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== Owner == | == Owner == | ||
* Name: [[User:kwizart| Nicolas Chauvet]] | * Name: [[User:kwizart| Nicolas Chauvet]] | ||
* Email: kwizart | * Email: kwizart - at - fedoraproject.org | ||
* Release notes owner: <!--- To be assigned by docs team [[User:FASAccountName| Release notes owner name]] <email address> --> | * Release notes owner: <!--- To be assigned by docs team [[User:FASAccountName| Release notes owner name]] <email address> --> | ||
<!--- UNCOMMENT only for Changes with assigned Shepherd (by FESCo) | <!--- UNCOMMENT only for Changes with assigned Shepherd (by FESCo) | ||
* FESCo shepherd: [[User:FASAccountName| Shehperd name]] <email address> | * FESCo shepherd: [[User:FASAccountName| Shehperd name]] <email address> | ||
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* Product: Workstation | * Product: Spins / Workstation | ||
* Responsible WG: | * Responsible WG: Desktop | ||
== Current status == | == Current status == | ||
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== Detailed Description == | == Detailed Description == | ||
Updating to VA-API 1.0.0 will allow to fix and clean-up | Updating to VA-API 1.0.0 will allow to fix and clean-up issues with the API as sum-up in this upstream topic [[https://github.com/intel/libva/issues/72|VA-API 1.0.0]]: | ||
* fix errors in API/data structure definition, e.g. 01org#32 | * fix errors in API/data structure definition, e.g. 01org#32 | ||
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All packages using {{package|libva}} will be rebuilt to take into account the new API/ABI. Futhermore, the intel backend will be updated along (not provided by Fedora). | All packages using {{package|libva}} will be rebuilt to take into account the new API/ABI. Futhermore, the intel backend will be updated along (not provided by Fedora). | ||
Others VA-API backend such the AMD and NVIDIA backend provided by Fedora within {{package|mesa-dri-drivers}} will | Others VA-API backend such the AMD and NVIDIA backend provided by Fedora within {{package|mesa-dri-drivers}} will work as appropriate. | ||
Bridges between VA-API and VDPAU | Bridges between VA-API and VDPAU will continue to be supported , this is: | ||
* {{package|libva-vdpau-driver}} which allows to use the VA-API enabled players with VDPAU backend (such as NVIDIA binary driver). | * {{package|libva-vdpau-driver}} which allows to use the VA-API enabled players with VDPAU backend (such as NVIDIA binary driver). | ||
* {{package|libvdpau-va-gl}} which allows to use the VDPAU API enabled players with VA-API backends (such as intel driver). | * {{package|libvdpau-va-gl}} which allows to use the VDPAU API enabled players with VA-API backends (such as intel driver). | ||
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* Proposal owners: | * Proposal owners: | ||
Update and rebuild packages that depend on {{package|libva}}. DONE | Update and rebuild packages that depend on {{package|libva}}. DONE | ||
Verify that everything is working as appropriate or report issue upstream. | Verify that everything is working as appropriate or report issue upstream. TESTING IN PROGRESS. | ||
== Upgrade/compatibility impact == | == Upgrade/compatibility impact == | ||
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1. vainfo should output the VA-API backend capabilities | 1. vainfo should output the VA-API backend capabilities | ||
2. totem with {{package|gstreamer1-vaapi}} installed should play the video with less CPU usage than when VAAPI backend is disabled. | 2. totem with {{package|gstreamer1-vaapi}} installed should play the video with less CPU usage than when VAAPI backend is disabled. | ||
== User Experience == | == User Experience == | ||
Revision as of 11:16, 29 January 2018
VA-API 1.0.0
Summary
This change is about upgrading 
libva
Owner
- Name: Nicolas Chauvet
- Email: kwizart - at - fedoraproject.org
- Release notes owner:
- Product: Spins / Workstation
- Responsible WG: Desktop
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 28
- Last updated: 2018-01-29
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
Updating to VA-API 1.0.0 will allow to fix and clean-up issues with the API as sum-up in this upstream topic [1.0.0]:
- fix errors in API/data structure definition, e.g. 01org#32
- add new features, e.g. 01org#69,
- deprecate some useless API/data structures, e.g. libva-tpi, libva-egl.
- provide other improvement, e.g. use portable type to define data structure.
All packages using
*which allows to use the VA-API enabled players with VDPAU backend (such as NVIDIA binary driver). *libva-vdpau-driver
which allows to use the VDPAU API enabled players with VA-API backends (such as intel driver).
Benefit to Fedora
Fedora will provide a better multimedia experience on recent hardware.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
Update and rebuild packages that depend on
Upgrade/compatibility impact
Users should update to the more recent version provided in repositories.
How To Test
- Hardware that are fully supported in Fedora:
AMD with
- Hardware that are fully supported in Fedora, but requires additional firmware
NVIDIA with
- Hardware that requires package provided by third party repository.
Intel HD graphics hardwares require a separate libva-intel-driver package that need to be installed. This VA-API backend can be downloaded from a single purpose f28-free-drivers repository provided by the RPM Fusion project.
1. vainfo should output the VA-API backend capabilities
2. totem with
User Experience
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Dependencies
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Contingency Plan
- If a Fedora application trigger any un-acceptable regression with VA-API, this application will be built with VA-API support disabled until the VA-API support can be restored.
- Contingency mechanism:
- Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Blocks release? N/A
- Blocks product? None