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Ralith: Document use of vpl-gpu-rt for the Intel VPL API.

2026-08-21T05:28:21Z

Document use of vpl-gpu-rt for the Intel VPL API.

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	extraPackages = with pkgs; [		extraPackages = with pkgs; [
	intel-media-driver # For Broadwell (2014) or newer processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD		intel-media-driver # For Broadwell (2014) or newer processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
			vpl-gpu-rt # For QSV/VPL API support on Tiger Lake (2020) or newer processors.
	intel-vaapi-driver # For older processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965		intel-vaapi-driver # For older processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965
	];		];
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	}; # Optionally, set the environment variable		}; # Optionally, set the environment variable
	}		}
	</nowiki>}}		</nowiki>\|name=\|lang=}}

	<translate>		<translate>

Ardenet: Marked this version for translation

2026-08-15T18:49:28Z

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	== Applications == <!--T:9-->		== Applications == <!--T:9-->

	<!--T:10-->		=== Chromium === <!--T:10-->
	~~=== Chromium ===~~

			<!--T:27-->
	See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].		See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].

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	See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/mpv#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#mpv].		See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/mpv#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#mpv].

	<!--T:16-->		== Also see == <!--T:16-->
	~~== Also see ==~~

			<!--T:28-->
	* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration].		* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration].
	* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VAAPI Gentoo Wiki#VAAPI.]		* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VAAPI Gentoo Wiki#VAAPI.]

Ardenet: Adjust the position of translation tag

2026-08-15T18:48:41Z

Adjust the position of translation tag

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	<translate>		<translate>
	== Installation == <!--T:18-->		== Installation == <!--T:18-->
	~~</translate>~~
	~~<translate>~~
	=== Intel === <!--T:19-->		=== Intel === <!--T:19-->
	</translate>		</translate>

	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
	{		{
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	}		}
	</nowiki>}}		</nowiki>}}

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	<!--T:2-->		<!--T:2-->
	Note, <code>intel-vaapi-driver</code> still performs better for browsers (gecko/chromium based) on newer Skylake (2015) processors.<ref>https://github.com/intel/media-driver/issues/1024</ref>		Note, <code>intel-vaapi-driver</code> still performs better for browsers (gecko/chromium based) on newer Skylake (2015) processors.<ref>https://github.com/intel/media-driver/issues/1024</ref>
	~~</translate>~~

	~~<translate>~~
	<!--T:3-->		<!--T:3-->
	For 32-bit support, use		For 32-bit support, use
	</translate> {{nixos:option\|hardware.graphics.extraPackages32}}:		</translate> {{nixos:option\|hardware.graphics.extraPackages32}}:

	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
	{		{
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	}		}
	</nowiki>}}		</nowiki>}}

	<translate>		<translate>
	=== AMD === <!--T:4-->		=== AMD === <!--T:4-->
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	AMD configuration (at least for Ryzen 5 iGPUs) works out of the box:		AMD configuration (at least for Ryzen 5 iGPUs) works out of the box:
	</translate>		</translate>

	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
	{		{
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	}		}
	</nowiki>\|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|lang=nix}}		</nowiki>\|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|lang=nix}}

	<translate>		<translate>

	== Testing your configuration == <!--T:6-->		== Testing your configuration == <!--T:6-->

	<!--T:7-->		<!--T:7-->
	You can test your configuration by running: <code>nix-shell -p libva-utils --run vainfo</code>		You can test your configuration by running: <code>nix-shell -p libva-utils --run vainfo</code>
	~~</translate>~~
	~~<translate>~~
	<!--T:8-->		<!--T:8-->
	See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration#Verification Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration] for more information.		See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration#Verification Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration] for more information.
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	== Applications == <!--T:9-->		== Applications == <!--T:9-->
	~~</translate>~~
	~~<translate>~~
	<!--T:10-->		<!--T:10-->
	=== Chromium ===		=== Chromium ===

	See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].		See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].
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	~~<translate>~~
	=== Firefox === <!--T:11-->		=== Firefox === <!--T:11-->

	<!--T:12-->		<!--T:12-->
	See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Firefox].		See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Firefox].
	~~</translate>~~
	~~<!--T:13-->~~
	~~<translate>~~
	=== MPV === <!--T:20-->		=== MPV === <!--T:20-->
	~~</translate>~~
	~~<translate>~~
	<!--T:21-->		<!--T:21-->
	You can place the following configuration in {{ic\|~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf}}:		You can place the following configuration in {{ic\|~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf}}:
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	~~<!--T:14-->~~
	<syntaxHighlight lang=ini>		<syntaxHighlight lang=ini>
	hwdec=auto		hwdec=auto
	</syntaxHighlight>		</syntaxHighlight>

	~~<!--T:15-->~~
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	<!--T:22-->		<!--T:22-->
	See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/mpv#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#mpv].		See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/mpv#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#mpv].
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	~~<translate>~~
	<!--T:16-->		<!--T:16-->
	== Also see ==		== Also see ==

	* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration].		* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration].
	* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VAAPI Gentoo Wiki#VAAPI.]		* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VAAPI Gentoo Wiki#VAAPI.]

