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VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 31 May 2024 03:25
by Vidcomp
When I go to to tools/preferences/input/codec under hardware-accelerated-decoding there is no option for "VA-API:" even though it is set to auto by default making me think VLC is not using my Intel GPU.
Can I determine if VLC 3.0.20 is using my Intel GPU?
Re: VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 31 May 2024 08:35
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
Debian has disabled VA support in their VLC package. You need to recompile if you want it.
Re: VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 06 Jun 2024 07:35
by Vidcomp
Debian uses full GPU usage.
How does VLC determine what GPU protocol it is using since it is set to auto be defualt?
Re: VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 06 Jun 2024 08:19
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
VLC tries in the order given by libavcodec.
Re: VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 08 Jun 2024 10:12
by Vidcomp
According to Debian's documentation, "Because FFmpeg was upgraded to the 5.x branch, VLC's VA-API support has been disabled"
Is it true that VLC has disabled VA-API ?
Re: VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 08 Jun 2024 11:54
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
No, Debian has
Re: VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 14 Jun 2024 20:44
by Vidcomp
I cannot see any evidence that VLC has not disabled VA-API.
Debian's documentation under 5.2.3
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ ... on.en.html
Re: VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 14 Jun 2024 21:45
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
I don't really care if you don't believe me, TBH. That does not change the reality that Debian, by their own admission in their own changelog, disabled VA-API in VLC.
Re: VA-API: option missing from Debian
Posted: 16 Jun 2024 04:20
by Vidcomp
Do you have a site to direct me to to read?
You stated "by their own admission in their changelog"