I have hardware decoding working with mpv, evidence is nvtop. Hardware is AMD 7840U igpu. test file is a vp9 encoding.
vlc .deb does not show VA-API has a decoding option
However, the flatpak package works. The snap package does not work.
Ubuntu 24.04
This was reported by another user here https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1d8m8lj/comment/l7ix1oo/?context=3 and I confirm it.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: vlc 3.0.20-3build6 Uname: Linux 6.9.3-060903-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Jun 8 13:45:29 2024 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-01-07 (153 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Legacy 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Release amd64 (20231010) SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-04-11 (57 days ago)
I have hardware decoding working with mpv, evidence is nvtop. Hardware is AMD 7840U igpu.
test file is a vp9 encoding.
vlc .deb does not show VA-API has a decoding option
However, the flatpak package works.
The snap package does not work.
Ubuntu 24.04
This was reported by another user here https:/ /www.reddit. com/r/Ubuntu/ comments/ 1d8m8lj/ comment/ l7ix1oo/ ?context= 3 and I confirm it.
ProblemType: Bug generic x86_64 esult: pass
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: vlc 3.0.20-3build6
Uname: Linux 6.9.3-060903-
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Jun 8 13:45:29 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-01-07 (153 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Legacy 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Release amd64 (20231010)
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-04-11 (57 days ago)