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> Another reason to use windows is if you are on a laptop and care about battery life. Browsers on Linux still don't have hardware accelerated video playback.
by lobocinza 5y ago
> Another reason to use windows is if you are on a laptop and care about battery life. Browsers on Linux still don't have hardware accelerated video playback.
That's just not true. Might be a problem with some GPUs but not with all. At least I got hardware accelerated video playback on Chromium with my AMD GPU.
- mmerlin 5y agoI happily found Chromium-VAAPI almost 2 years ago and it works great with Intel integrated GPU video acceleration on Arch Manjaro Xfce https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/chromium-vaapi https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/chromium-vaapi
- lobocinza 5y agoAt least for AMD cards it works with no extra configuration. Besides installing the open-source driver if the distro doesn't do it automatically. I'm not sure which framework it's using VAAPI/VDPAU. My test method is: my GPU activity spike up when I hit play on a Youtube video. :) I'm on Arch/Gnome.