Accelerated Video Playback: Difference between revisions

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This page is meant to help with techniques for getting accelerated video playback working in NixOS.
This page is meant to help with techniques for getting accelerated video playback working in NixOS. This is generally done via libva and vaapi (and sometimes vdpau).


This is done by adding relevant <code>libva</code>-related packages to the <code>hardware.opengl.extraPackages</code> option.
This is done by adding relevant <code>libva</code>-related packages to the <code>hardware.opengl.extraPackages</code> option.


Additionally, the <code>vaapiIntel</code> package can be overriden to enable [https://github.com/01org/intel-hybrid-driver Intel's Hybrid Driver].
Additionally, the <code>vaapiIntel</code> package can be overriden to enable [https://github.com/01org/intel-hybrid-driver Intel's Hybrid Driver].
Intel users also can enable <code>intel-media-driver</code>. It can be used at runtime with <code>LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD mpv ...</code> for example, if you use Mic92's mpv settings below.


Sample configuration:
Sample configuration:
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         vaapiVdpau
         vaapiVdpau
         libvdpau-va-gl
         libvdpau-va-gl
        intel-media-driver
       ];
       ];
     };
     };