VA-API Articles & Reviews |
| ASRock P67 Pro3 | Motherboards | 2011-03-14 |
| Intel Sandy Bridge VA-API Performance | Display Drivers | 2011-03-07 |
| Some Good & Bad News For The Nouveau Driver | Display Drivers | 2011-01-10 |
| S3 Graphics Releases Linux Driver With OpenGL 3.0, VA-API | Display Drivers | 2009-02-27 |
| A NVIDIA VDPAU Back-End For Intel's VA-API | Display Drivers | 2009-02-03 |
| Mplayer, FFmpeg Gain VA-API Support | Software | 2008-12-24 |
VA-API Linux & Open-Source News |
| Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding | Mozilla | 2026-06-07 |
| NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.17 Fixes Support For GB10 Powered Systems | NVIDIA | 2026-05-09 |
| AMD RadeonSI Code Reorganized To Support Multimedia-Only Driver Builds | Radeon | 2026-05-07 |
| Intel Media Driver 2026Q1 Continues Nova Lake S Enablement | Intel | 2026-04-22 |
| GNOME Fixes Screencasting Issue With H.264 Recordings Being ~18x Larger Than VP8 | GNOME | 2026-04-19 |
| Sunshine Game Streaming Introduces Vulkan Video Encode Support | Linux Gaming | 2026-04-14 |
| RADV Vulkan Video Adds Low-Latency Encode/Decode Options | Radeon | 2026-03-30 |
| GNOME 50 Release Candidate Brings Last Minute Changes | GNOME | 2026-03-05 |
| Intel ANV Driver Sees Several Vulkan Video H.265 Encode Fixes | Intel | 2026-02-23 |
| AMD Video Decode Now Unified Between RadeonSI & RADV Vulkan Video | Mesa | 2026-02-12 |
| Intel Driver Disabling Vulkan Video Encode On Newer Hardware Due To Insufficient Testing | Intel | 2026-02-04 |
| Shotcut Video Editor Now Using Hardware Decoding By Default Except For NVIDIA On Linux | Multimedia | 2026-01-31 |
| NVIDIA VA-API Driver 0.0.15 Released With A Few Fixes | NVIDIA | 2026-01-29 |
| CachyOS Starts 2026 By Switching To Plasma Login Manager & Live ISO Using Wayland | Operating Systems | 2026-01-24 |
| Shotcut 26.1 Beta Video Editor Adds New Hardware Decoder Options | Multimedia | 2026-01-17 |
| The Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Drivers Enjoyed A Rather Remarkable 2025 | Mesa | 2025-12-30 |
| Intel Releases VA-API libva 2.23 Adds AV1 Profile 2 Support | Intel | 2025-12-22 |
| MPV 0.41 Released With Wayland Improvements, Vulkan Hardware Decoding Preferred | Multimedia | 2025-12-21 |
| Kdenlive 25.12 Video Editor Brings New Docking System, Menu Restructuring | Multimedia | 2025-12-18 |
| Radeon Software for Linux 25.20.3 Released - "Exclusively Open-Source" With RADV | Radeon | 2025-11-26 |
| NVIDIA Is Interested In Helping Bring Vulkan Video To Chrome | Vulkan | 2025-11-26 |
| Flatpak 1.17 Adds Support For Sideloading From OCI Images, flatpak+HTTPS URIs | Free Software | 2025-11-03 |
| Basic HDR Support For AMD Radeon Accelerated Video Processing On Linux | Radeon | 2025-10-15 |
| Intel Media Driver 2025Q3 Prepares For Panther Lake | Intel | 2025-09-25 |
| Mesa Drops VDPAU Video Acceleration In Favor Of VA-API | Mesa | 2025-09-10 |
| Four Months Have Passed Since The Last AMDVLK Driver Release | Radeon | 2025-09-05 |
