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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}}.
 == Installation ==
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+{
-   hardware.opengl.enable = true;
+   hardware.graphics.enable = true;
+}
 </nowiki>}}
 == Testing your configuration ==
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	{		{
	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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	{		{
	~~# 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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	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>

	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.
	== Applications ==		== Applications ==

	=== Chromium ===		=== Chromium ===

	See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].		See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].

	=== Firefox ===		=== Firefox ===

	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].
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	=== MPV ===		=== MPV ===
	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].
	== Also see ==		== Also see ==

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Accelerated video playback in NixOS is generally done by adding relevant packages to {{nixos:option|hardware.opengl.extraPackages}}.

== Installation ==
=== Intel ===
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
{
hardware.graphics = { # hardware.opengl in 24.05 and older
enable = true;
extraPackages = with pkgs; [
intel-media-driver # For Broadwell (2014) or newer processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
intel-vaapi-driver # For older processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965
];
};
environment.sessionVariables = { LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "iHD"; }; # Optionally, set the environment variable
}
</nowiki>}}
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>

For 32-bit support, use {{nixos:option|hardware.graphics.extraPackages32}}:
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
{
# hardware.opengl.extraPackages32 in 24.05
hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = with pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; [ intel-vaapi-driver ];
}
</nowiki>}}
=== AMD ===

AMD configuration (at least for Ryzen 5 iGPUs) works out of the box:
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
{
hardware.opengl.enable = true;
}
</nowiki>}}
== Testing your configuration ==

You can test your configuration by running: <code>nix-shell -p libva-utils --run vainfo</code>

See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration#Verification Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration] for more information.
== Applications ==

=== Chromium ===

See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].

=== Firefox ===

See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Firefox].

=== MPV ===
You can place the following configuration in {{ic|~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf}}:

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

See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/mpv#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#mpv].
== Also see ==
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration].
* [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware nixos-hardware] has example configurations for various types of hardware.

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