Accelerated Video Playback: Difference between revisions

hardware.graphics -> hardware.opengl
Fixed Broadwell year 2015 to 2014 and added a note for intel-vaapi-driver to be used instead of intel-media-driiver for Skylake if users want to prioritize browser performance.
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     enable = true;
     enable = true;
     extraPackages = with pkgs; [
     extraPackages = with pkgs; [
       intel-media-driver # For Broadwell (2015) or newer processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
       intel-media-driver # For Broadwell (2014) or newer processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
       intel-vaapi-driver # For older processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965
       intel-vaapi-driver # For older processors. LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965
     ];
     ];
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}
}
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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}}:
For 32-bit support, use {{nixos:option|hardware.graphics.extraPackages32}}:
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>