| FFmpeg 8.0 Released With OpenAI Whisper Filter, Many Vulkan Video Improvements | Multimedia | 2025-08-22 |
| FFmpeg 8.0 Preparing For Release In August With Many Great Features | Multimedia | 2025-07-26 |
| Intel Media Driver 2025Q2 Ships Panther Lake Video Encoding Support | Intel | 2025-07-16 |
| Intel ANV Driver Now Exposes Vulkan Video AV1 Decode On Battlemage & Lunar Lake | Intel | 2025-07-15 |
| OBS Studio 31.1 Released With Explicit Sync For PipeWire Screen Capture | Multimedia | 2025-07-07 |
| NVIDIA VA-API Driver 0.0.14 Improves Compatibility & Fixes Various Issues | NVIDIA | 2025-06-09 |
| Mesa 25.2 Lands RADV VCN5 Video Encode/Decode Support For RDNA4 GPUs | Radeon | 2025-06-02 |
| Radeon Software For Linux Dropping AMD's Proprietary OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers | Radeon | 2025-05-30 |
| OBS Studio 31.1 Bringing Multitrack Video Support To Linux | Multimedia | 2025-05-29 |
| Mesa 25.1 Released With Many Open-Source Vulkan Driver Improvements | Mesa | 2025-05-07 |
| Intel Media Driver 2025Q1 Advertises Experimental Support For Panther Lake | Intel | 2025-04-17 |
| Mesa 25.1-rc1 Released With AMD RDNA4 Improvements, Lots Of RADV & Intel ANV Additions | Mesa | 2025-04-16 |
| Firefox 137 Release Brings VA-API Accelerated H.265 On Linux | Mozilla | 2025-03-31 |
| Mesa 25.1 To Enable Working Chromium VA-API Support | Mesa | 2025-03-13 |
| GStreamer 1.26 Released With Vulkan Improvements, H.266/VVC + LCEVC + JPEG-XS Support | Multimedia | 2025-03-11 |
| Firefox 137 Beta Now Available With VA-API Accelerated H.265/HEVC On Linux | Mozilla | 2025-03-04 |
| Firefox 137 To Support HEVC/H.265 Video Playback On Linux With VA-API | Mozilla | 2025-02-21 |
| Ubuntu Linux LTS Releases May Offer Additional Intel Graphics Driver Updates | Ubuntu | 2025-02-18 |
| GNOME 48 Beta Released With HDR Bits, gdctl, Adwaita Fonts Default & More | GNOME | 2025-02-16 |
| Vulkan Cooperative Matrix Merged For RDNA4 GPUs With RADV, DCC Support Inches Closer | Radeon | 2025-02-07 |
| Firefox 136 Beta Finally Enables Hardware Video Decoding For AMD GPUs On Linux By Default | Mozilla | 2025-02-04 |
| Open-Source RADV Radeon Driver Support For RDNA4: "Should Be Good Enough" | Radeon | 2025-01-29 |
| Intel Media Driver 2024Q4 Released With Battlemage Video Encode | Intel | 2025-01-25 |
| GNOME 48 Alpha Released With Many New Features | GNOME | 2025-01-24 |
| Intel Open-Source Vulkan Driver Merges Initial AV1 Decode Support | Intel | 2025-01-10 |
| COSMIC Alpha 5 Desktop Brings COSMIC Media Player As Default, VRR Updates | Desktop | 2025-01-09 |
| Wayland's Wild 2024 With Better KDE Plasma Support, NVIDIA Maturity & More Desktops | Wayland | 2024-12-31 |
| Mesa's Terrific Year With Better Vulkan Ray-Tracing, NVK Progress & Same-Day Vulkan 1.4 | Mesa | 2024-12-30 |
| FFmpeg Landing A Number Of Improvements For HDR | Multimedia | 2024-12-24 |
| CachyOS Update Now Uses AutoFDO-Optimized Kernel, Rusticl Driver | Operating Systems | 2024-12-21 |
| FFmpeg Git Continues Landing A Number Of Vulkan Video Enhancements | Multimedia | 2024-11-29 |
