I just tried in X11. It seems to be working :) Sadly, most videos in YouTube seem to be av1 so it took me a while to get a vp9 video, but that's another issue altogether.
Thanks! LIBVA_MESSAGING_LEVEL=2 snap run chromium /bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8) Gtk-Message: 10:43:53.358: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 10:43:53.358: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 10:43:53.613: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 10:43:53.638: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0 libva info: Trying to open /snap/chromium/1163/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [19302:19302:0520/104355.042209:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process. libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0 libva info: Trying to open /snap/chromium/1163/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [19157:19157:0520/104355.269741:ERROR:browser_switcher_service.cc(238)] XXX Init() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1816497 Title: [snap] vaapi chromium no video hardware decoding To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1816497/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs