Hardware accelaration on pi 4 - Technical Assistance

raspberry-pi-4 ... You can enable Hardware Acceleration in the options. However, does the Pi actually have hardware acceleration for video ... Hardwareaccelarationonpi4 ARM TechnicalAssistance raspberry-pi-4 lalit 7September202115:41 #1 firstofallthankstomanjarooteamfortheirincrediblejobtomakeitpossibletoprovideafullfledgeddesktopexperienceonacheapsbc… iheardthatenablinghardwareaccelerationinfirefoxdecreasescpuloadbyhugelywhileplayingvideos. sooooanyonewhoknowshowtoenableitonpi4pleaseassist… 1Like mithrial 7September202115:57 #2 YoucanenableHardwareAccelerationintheoptions. However,doesthePiactuallyhavehardwareaccelerationforvideoencoding? kerry_s 7September202118:16 #3 whatdoesabout://supportsay? Fabby 9September202109:34 #4 @mithrialOPwantstoenableHWacceleration: lalit: iheardthatenablinghardwareaccelerationinfirefoxdecreasescpuloadbyhugelywhileplayingvideos @lalitToenablehardwareacceleration,youneedthehardwaretodothatsoaneGPUinthecaseofaPi4asthestandardPi4doesn’thaveaGPU Soifyou: dohaveaneGPU,pleaseprovideaninxi--admin--verbosity=7--filter--no-host--widthasthatwouldbetheminimumrequiredinformationforustobeabletohelpyou.(PersonallyIdentifiableInformationlikeserialnumbersandMACaddresseswillbefilteredoutbytheabovecommand) Also,pleasecopy-pastethatoutputin-between3backticks```atthebeginningandendofthecode/text. donothaveone:well:nohardware,nohardwareacceleration. Sunner 9September202109:53 #5 ThePi4doeshaveagraphicschipcapableofdecodingvideo,see1.2.inthedocumentlinkedby@Fabby: H.265(HEVC)(upto4Kp60decode),H.264(upto1080p60decode,1080p30encode) ButsinceFirefoxonlysupportsVAAPIforhardwareacceleration(IIRCanyway)andthere’snoVAAPIdriverforthePigraphicschipthatI’mawareofthere’scurrentlynowaytousethosehardwarecapabilitiesunfortunately. 4Likes lalit 13September202112:01 #6 doesnotsoundspretty,butthanksforyoursupport.haveaniceday lalit 13September202112:09 #7 kindlycheckyoutube‘hardwareaccelerationonpi4’manydesktopifyversiondistrossupportshardwareacceleration Sunner 13September202112:23 #8 Sorry,notgonnalookaroundforrandomYoutubevideos,IcanalreadytellyouthatFirefoxdoesnotcurrentlysupportanyotherinterfaceforvideodecodingotherthanVAAPIwhichtheRaspberryPidoesnotcurrentlyhavedriversfor. However,youmightbeluckywithChromium.Thereisawrittenguideyoucanfindhere:RaspberryPi4:Hardwareacceleratedvideodecoding(GPU)inChromium-LeMaRiva|tech.ThisissupposedtoworkonthecurrentRaspberryPiOS(thoughIhavenottestedit,sodon’ttakemywordforit).Now,Idon’tknowiftheversionofChromiumshippedwithRPiOSisaspecialpatchedversionspecificallyforthePiandifso,ifManjaroshipsthesameversion,butyoucouldatleastgiveitatry. linux-aarhus closed 9February202217:10 #9