| Intel Lands VVC VA-API Hardware Decoding Into FFmpeg | Multimedia | 2024-11-02 |
| RadeonSI Lands Async Video Operations For Improving FFmpeg Performance | Mesa | 2024-10-30 |
| Intel's FFmpeg Cartwheel 2024Q3 Brings Lunar Lake & Arrow Lake Support | Intel | 2024-10-28 |
| Intel Media Stack Updated With Full Support For Lunar Lake, Initial Battlemage Support | Intel | 2024-10-24 |
| OpenBSD 7.6 Released With AVX-512, Initial Support For Snapdragon X Elite SoCs | BSD | 2024-10-07 |
| Zink Seeing VA-API Video Acceleration Implemented Over Vulkan Video | Mesa | 2024-10-04 |
| H.264/H.265 Vulkan Encoder Support Merged Into FFmpeg | Multimedia | 2024-09-18 |
| Mesa 24.3 Removes Support For The Long-Abandoned OpenMAX API | Mesa | 2024-09-09 |
| Kdenlive 24.08 Video Editor Offers UI Improvements, Better Performance | KDE | 2024-09-02 |
| OpenBSD Now Supports VA-API Video Acceleration | BSD | 2024-07-23 |
| Intel oneAPI VPL 2024Q2 GPU Runtime Prepares For VVC Decode | Intel | 2024-07-22 |
| Intel FFmpeg 2024Q2 Update Enables GPU-Accelerated VVC Decoding | Intel | 2024-07-16 |
| OBS Studio 30.2 Released With Native NVENC Encode On Linux, More Shared Texture Support | Multimedia | 2024-07-12 |
| Intel's VA-API 2.22 Library Adds VVC/H.266 Video Decode Interface | Intel | 2024-07-02 |
| OBS Studio 30.2 Beta Brings Native NVENC Encoder Support On Linux | Free Software | 2024-06-08 |
| NVIDIA VA-API Driver 0.0.12 Brings Fixes, Chrome Compatibility Work | Multimedia | 2024-05-06 |
| Intel Media Driver 2024Q1 Brings Arrow Lake H Support | Intel | 2024-04-22 |
| Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime 2024Q1 Brings VP9 Fix & AV1 Refinements | Intel | 2024-04-19 |
| MPV 0.38 Media Player Released With New Options & Fixes | Multimedia | 2024-04-17 |
| Intel VA-API 2.21 Library Adds Intel Xe Kernel Driver Support, AV1 & Windows Fixes | Multimedia | 2024-03-26 |
| OBS Studio 30.1 Released With AV1 Support For VA-API & PipeWire Video Capture | Multimedia | 2024-03-12 |
| Mesa's VDPAU State Tracker Adds Support For AV1 Decoding | Mesa | 2024-03-07 |
| GStreamer 1.24 Released With Vulkan H.264/H.265 Decode & Many Enhancements | Multimedia | 2024-03-04 |
| GNOME Makes Progress On GPU-Accelerated Screencasting, systemd-homed Home Encryption | GNOME | 2024-02-25 |
| OBS Studio 30.1 Beta Released With AV1 For VA-API & AV1 For WebRTC/WHIP Output | Multimedia | 2024-02-02 |
| Steam Beta Adds VA-API DRM Video Acceleration For Remote Play | Valve | 2024-01-25 |
| OBS Merges FFmpeg VA-API AV1 Support | Multimedia | 2024-01-24 |
| Mesa Vulkan Drivers Reach An Inflection Point: Idea Raised To Be More Like Gallium3D | Mesa | 2024-01-19 |
| Intel FFmpeg Cartwheel Updated With Meteor Lake Support & More DNN Functionality | Intel | 2024-01-10 |
| Google Chrome Adds VA-API Video Acceleration On Wayland | Wayland | 2024-01-06 |
| Microsoft Continued Advancing WSL2, Mesa & Its In-House Linux Distro In 2023 | Microsoft | 2024-01-03 |
| Intel Media Driver 2023Q4 Improves Video Acceleration For Meteor Lake & Arrow Lake | Intel | 2024-01-03 |
