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This page is meant to help with techniques for getting accelerated video playback working in NixOS.
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Accelerated video playback in NixOS is generally done by adding relevant packages to {{nixos:option|hardware.opengl.extraPackages}}.
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In particular, this will enable `vaapi` or `vdpau` for your system. You may not need all of the packages listed, but it seems to not hurt to include them all.
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== Installation == <!--T:18-->
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=== Intel === <!--T:19-->
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{{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
}
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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>
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Sample configuration:
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For 32-bit support, use
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{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
{
  # hardware.opengl.extraPackages32 in 24.05
  hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = with pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; [ intel-vaapi-driver ];
}
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=== AMD === <!--T:4-->


  {
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    ...
AMD configuration (at least for Ryzen 5 iGPUs) works out of the box:
    hardware.opengl = {
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      enable = true;
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
      extraPackages = with pkgs; [
{
        vaapiIntel
  hardware.opengl.enable = true;
        vaapiVdpau
}
        libvdpau-va-gl
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      ];
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    };
== Testing your configuration == <!--T:6-->
    ...
 
  }
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You can test your configuration by running: <code>nix-shell -p libva-utils --run vainfo</code>
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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-->
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=== Chromium ===
See [[Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback]].
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=== Firefox === <!--T:11-->
 
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See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#Firefox].
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=== MPV === <!--T:20-->
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You can place the following configuration in {{ic|~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf}}:
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hwdec=auto-safe
vo=gpu
profile=gpu-hq
gpu-context=wayland ; On wayland only
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See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/mpv#Hardware_video_acceleration Arch Linux wiki#mpv].
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== 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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Latest revision as of 14:05, 21 August 2024

Accelerated video playback in NixOS is generally done by adding relevant packages to hardware.opengl.extraPackages.

Installation

Intel

/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
{
  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
}

Note, intel-vaapi-driver still performs better for browsers (gecko/chromium based) on newer Skylake (2015) processors.[1]

For 32-bit support, use hardware.graphics.extraPackages32:

/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
{
  # hardware.opengl.extraPackages32 in 24.05
  hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = with pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; [ intel-vaapi-driver ];
}

AMD

AMD configuration (at least for Ryzen 5 iGPUs) works out of the box:

/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
{
  hardware.opengl.enable = true;
}

Testing your configuration

You can test your configuration by running: nix-shell -p libva-utils --run vainfo See Arch Linux wiki#Hardware video acceleration for more information.

Applications

Chromium

See Chromium#Accelerated_video_playback.

Firefox

See Arch Linux wiki#Firefox.

MPV

You can place the following configuration in ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf:

hwdec=auto-safe
vo=gpu
profile=gpu-hq
gpu-context=wayland ; On wayland only

See Arch Linux wiki#mpv.

Also see