Jopejoe1: Format an clean up the nix code

2026-08-11T13:28:35Z

Format an clean up the nix code

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	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
			{
			pkgs,
			...
			}:

	{		{
	hardware.graphics = {		hardware.graphics = {
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	];		];
	};		};
	environment.sessionVariables = { LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "iHD"; }; # Optionally, set the environment variable		environment.sessionVariables = {
			LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "iHD";
			}; # Optionally, set the environment variable
	}		}
	</nowiki>}}		</nowiki>}}
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	</translate> {{nixos:option\|hardware.graphics.extraPackages32}}:		</translate> {{nixos:option\|hardware.graphics.extraPackages32}}:
	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
			{
			pkgs,
			...
			}:
	{		{
	hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = with pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; [ intel-vaapi-driver ];		hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = with pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; [ intel-vaapi-driver ];
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	{{file\|3=<nowiki>		{{file\|3=<nowiki>
	{ config, lib, ...}: {		{
			config,
			lib,
			...
			}:

			{
	environment.variables.LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "nvidia";		environment.variables.LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "nvidia";

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	environment.variables.MOZ_DISABLE_RDD_SANDBOX = "1";		environment.variables.MOZ_DISABLE_RDD_SANDBOX = "1";

	programs.firefox.preferences = let		programs.firefox.preferences =
	ffVersion = config.programs.firefox.package.version;		let
	in {		ffVersion = config.programs.firefox.package.version;
	"media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled" = lib.versionOlder ffVersion "137.0.0";		in
	"media.hardware-video-decoding.force-enabled" = lib.versionAtLeast ffVersion "137.0.0";		{
	"media.rdd-ffmpeg.enabled" = lib.versionOlder ffVersion "97.0.0";		"media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled" = lib.versionOlder ffVersion "137.0.0";
			"media.hardware-video-decoding.force-enabled" = lib.versionAtLeast ffVersion "137.0.0";
			"media.rdd-ffmpeg.enabled" = lib.versionOlder ffVersion "97.0.0";

	"gfx.x11-egl.force-enabled" = true;		"gfx.x11-egl.force-enabled" = true;
	"widget.dmabuf.force-enabled" = true;		"widget.dmabuf.force-enabled" = true;

	# Set this to true if your GPU supports AV1.		# Set this to true if your GPU supports AV1.
	#		#
	# This can be determined by reading the output of the		# This can be determined by reading the output of the
	# `vainfo` command, after the driver is enabled with		# `vainfo` command, after the driver is enabled with
	# the environment variable.		# the environment variable.
	"media.av1.enabled" = false;		"media.av1.enabled" = false;
	};		};
	}		}
	</nowiki>\|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|lang=nix}}		</nowiki>\|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|lang=nix}}

Jonhermansen: add missing semicolon to nvidia code section

2026-03-01T01:36:08Z

add missing semicolon to nvidia code section

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	{{file\|~~/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|~~<nowiki>		{{file\|3=<nowiki>
	{ config, lib, ...}: {		{ config, lib, ...}: {
	environment.variables.LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "nvidia"		environment.variables.LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "nvidia";

	# If used with Firefox		# If used with Firefox
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	};		};
	}		}
	</nowiki>}}		</nowiki>\|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|lang=nix}}
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DeiveDS: Add Gentoo Wiki VAAPI Page on Also see.

2025-11-13T22:05:27Z

Add Gentoo Wiki VAAPI Page on Also see.

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	== Also see ==		== Also see ==
	* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration].		* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration].
			* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VAAPI Gentoo Wiki#VAAPI.]
	* [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware nixos-hardware] has example configurations for various types of hardware.		* [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware nixos-hardware] has example configurations for various types of hardware.
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	[[Category:Video]]		[[Category:Video]]

Ardenet: Marked this version for translation

2025-10-07T17:10:17Z

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	=== NVIDIA ===		=== NVIDIA === <!--T:23-->

			<!--T:24-->
	NVIDIA do not officially support accelerated video playback on Linux. A third-party implementation exists, but does not support Chrome<ref>https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver#chrome</ref>, and has significant limitations compared to the other implementations<ref>https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver#codec-support</ref>.		NVIDIA do not officially support accelerated video playback on Linux. A third-party implementation exists, but does not support Chrome<ref>https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver#chrome</ref>, and has significant limitations compared to the other implementations<ref>https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver#codec-support</ref>.

			<!--T:25-->
	NVIDIA users with a separate iGPU should generally prefer to use their iGPU for this, and therefore look to the above Intel and AMD sections instead.		NVIDIA users with a separate iGPU should generally prefer to use their iGPU for this, and therefore look to the above Intel and AMD sections instead.

			<!--T:26-->
	Users with only an NVIDIA GPU can attempt to use the third party implementation; the package is added to <code>hardware.graphics.extraPackages</code> by default, but it requires some additional setup to be useful<ref>https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver#configuration</ref>:		Users with only an NVIDIA GPU can attempt to use the third party implementation; the package is added to <code>hardware.graphics.extraPackages</code> by default, but it requires some additional setup to be useful<ref>https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver#configuration</ref>:
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Arch is the best: ArchWiki simply recommends hwdec=auto for mpv

2025-10-05T17:23:30Z

ArchWiki simply recommends hwdec=auto for mpv

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	<syntaxHighlight lang=ini>		<syntaxHighlight lang=ini>
	hwdec=auto~~-safe~~		hwdec=auto
	~~vo=gpu~~
	~~profile=gpu-hq~~
	~~gpu-context=wayland ; On wayland only~~
	</syntaxHighlight>		</syntaxHighlight>

TLATER: Add missing module args to he nvidia config example

2025-08-28T09:06:25Z

Add missing module args to he nvidia config example

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	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
	{		{ config, lib, ...}: {
	environment.variables.LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "nvidia"		environment.variables.LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "nvidia"

TLATER: Add notes on video acceleration with NVIDIA

2025-08-28T09:04:59Z

Add notes on video acceleration with NVIDIA

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 == Testing your configuration == <!--T:6-->