This needs to be closed to claim the bounty at https://www.bountysource.com/issues/55506502-meta-add-va-api-hardware- decoding-support-on-linux so closing this one.
Wayland va-api decoding was implemented by Bug 1616185 X11 variant is pending at Bug 1619523 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
