Sadly, am not sure how long but there was an incorrect setting for Firefox preventing it from decoding using hardware acceleration using NVIDIA graphics. The following was false in the documentation for some time. It must remain enabled (default) or decoding via hardware acceleration will not work.
media.rdd-process.enabled true
I now verify libraries used. In the case of Firefox, I look for vdpau_drv_video.so or nvidia_drv_video.so while playing a video. Depending on using the vdpau-va-driver-v9 or the nvdec-enabled-vaapi driver, respectively.
$ lsof | egrep -e 'dri/vdpau_drv_video' -e 'dri/nvidia_drv_video'
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To be clear - the documentation youāre talking about is https://github.com/marioroy/ffmpeg-on-clear-linux
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Correct.
I appreciate that you reach out @pixelgeek. There is another sadness of it all and itās the swupd tool. It can break the NVIDIA driver installation. For that reason, I do not mention Clear Linux to my friends using NVIDIA graphics.
Otherwise if one doesnāt update (likely not recommended), the desktop experience is awesome. Even more so due to utilizing the video engine on the GPU. I enable ForceCompositionPipeline which rids of any jitters.
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia-screen-opt.conf
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-2"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 {ForceCompositionPipeline=On, ForceFullCompositionPipeline=On}"
Option "SLI" "Off"
Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
There is happiness (what an amazing desktop experience) and sadness (dislike the swupd tool breaking the NVIDIA driver installation). I havenāt had the time to investigate ignore files.
Hopeful; ++ for the day the swupd tool is mindful of the NVIDIA driver installation.
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Well, itās a moment of celebration. 
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Nothing that I can talk about yet 
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I downloaded the developer Chrome and automatically came with ffmpeg support and can watch youtube and such.
I ran the installation BASH and got one error this:
`ERROR: cuvid requested, but not all dependencies are satisfied: ffnvcodec
`
Hi! Iām chiming in to let folks know that Hardware Acceleration is broken in Firefox 102 using NVIDIA graphics. Hardware acceleration was previously working in Firefox 101. Fortunately, the issue is resolved in the upcoming Firefox 103 release.
I have switched to Ubuntu some time ago. I no longer worry about OS updates breaking the NVIDIA installation. Updates to Brave, Google Chrome, and like browsers are automatic as well. The experience has been great. Well, I still have Clear Linux installed on a separate drive.
The guide for Ubuntu was tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04.
https://github.com/marioroy/nvidia-acceleration-on-ubuntu
AV1 decode acceleration is working in Firefox Beta on Clear Linux and Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 for NVIDIA 3000+ series graphics. As mentioned above hardware acceleration is broken in Firefox 102 and the reason using Beta.
https://github.com/marioroy/ffmpeg-on-clear-linux
https://github.com/marioroy/nvidia-acceleration-on-ubuntu
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beat this! (you canāt)
ffmpeg version git-2022-07-13-6f1b144 Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 12 (Clear Linux OS for Intel Architecture)
configuration: --prefix=/usr/local --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/include --extra-ldflags=ā-L/usr/local/lib -L/opt/nvidia/lib64 -L/opt/nvidia/lib -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib:/opt/nvidia/lib -flto=auto -fuse-linker-pluginā --extra-libs=ā-lpthread -lmā --ar=gcc-ar --enable-hardcoded-tables --arch=x86_64 --enable-x86asm --disable-podpages --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-avcodec --enable-bzlib --enable-gcrypt --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-fontconfig --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdrm --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmfx --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librsvg --enable-libspeex --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-opengl --enable-postproc --enable-sdl2 --enable-vaapi --enable-vulkan --enable-libglslang --enable-zlib --enable-ffplay --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 --enable-lto --enable-opencl --enable-openal --disable-amd3dnow --disable-avx512 --enable-libzimg --enable-libjxl --enable-lcms2 --enable-libplacebo --enable-librubberband
libavutil 57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
libavcodec 59. 37.100 / 59. 37.100
libavformat 59. 27.100 / 59. 27.100
libavdevice 59. 7.100 / 59. 7.100
libavfilter 8. 44.100 / 8. 44.100
libswscale 6. 7.100 / 6. 7.100
libswresample 4. 7.100 / 4. 7.100
libpostproc 56. 6.100 / 56. 6.100
i beat it!
