Thank You for the confirmation, also Chromes video acceleration working on latest update. Though edge, VLC still not working. Again thank you for Chrome.
On Sun, Nov 16, 2025, 6:10 PM Launchpad Bug Tracker < [email protected]> wrote: > Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Confirmed > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2129166 > > Title: > Hardware video acceleration (VAAPI) broken in Chromium-based browsers, > Firefox, VLC after upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 > > Status in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > System Information: > > Hardware: Dell Latitude 7400 with Intel UHD 620 graphics > > OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS > > Kernel: 6.8 > > Desktop: GNOME 46 > > Previous OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (where hardware acceleration worked) > > What I expected to happen: > Hardware-accelerated video decoding (VAAPI) should work in all > applications including web browsers (Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Chromium) and > VLC media player, as it did in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. > > What actually happened: > After upgrading from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04, hardware video acceleration > stopped working in all Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Chrome) and VLC. Only > mpv media player retains working VAAPI hardware acceleration. > > Steps to reproduce: > > Upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS > > Install Microsoft Edge or Chrome browser > > Enable VAAPI flags: --enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder --use- > gl=desktop --ignore-gpu-blocklist > > Navigate to edge://gpu or chrome://gpu > > Play YouTube video and check DevTools Media tab > > Observe: Video Decoder shows "FFmpegVideoDecoder" instead of > "VDAVideoDecoder" > > Diagnostic information: > > vainfo shows Intel iHD driver loaded correctly > > intel_gpu_top shows Video engine at 3-15% when playing video in mpv > (working) > > intel_gpu_top shows 0% Video engine usage when playing in browsers > (not working) > > Running LIBVA_MESSAGING_LEVEL=1 mpv video.mkv confirms VAAPI working > > VLC package from Ubuntu repository has no VAAPI support compiled in > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2129166/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2129166 Title: Hardware video acceleration (VAAPI) broken in Chromium-based browsers, Firefox, VLC after upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2129166/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
