[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1816497] Re: [snap] vaapi chromium no video hardware decoding

2020-08-07 Thread Marc Lijour
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

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1816497] Re: [snap] vaapi chromium no video hardware decoding

2020-08-07 Thread Marc Lijour
This used to do the trick for me. Since an upgrade to 20.04 the decoding is not working properly. Chromium (86 here) is not calling MojoVideoDecoder. https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/08/how-to-enable-hardware-accelerated.html That may be related to a switch to the iHD driver (active now