 30, 2018 that is not currently being solved, email us at supp...@bountysource.com to redeploy your bounty. Or, if you do not agree with the new terms, please discontinue using Bountysource. Thanks for reading Bountysource Team ``` -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592] Re: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery
** Changed in: firefox Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
(In reply to eric.riese from comment #34) > > In my opinion the bounty was already earned when this issue was resolved but > I don't know who gets to be the arbiter. That would certainly be Martin Stránský :) Martin, do you want to claim the bounty? If you don't care about it / don't need it yourself, you could donate it or so. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
(In reply to lilydjwg from comment #30) > I'm glad to here that, but what about support for Firefox on X11? Is it given > up? Hardware decoding is platform independent so it generally works under X11 as it's implemented as Bug 1616185. For whole playback chain see Bug 1610199 what's needed to be done fox X11. I was closing this one as it refers to HW decode only, not the playback. The overall video playback is tracked at Bug 1210726. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
re-opening as a meta bug for VA-API implementation (including X11) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
HW decoding support has landed at Bug 1616185. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1616185 *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
(In reply to lilydjwg from comment #30) > I'm glad to here that, but what about support for Firefox on X11? Is it given > up? Filed Bug 1619523 for it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
I'm glad to here that, but what about support for Firefox on X11? Is it given up? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
That should be bug 1572697 for Wayland. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
@grmat libplacebo is a renderer not a hardware decoder and is unfit to be used in a browser. First thing we need dmabuf support so that we can import decoded frames without copying them back to the system RAM and then display it on the screen. If I understand it correctly this is the toughest part. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
Also, please note that this would save the users a few GWh of electric energy and thus help protect the climate. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
I've recently spent some time testing the implementations in various browsers. Chromium implements VA-API but it's disabled in official builds and fragile, breaking regularly. Webkit uses gstreamer-vaapi and I've had quality issues with that using both Intel (wrong colours) and AMD (blur) hardware. I've seen Mozilla tracks issues for VA-API and VDPAU/NVDEC. Have you seen libplacebo[1]? It encapsulates the core video rendering used in mpv in a reusable library. mpv's video acceleration has been stable and flawless for both VAAPI and NVDEC (and DXVA, FWIW, but I've no experience with that) for years. In contrast to the browsers' and gstreamer va-api implementations, I've never had performance, stability or quality issues with mpv. In fact, hundreds (thousands?) of Firefox users use several WebExtensions to have videos played in mpv[2],[3],[4]. I haven't worked with either Firefox or mpv code so I can only speak from a user's perspective right now. I just thought, it might be worth to consider implementing libplacebo instead of rolling an own implementation for va-api and vdpau/nvdec. libplacebo is licensed in LGPLv2.1. Note: I initially wanted to post this in #1210726, quoting first comment: > This bug will track support for hardware decoding on Linux and the various > system available (VA-API, VDPAU, DXVA and others) > > There's so many frameworks available, it's hard to keep track! But this one's locked. If it suits better there, feel free to move this comment. [1]: https://github.com/haasn/libplacebo [2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-to-mpv-player/ [3]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ff2mpv/ [4]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/play-with/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
Although this bug is only about decoding support, I'd like to leave a note about the rendering: AFAIK rendering without any slow copies requires DMABUF support, so processes can share resources on the GPU. For the Wayland backend this about to land, see bug 1552590, quote: > Wayland dmabuf surface are located in GPU and can be attached as EGLImage or wl_buffer. It allows direct rendering to GPU and share the HW buffer across processes. Also see bug 1010527 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592]
The dependency of this bug could probably changed from ogl-linux-beta to bug 1491303, as webrender will replace all the old rendering architecture and is already enabled on linux + intel in nightly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592] Re: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery
Launchpad has imported 23 comments from the remote bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727. If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. On 2015-10-02T10:01:00+00:00 Jyavenard-9 wrote: This would do decoding only ; not rendering (yet) Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/0 On 2015-10-02T10:33:11+00:00 RussianNeuroMancer wrote: Hardware decoding on Intel Ironlake should be used only for 720p and lower. Hardware 1080p decoding on Intel Ironlake is slower than software decoding on CPU: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47858 GPU model from about:support Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile I need to fill separate issue about VA-API on Ironlake or drop this info here is fine? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/1 On 2015-10-02T12:42:52+00:00 Jyavenard-9 wrote: (In reply to russianneuromancer from comment #1) > Hardware decoding on Intel Ironlake should be used only for 720p and lower. > Hardware 1080p decoding on Intel Ironlake is slower than software decoding > on CPU: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47858 > > GPU model from about:support > Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile > > I need to fill separate issue about VA-API on Ironlake or drop this info > here is fine? We have a generic preference to disable hardware acceleration, I'll hook it up to vaapi, but I have no intention at this stage to make specific cases for particular chipset. Would have to be in a separate bug. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/2 On 2016-07-06T04:29:09+00:00 Ajones-m wrote: Mass change P2 -> P3 Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/3 On 2016-07-06T09:06:19+00:00 sheepdestro...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a reason the priority would go from P2 to P3? Lack of hardware acceleration is the worse offender on Linux right now. Some youtube videos can not even play at a decent framerate because of that, especially the 4K / 360 ones. And that's without speaking of the heat generated by those poor CPUs... I do not get why it would not even go the other way, right to P1 ? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/4 On 2016-07-11T06:18:47+00:00 Ajones-m wrote: See bug 1210726. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/5 On 2016-08-11T18:00:44+00:00 agm97 wrote: linux had have the firefox browser by default in all distros I think much users of firefox are from linux and the only thing we get from mozilla a long waiting for a feature that is very needed.. between google with chromium and the denied featured requests and firefox not to working on features for firefox, linux in browser category is very late and the battery for laptops is damaged with linux and video viewing with browsers, I feel really annoying Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/6 On 2016-09-23T23:46:01+00:00 Melroy van den Berg wrote: I fully agree, video acceleration is a must have feature now a days. Please solve it! Don't force me to move to Chrome Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/7 On 2016-11-14T12:45:36+00:00 Waz wrote: I still have hope too to see full VDPAU/VAAVI support in order to have hardware video acceleration. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/8 On 2016-11-18T21:41:36+00:00 Ehumphries wrote: Gentle reminder: * Our guidelines ask you don't argue about priority setting on bugs. Triage leads and Mozillians working on the bug set the priority. See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html * "Me too" or "Fix this or I'm moving to Chrome/Lynx/Gopher/Edge/Webkit" comments are off topic and just add noise. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/comments/9
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592] Re: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery
** Changed in: firefox Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: firefox Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592] Re: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1210727 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 ** Also affects: firefox via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Unknown Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592] Re: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1688592] [NEW] Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery
Public bug reported: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1688592/+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
