Bug 2078230 - Missing VA-API encode support for VP8 and VP9
Summary: Missing VA-API encode support for VP8 and VP9
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: ffmpeg
Version: 36
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Neal Gompa
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard: RejectedFreezeException
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-04-24 17:33 UTC by Neal Gompa
Modified: 2022-05-07 04:27 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ffmpeg-5.0.1-6.fc36
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2022-05-07 04:27:10 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Neal Gompa 2022-04-24 17:33:06 UTC
Description of problem:
ffmpeg seems to lack the ability use VA-API for hardware accelerated encoding for VP8 and VP9, which makes it difficult for ffmpeg consumers to leverage hardware support for these codecs for streaming and video conferencing. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5.0.1-5.fc36

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ffmpeg -encoders | grep -P "vp\d"

Actual results:
ffmpeg does not report vp8_vaapi and vp9_vaapi encoder support.

Expected results:
ffmpeg reports vp8_vaapi and vp9_vaapi encoder support.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2022-04-24 17:33:47 UTC
FEDORA-2022-53adf370dd has been submitted as an update to Fedora 36. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-53adf370dd

Comment 2 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2022-04-24 17:34:51 UTC
Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 36-final by Fedora user ngompa using the blocker tracking app because:

 It'd be good to ensure that vp8/vp9 VA-API encoding support is available for ffmpeg consumers (like Firefox) to use when VA-API drivers are available.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2022-04-24 18:43:51 UTC
FEDORA-2022-53adf370dd has been pushed to the Fedora 36 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2022-53adf370dd`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-53adf370dd

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Geoffrey Marr 2022-04-25 20:17:52 UTC
Discussed during the 2022-04-25 blocker review meeting: [0]

The decision to classify this bug as a "RejectedFreezeException (Final)" was made as there is no specific justification for giving this a freeze exception, it is not on any media so far as we're aware. It can go out as a 0-day update.

[0] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-blocker-review/2022-04-25/f36-blocker-review.2022-04-25-16.00.txt

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2022-05-07 04:27:10 UTC
FEDORA-2022-53adf370dd has been pushed to the Fedora 36 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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