VA-API: option missing from Debian

[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?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Debian has disabled VA support in their VLC package. You need to recompile if you want it.

[Vidcomp]

Debian uses full GPU usage.

How does VLC determine what GPU protocol it is using since it is set to auto be defualt?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

VLC tries in the order given by libavcodec.

[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 ?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

No, Debian has

[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

[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.

[Vidcomp]

Do you have a site to direct me to to read?

You stated "by their own admission in their changelog"