Re: VLC and VAAPI on Linux

Jean-Paul Saman <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:03:52 +0200
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On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Grant <[email protected]> wrote:

> >> Can vlc use vaapi?
> >
> >
> > Yes vlc can. Of course your Linux distribution should have libva packaged
> > and enabled in the necessary software for VLC to take benefit of vaapi
> > accelleration.
>
>
> I'm using Gentoo and I have libva installed but no acceleration in
> vlc.  What could I be missing?
>

Did you install libva headerfiles? And rebuild vlc afterwards?

Your build should have installed:
modules/codec/libvaapi_plugin.so

Kind regards
Jean-Paul Saman

>
> - Grant
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Grant <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;=
</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span c=
lass=3D"">&gt;&gt; Can vlc use vaapi?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Yes vlc can. Of course your Linux distribution should have libva packa=
ged<br>
&gt; and enabled in the necessary software for VLC to take benefit of vaapi=
<br>
&gt; accelleration.<br>
<br>
<br>
</span>I&#39;m using Gentoo and I have libva installed but no acceleration =
in<br>
vlc.=C2=A0 What could I be missing?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Did=
 you install libva headerfiles? And rebuild vlc afterwards?<br><br></div><d=
iv>Your build should have installed: <br></div><div>modules/codec/libvaapi_=
plugin.so <br><br></div><div>Kind regards<br>Jean-Paul Saman <br></div><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left=
:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D""><div class=3D"h5"><br>
- Grant<br>
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