| NVIDIA's Open-Source Kernel Driver & Maturing Wayland Support Were Great In 2023 | NVIDIA | 2024-01-02 |
| RadeonSI Gallium3D Enables VCN Encoder Intra-Refresh Support | Radeon | 2023-11-18 |
| FFmpeg 6.1 Released With Vulkan Video Decoding, VA-API AV1 Encode | Multimedia | 2023-11-11 |
| NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.11 Delivers Various Fixes | NVIDIA | 2023-11-06 |
| Intel FFmpeg Cartwheel 2023Q3 Released For Latest VA-API & QSV Code | Intel | 2023-10-27 |
| Intel Video Acceleration Drivers Begin Preparing For Arrow Lake S | Intel | 2023-10-24 |
| Libva 2.20 Released For Video Acceleration API | Multimedia | 2023-10-09 |
| Ubuntu Desktop "Charting A Course For The Future" With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Next Year | Ubuntu | 2023-08-25 |
| OBS Studio 30 Beta Brings Intel QSV On Linux, WHIP/WebRTC Output | Multimedia | 2023-08-17 |
| Intel Media Driver 2023Q2 Preps More For Meteor Lake, More Arc Graphics Fixes | Intel | 2023-08-02 |
| Intel Releases Updated Q2-2023 FFmpeg Cartwheel | Intel | 2023-07-19 |
| Intel Releases libva 2.19 VA-API Video Acceleration Library For Windows & Linux | Multimedia | 2023-07-12 |
| Firefox 115 Now Available With Intel GPU Video Decoding On Linux | Mozilla | 2023-07-04 |
| Microsoft Adds Direct3D 12 Powered AV1 Video Encoding To Mesa | Microsoft | 2023-06-28 |
| Mozilla Firefox 116 To Allow For Wayland-Only Builds | Mozilla | 2023-06-26 |
| FFmpeg's Next Release Will Be Exciting With Vulkan Video Decode, More Vulkan Filters | Multimedia | 2023-05-31 |
| OBS Studio 29.1 Released With AV1/HEVC Streaming Over Enhanced RTMP | Multimedia | 2023-05-03 |
| Intel FFmpeg Cartwheel 2023Q1 Brings Improved Multi-GPU Video Acceleration Support | Intel | 2023-05-01 |
| AMD Adds AV1 Video Encoding Support To Mesa VA-API | Radeon | 2023-04-27 |
| FFmpeg Now Works With VA-API On Windows Thanks To Microsoft | Multimedia | 2023-04-25 |
| Chinese GPU Vendor Moore Threads Contributing To VA-API, FFmpeg | Free Software | 2023-04-17 |
| Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime 2023Q1 Adds AV1 Error Resilient Mode | Intel | 2023-04-13 |
| Intel Media Driver 2023Q1 Adds Meteor Lake AV1 Error-Resilient Video Encoding | Intel | 2023-04-10 |
| AMD Instinct MI300 "GFX940" Support Merged To Mesa 23.1 | Mesa | 2023-04-07 |
| OBS Studio 29.1 Beta 1 Released With New AV1/HEVC Streaming Over RTMP | Free Software | 2023-03-29 |
| VA-API's Libva 2.18 Released With Windows WSL D3D12 Support, Optional Disabling DRI3 | Multimedia | 2023-03-28 |
| NVIDIA VA-API Driver 0.0.9 Released With YUV444 Support | NVIDIA | 2023-03-12 |
| LibreELEC 11 Released With GBM/V4L2 HDR Support On x86_64, More ARM Hardware | Multimedia | 2023-03-06 |
| FFmpeg 6.0 Released With NVIDIA NVENC AV1, VA-API Improvements | Multimedia | 2023-02-28 |
| Microsoft Officially Launches D3D12 GPU Video Acceleration For WSL Linux Use | Microsoft | 2023-02-13 |
| Mesa 23.1 RADV Driver Lands Vulkan Video Decoding For H.264/H.265 | Radeon | 2023-02-07 |
