Video hardware acceleration support for intel CPU?
Posted: 2017-11-14, 10:41
Hi,
Few days ago I installed newest Palemoon:
I observe high CPU usage during video playback about 30-40%
When I use Kodi for 1080p h264, HEVC content I have about 5-8%.
Can I turn on hardware video acceleration in PaleMonn or currently this is not supported?
If not when VAAPI support could be added?
My system:
EDIT:
Firefox CPU usage during video playback is similar ~30%
Few days ago I installed newest Palemoon:
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Application Basics
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Name: Pale Moon
Version: 27.6.0
Build ID: 20171109012208
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.9) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/3.4 Firefox/52.9 PaleMoon/27.6.0
OS: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic
Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (default: false)
Safe Mode: false
Extensions
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Name: uBlock Origin
Version: 1.14.18
Enabled: true
ID: uBlock0@raymondhill.net
Name: uBlock Origin & uMatrix Updater
Version: 1.2.1
Enabled: true
ID: ublock0-updater@Off.JustOff
Graphics
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Adapter Description: Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 500 (Broxton 2x6)
Device ID: Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 500 (Broxton 2x6)
Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.2
GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1 Basic
Vendor ID: Intel Open Source Technology Center
WebGL Renderer: Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 500 (Broxton 2x6)
windowLayerManagerRemote: false
AzureCanvasBackend: cairo
AzureContentBackend: cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none
AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
Important Modified Preferences
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browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
browser.download.importedFromSqlite: true
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4
browser.search.useDBForOrder: true
browser.startup.homepage: https://www.google.pl
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20171109012208
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 3.4.0
extensions.lastAppVersion: 27.6.0
image.http.accept: image/webp,image/jxr,image/png,image/*;q=0.8,*/*;q=0.5
network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
network.http.speculative-parallel-limit: 0
places.database.lastMaintenance: 1510423116
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true
storage.vacuum.last.index: 1
storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1510423116
Important Locked Preferences
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Places Database
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JavaScript
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Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
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Activated: false
Prevent Accessibility: 1
Library Versions
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NSPR
Expected minimum version: 4.16
Version in use: 4.16
NSS
Expected minimum version: 3.32.1
Version in use: 3.32.1
NSSSMIME
Expected minimum version: 3.32.1
Version in use: 3.32.1
NSSSSL
Expected minimum version: 3.32.1
Version in use: 3.32.1
NSSUTIL
Expected minimum version: 3.32.1
Version in use: 3.32.1
Experimental Features
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When I use Kodi for 1080p h264, HEVC content I have about 5-8%.
Can I turn on hardware video acceleration in PaleMonn or currently this is not supported?
If not when VAAPI support could be added?
My system:
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Computer
Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3455 @ 1.50GHz 4 cores
Memory 7824MB (1786MB used)
Machine Type Desktop
Operating System Ubuntu 17.10
Display
Resolution 1920x1200 pixels
Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Version 1.19.5
Monitors
Monitor 0 1920x1200 pixels
OpenGL
Vendor Intel Open Source Technology Center
Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 500 (Broxton 2x6)
Version 3.0 Mesa 17.2.2
Direct Rendering Yes
Audio Devices
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
Firefox CPU usage during video playback is similar ~30%