Comment 37 for bug 1816497

It's working here with an Intel Core i5-7200U CPU (Intel HD 620); "intel-gpu-top" confirms it is. Both VP9 and h264 are accelerated. CPU usage is around 20 to 35% while playing a 1080p video on Youtube (VP9), and a bit higher on Twitch (h264). Though it's way better than with software decoding.

$ LIBVA_MESSAGING_LEVEL=2 snap run chromium
Gtk-Message: 12:18:38.213: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 12:18:38.215: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva info: Trying to open /snap/chromium/1163/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
[14314:14314:0520/121838.333051:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva info: Trying to open /snap/chromium/1163/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
[14175:14175:0520/121838.439652:ERROR:browser_switcher_service.cc(238)] XXX Init()