Bug#1101973: intel-media-va-driver: No AV1 decoding
On 2025-04-03 11:40:11 +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> Package: intel-media-va-driver
> Version: 25.1.4+dfsg1-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello,
>
> On my Dell Latitude 5530 laptop, I don't have AV1 HW decoding:
>
> $ vainfo
> Trying display: wayland
> libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
> libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
> libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
> libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
> vainfo: VA-API version: 1.22 (libva 2.22.0)
> vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 25.1.4 ()
> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
> VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
> VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointStats
> VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointEncPicture
> VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileVP9Profile1 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile1 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileVP9Profile3 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile3 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileHEVCMain12 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain422_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain422_12 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain444 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain444 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileHEVCMain444_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCMain444_10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileHEVCMain444_12 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCSccMain : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCSccMain : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileHEVCSccMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCSccMain10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileHEVCSccMain444 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCSccMain444 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
>
> I just tested on the same hardware with Fedora 41 live CD and they do have AV1 HW decoding:
>
> $ vainfo
> Trying display: wayland
> libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
> libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri-nonfree/iHD_drv_video.so
> libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri-freeworld/iHD_drv_video.so
> libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
> libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
> libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
> vainfo: VA-API version: 1.22 (libva 2.22.0)
> vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 24.3.4 ()
> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
> VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
> VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointStats
> VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointEncPicture
> VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileVP9Profile1 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile1 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileVP9Profile3 : VAEntrypointVLD
> VAProfileVP9Profile3 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
> VAProfileAV1Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
>
> $ lspci |grep VGA
> 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)
>
> Do you think it would be possible to do that in the free version of the
> package like fedora did?
I think you'll need to check with upstream. We are disabling less
features then the Fedora package.
Cheers
--
Sebastian Ramacher
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