Accelerated Video Playback - Revision history

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]]

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2025-10-07T17:10:17Z

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

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	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>.

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	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.

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	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

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:23, 5 October 2025
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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~~
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TLATER: Add missing module args to he nvidia config example

2025-08-28T09:06:25Z

Add missing module args to he nvidia config example

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:06, 28 August 2025
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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-->

Busybox11: The option `hardware.opengl.enable' defined in `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix' has been renamed to `hardware.graphics.enable'.

2025-04-10T12:42:01Z

The option `hardware.opengl.enable' defined in `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix' has been renamed to `hardware.graphics.enable'.

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	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
	{		{
	hardware.~~opengl~~.enable = true;		hardware.graphics.enable = true;
	}		}
	</nowiki>}}		</nowiki>}}

Sdht0: Fix option

2025-02-24T02:29:10Z

Fix option

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	Accelerated video playback in NixOS is generally done by adding relevant packages to {{nixos:option\|hardware.~~opengl~~.extraPackages}}.		Accelerated video playback in NixOS is generally done by adding relevant packages to {{nixos:option\|hardware.graphics.extraPackages}}.
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Mic92: drop 24.05 compat

2024-12-03T08:10:13Z

drop 24.05 compat

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	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
	{		{
	hardware.graphics = { ~~# hardware.opengl in 24.05 and older~~		hardware.graphics = {
	enable = true;		enable = true;
	extraPackages = with pkgs; [		extraPackages = with pkgs; [
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	{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>		{{file\|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix\|nix\|<nowiki>
	{		{
	~~# hardware.opengl.extraPackages32 in 24.05~~
	hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = with pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; [ intel-vaapi-driver ];		hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = with pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; [ intel-vaapi-driver ];
	}		}

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2024-08-21T14:05:41Z

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	== Installation ==		== Installation == <!--T:18-->
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	=== Intel ===		=== Intel === <!--T:19-->
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	~~=== Chromium ===~~ <!--T:10-->		<!--T:10-->
			=== Chromium ===
	See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].		See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].
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	=== MPV ===		=== MPV === <!--T:20-->
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	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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	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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