To get hardware acceleration to work with nvidia drivers, a patched vdpau va driver package is needed, and this is not yet available in this ppa for the latest ubuntu 18. To contribute to the site you need to use debian s single signon. Download vdpauvadriver packages for debian, ubuntu. But libva vdpau driver is a wrapper when vlc used to be vaapi only, libva vdpau driver allowed you to get hardware acceleration in it with the nvidia proprietary driver. Install nvidia drivers in rhelcentosfedora and debian. The question was optimus feature of nvidia which lets the user to switch onoff graphics processing unit gpu to save power came late for linux, as compared to other operating systems. Cuda is not supported with the opensource nouveau drivers, we have to install propitiatory nvidia drivers to get nvidia cuda working. Debian details of package vdpauvadriver in stretch. Nowadays vlc supports both vaapi and vdpau, so libva vdpau driver isnt needed anymore. The vaapi video acceleration api enables hardware accelerated video decodeencode at various.
Ironically vainfo now returns errors again, but checking hardware acceleration in vlc made a huge difference for playing h. The va api video acceleration api enables hardware accelerated video decodeencode at various entrypoints vld, idct, motion compensation etc. Download vdpau va driver packages for debian, ubuntu. Vdpau is the video decode and presentation api for unix. Experimental vp9 codec support for vdpau va driver nvidia vdpau vaapi wrapper and chromiumvaapi xtknight vdpau va driver vp9. Im happy to tell you i installed libegl1mesa and mesa vdpau drivers from sid and now vpdau is enabling even on libre radeon driver. How to install clipgrab in linux linuxhelp tutorials.
Its not answering your original question, but im guessing that because youre trying to use a vdpau driver with a vaapi backend, you may find this useful particularly the section about mplayer. Using this driver its possible to access va api implementations intel, amd proprietary and vdpau implementations nvidia proprietary, nvidia free, radeon free using va api. Support for either is equal in the driver, but there can be differences in the application. Debian this forum is for the discussion of debian linux. I didnt like playing with different version of xorg just to run amds graphics driver. Sep 10, 20 install nvidia drivers in rhel centosfedora and debianubuntu linux mint. How to keep a package from updating in ubuntu, debian or. Install mplayer with vaapi hardware acceleration for intel. How to enable vdpau acceleration for accelerated flash video.
How do i enable vdpau hardware video acceleration support for. Vdpau was initially developed by nvidia as a means of video acceleration for their binary video driver but has since gained support within gallium3d and other drivers independent of nvidia. Intel and ati currently offer no support for vdpau. If you have a nvidia optimus system, check this detailed article about installing and configuring nvidia optimus in debian kali linux installing nvidia drivers.
Video decode and presentation api for unix driver metapackage vdpau video decode and presentation api for unix is an open source library libvdpau and api designed by nvidia originally for its geforce 8 series and later gpu hardware, targeted at the x window system on unix operatingsystems including linux, freebsd, and solaris. You have searched for packages that names contain vdpauvadriver in all suites, all sections, and all architectures. Ubuntu motu developers mail archive please consider filing a bug or asking a question via launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly. For more information, see the archwiki page on hardware video acceleration. Some software supports both apis vdpau and va api, but i believe vdpau is more popular. There are two main software frameworks for hardware acceleration currently in use on linux. Debian informationen uber paket vdpaudriverall in sid.
Video decode and presentation api for unix driver metapackage. Im using chromium browser with hardware accelerationpatches from the saiarcot895dev ppa, in ubuntu 18. Mar 16, 2019 debian buster vaapi transcoding failed to initialize posted in linux. By joining our community you will have the ability to post. After upgrade debian 9 stretch to debian 10 buster. Vaapi hardware acceleration on deb ian with intel cpu how i did it posted in linux. There are multiple ways of preventing a package from updating in debian, ubuntu, linux mint, elementary os and other debian ubuntubased linux distributions. Using ubuntu debian sudo aptget install libva1 i965 va driver libvaintelvaapi driver vainfo.
