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config/graphical-session/graphics-drivers/intel.md: Add troubleshooting hardware video decoding on chromium based browsers
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@@ -46,3 +46,13 @@ For newer Intel chipsets, the [DDX](../xorg.md#ddx) drivers may interfere with
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correct operation. This is characterized by graphical acceleration not working
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and general graphical instability. If this is the case, try removing all
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`xf86-video-*` packages.
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On chromium based browsers, even with flags `--enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder
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--disable-features=UseChromeOSDirectVideoDecoder`, and hardware acceleration
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reported to be enabled in `chrome://gpu` you might be able to see that the
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iGPU is not being selected/used with "VDA Error 4" on `chrome://media-internals`
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and `VpxVideoDecoder` is being selected instead. In that case, you have to build
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the `intel-media-driver` package with `nonfree` option from the
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[void-packages](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages) source repository.
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Check the Media panel in the inspector while playing a video on the web
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to confirm that hardware decoding is working.

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