Comment 38 for bug 1816497

It doesn't work here.
Intel i5-7200u running Ubuntu 20.04 on wayland. Maybe wayland is the issue?

$ LIBVA_MESSAGING_LEVEL=2 snap run chromium
/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
Gtk-Message: 10:15:51.783: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 10:15:51.986: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 10:15:52.002: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
[12405:12405:0520/101552.253222:ERROR:edid_parser.cc(102)] Too short EDID
data: manufacturer id
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error,
driver_name = (null)
[12641:12641:0520/101553.290076:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(482)] vaInitialize
failed: unknown libva error

El mié., 20 de may. de 2020 a la(s) 09:41, Alain Rouet (
<email address hidden>) escribió:

> 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()
>
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