Solved installing nvidia drivers using repositories. Forums linux forums linux distributions debian solved installing nvidia drivers using repositories. I got fed up by lazy support for newer version of xorg from fglrx. They have compatibility libraries that allow talking between the two, like libvdpau va gl which is used for a program that supports vdpau but a driver that supports va api and libva vdpau for a program that supports va api but a driver that supports vdpau. Nov 10, 2017 not all applications have been updated to work with libva2, and debian unstable does allow installation of libva1 and libva2 concurrently, but this doesnt work for vdpau because vdpau va driver 0. Activate backported sources install backported kernel reboot install all the packages needed for hardware acceleration from backports perhaps not all of them are neccesary.
You are missing the following 32bit libraries and steam may not run. As an alternative, ubuntu linux mint users with nvidia gpus or those that dont want to use a chromium snap package can install chromium with vaapi enabled by using a ppa, which provides a patched vdpau va driver. Vaapi hardware acceleration on debian with intel cpu how i. Also i have to note that if vdpau is supported by driver and vdpau va driver is installed it will be looks like both of va api and vdpau is available, so firefox will. Video acceleration api is a successor to xvmc, providing partial and full hardware offloading of video decoding. Maintainers for vdpau va driver are debian multimedia maintainers debian. Not all applications have been updated to work with libva2, and debian unstable does allow installation of libva1 and libva2 concurrently, but this doesnt work for vdpau because vdpau va driver 0. Debian details of package mesavadrivers in stretch. Debian details of package vdpaudriverall in stretch. Debian details of package vdpaudriverall in buster.
Intel does not offer vdpau drivers, they only support their va api. Bugs in package vdpauvadriver in unstable debian bug. Ubuntu file list of package vdpauvadriverxenialamd64. Output bypasses x video driver by opening own disp layers. Chromium with the va api patch is also available for some other linux distributions, in thirdparty repositories, like arch linux for nvidia youll need this patched libva vdpau driver for example. Vaapi hardware acceleration on debian with intel cpu. Debian file list of package vdpauvadriverjessieamd64. Clipgrab is an application to download videos from many videos and convert it. Oct 08, 2017 install pyrit in kali linuxdebian with cuda.
Solved anyone successful in installing vdpau in squeeze for nvidia ion. Nov 21, 2012 before installing mplayer with va api support, install the va api drivers. Keep a package from updating in ubuntu, debian or linux mint. S3 graphics added support for vdpau to the linux drivers of its chrome 400 video cards since version 14. File list of package vdpauvadriver in xenial of architecture amd64. Anyway, vdpau via vaapi with vlc isnt up to par with native vdpau implementations such as in mpvmplayer or xbmc. Debian buster vaapi transcoding failed to initialize linux. Although the video driver should automatically enable hardware video acceleration support for both va api and vdpau, it may be needed to configure va api vdpau manually.
Nvidia was very much clear when asked about this, and clearly stated that nvidia is not going to support linux to. Playing the same clips in mpv and vlc there is quite some difference. Interface frontends are also available for atis xvba and nvidias vdpau. I feel like im very close to having hardware acceleration working again, after switching to debian buster in a container, but i cant quite get it. We cannot redistribute the firmware directly in linux firmware because nvidias license forbids redistribution of parts of their driver. The outburst of anger and frustration was the result of the question asked by a linux user. Debian informationen uber paket vadriverall in sid. Unless using fglrx, to use vdpau one needs to do source build installation or wait until official debian adds it in radeon. On my dell laptop vga is intel corporation haswellult integrated graphics i have downloaded and installed on slackware 14. Solved anyone successful in installing vdpau in squeeze. Debian informationen uber paket vdpauvadriver in sid. This package enables support for va api for some gallium drivers.
Debian informationen uber paket i965vadriver in sid. If you dont use ubuntu or linux mint, youll have to find these packages yourself. Vaapi hardware acceleration on debian with intel cpu how i did it posted in linux. These libraries provide the video acceleration api va api for unix. Installation of clipgrab in linux is explained in this article. Catalystfglrx does not, cannot and most likely will not use vdpau at all. The former should generally be used with intel graphics hardware, and the latter with nvidia hardware. Copyback is more resource intensive, as decoded frames are copied back into system ram. Hi, i have been fiddling around with this for too long, so here is what i did for all you after me.
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