ffmpeg version 2720715 Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 12 (Clear Linux OS for Intel Architecture)
configuration: --prefix=/usr/local --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/include --extra-ldflags=ā-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib64 -L/opt/nvidia/lib64 -L/opt/nvidia/lib -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib:/opt/nvidia/lib -flto=auto -fuse-linker-pluginā --extra-libs=ā-lpthread -lmā --ar=gcc-ar --enable-hardcoded-tables --arch=x86_64 --enable-x86asm --disable-podpages --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-avcodec --enable-bzlib --enable-gcrypt --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-fontconfig --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdrm --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmfx --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librsvg --enable-libspeex --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-opengl --enable-postproc --enable-sdl2 --enable-vaapi --enable-vulkan --enable-libshaderc --enable-zlib --enable-ffplay --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 --enable-lto --enable-opencl --enable-openal --disable-amd3dnow --disable-avx512 --enable-libzimg --enable-libjxl --enable-lcms2 --enable-libplacebo --enable-librubberband
libavutil 57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
libavcodec 59. 37.100 / 59. 37.100
libavformat 59. 27.100 / 59. 27.100
libavdevice 59. 7.100 / 59. 7.100
libavfilter 8. 44.100 / 8. 44.100
libswscale 6. 7.100 / 6. 7.100
libswresample 4. 7.100 / 4. 7.100
libpostproc 56. 6.100 / 56. 6.100
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Hello, i have tried playing avc1 or vp9 video running smoothly on firefox. it can even play 4K 24fps vp9 with 30 dropped frames. but when I look at intel_gpu_top, only Render/3D is used. is this normal?
i use old i3-3217U with Intel HD 4000
use vainfo command to check gpu capabilties. (in package libva-utils)
install software-defined-cockpit for necessary drivers and software
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installed software-defined-cockpit and then i check vainfo
$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 1.15.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_15
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.15 (libva 2.15.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile - 2.4.1
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264StereoHigh : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
stil use Render/3D while watching 1080p video(avc1) on Youtube with h264ify add-ons enabled
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Thank you @dunaaja for the report. The issue is with ~/.config/firefox.conf. Comment out or remove the line export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=auto. I updated the GitHub repo with the following.
# Optionally uncomment one of the following matching your configuration.
# export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
# export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965
# export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=r600
# export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=radeonsi
Firefox plays videos using the video engine quite well on my Intel NUC box, supporting h264 but not VP9 nor AV1. So I install the enhanced-h264ify extension to block VP8, VP9, and AV1. Here are the 5 steps.
1. Install FFmpeg
2. Install ~/.config/firefox.conf
3. Install the enhanced-h264ify extension
4. Go to about:config and set media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled to True
5. Restart Firefox
Default enhanced-h264ify settings.
[ ] Block 60fps video
[ ] Block h264
[x] Block VP8
[x] Block VP9
[x] Block AV1
[ ] Disable Loudness Normalization
My ~/.config/firefox.conf. FFmpeg is install under /usr/local.
export FONTCONFIG_PATH=/usr/share/defaults/fonts
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
if [[ $XDG_SESSION_TYPE == wayland ]]
then
export EGL_PLATFORM=wayland
export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
else
export MOZ_DISABLE_WAYLAND=1
export MOZ_X11_EGL=1
fi
export MOZ_ACCELERATED=1
export MOZ_DISABLE_RDD_SANDBOX=1
export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1
export MOZ_WEBRENDER=1
The above is all I did minimally to enable hardware acceleration. The following resets Firefox back to default including removing the config file.
rm -fr ~/.firefox ~/.mozilla ~/.cache/mozilla
rm ~/.config/firefox.conf
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Thanks for your explaantion. Maybe because I use outdated .conf from January. I will update the .conf
Thanks, I use enhanced-h264ify but still uses Render/3D.
Update:
Found that gfx.webrender.software is true, but unfortunately I also changed other settings causing Firefox to run with problems.
I tried to download the video and play it with mpv, but still Video Section is not active.
the mpv from the swupd repo is not going to use the ffmpeg libraries that you compiled.
i compile mpv myself with:
meson --prefix=/usr/local -Db_lto=true --buildtype=release \
-Dstrip=true -Dx11=disabled -Dopenal=enabled \
-Drubberband=enabled -Dlibmpv=true \
-Dlibplacebo=enabled -Dvaapi-wayland=enabled \
-Dvaapi-drm=enabled build
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