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It's not possible go get VA-API to work in FF 88 on X11 or Wayland because VA-API was broken in Firefox 79. The fix is in FF 81.
by bleepblorp 6y ago
It's not possible go get VA-API to work in FF 88 on X11 or Wayland because VA-API was broken in Firefox 79. The fix is in FF 81.
- bengalister 6y agoIt seems consistent to what I experimented on Arch LTS/Wayland since FF 79. I have very frequent video player crashes when enabled (like on YT).
- usr1106 6y agoNot sure I follow, did you possibly mean: It's not possible to get VA-API to work in FF 80 on X11 or Wayland because VA-API has been broken since FF 79. The fix will be in FF 81. Just guessing, I have not looked into the topic except in this thread. What would be the bugzilla id for that?
- bleepblorp 6y agoReplace the '88' with '80'. VA-API hardware video acceleration was broken in Firefox 79 and won't be fixed until Firefox 81. Therefore, it's not possible to make VA-API work, under either Wayland or X11, in Firefox 80. See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1656436 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1656436
- usr1106 6y agoSo to put it cynically: In FF 80 the situation is crystal clear, not at all confusing as the original article claims: It doesn't work. In FF 81 it will be confusing to the non-experienced again: You need to fiddle with config and environment variables. Well, unless a new bug comes up...