| Linux 6.3 Features, Intel Sapphire Rapids & More Made For An Exciting January | Phoronix | 2023-01-31 |
| Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime 22.6.5 Brings AV1 & VP9 Encode Improvements | Intel | 2023-01-26 |
| VA-API 2.17 Released With Basic X11 DRI3 Support, Enabling VA-API On Windows | Multimedia | 2023-01-17 |
| Intel's FFmpeg Cartwheel 2022Q4 Released - Raptor Lake P, Better AV1 & HEVC Encode | Intel | 2023-01-16 |
| Kodi 20 Released With VA-API AV1 Support, Steam Deck Controls Support | Multimedia | 2023-01-15 |
| Intel Media Driver 2022Q4 Adds Meteor Lake Enablement | Intel | 2023-01-13 |
| RADV Vulkan Video Making Progress On H.264 Encoding | Radeon | 2022-12-29 |
| NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.8 Introduces New Direct Backend | NVIDIA | 2022-12-18 |
| Intel Publishes Latest FFmpeg Patches For Better GPU Video Encode/Decode | Intel | 2022-12-01 |
| Mesa 22.3 Released With RDNA3 Vulkan, Rusticl OpenCL, Better Intel Arc Graphics | Mesa | 2022-11-30 |
| Virgl Adds Accelerated Video Encoding To Guest VMs | Mesa | 2022-11-18 |
| MPV 0.35 Media Player Released With PipeWire Backend, Wayland DMA-BUF Support | Multimedia | 2022-11-12 |
| Microsoft Adds Mesa Support For Building Against The DirectX 12 Agility SDK | Microsoft | 2022-10-21 |
| Intel Publishes New Media Driver, oneVPL GPU Runtime "2022Q3" Releases | Intel | 2022-10-14 |
| NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.7 Released For Enjoying VA-API With NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver | NVIDIA | 2022-10-14 |
| RadeonSI Driver Lands Multi-Slice Video Encoding For AVC/HEVC | Radeon | 2022-10-13 |
| VA-API Library 2.16 Released With Various Improvements | Multimedia | 2022-10-08 |
| Blumenkrantz Flushes 17.1k Lines Of Old Mesa Code | Mesa | 2022-10-01 |
| AMD Ryzen 7000 Series, Linux 6.0, MGLRU, Rust & IO_uring Made For An Exciting September | Phoronix | 2022-10-01 |
| Microsoft Adds AV1 Decode Support To Their Mesa D3D12 Driver | Microsoft | 2022-09-30 |
| Fedora Linux Disabling Mesa's H.264 / H.265 / VC1 VA-API Support Over Legal Concerns | Fedora | 2022-09-28 |
| Thanks Microsoft: RadeonSI Enables Async VA-API For Faster Video Acceleration | Mesa | 2022-09-27 |
| Microsoft Speeds Up Mesa VA-API Video Acceleration For FFmpeg | Mesa | 2022-09-22 |
| Microsoft Lands HEVC Video Encode/Decode Within Mesa Using VA-API To Direct3D 12 | Mesa | 2022-09-15 |
| Intel Talks Up Their oneVPL Acceleration Within FFmpeg | Intel | 2022-09-11 |
| Kdenlive 22.08 Video Editor Brings UI Improvements, Experimental Parallel Processing | KDE | 2022-08-22 |
| FFmpeg Begins Integrating Intel oneVPL Support | Multimedia | 2022-08-12 |
| Microsoft Extends Mesa's D3D12 Video Acceleration To Support Video Engine Based Effects | Mesa | 2022-07-22 |
| AMD Hiring For Another Open-Source GPU Driver Developer With Multimedia Expertise | AMD | 2022-07-06 |
| Ubuntu's Chromium Snap Finally Seeing Progress On Supporting VA-API GPU Acceleration | Ubuntu | 2022-07-04 |
