Video Acceleration API

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Software supporting VA-API

Chromium Emby FFmpeg Firefox Gnash

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Overview

Open source Application programming interface VLC media player GStreamer GPUs

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Processes that can be accelerated with VA-API

Inverse discrete cosine transform Variable-length decoding Context-adaptive variable-length coding Context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding

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Software architecture

DRM (Direct Rendering Manager)Compressed bit-stream

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License: MIT License
Operating system: Linux, Android, BSD, Windows 10, Windows 11
Original author: Intel
Release: 2008
Repository: github.com/intel/libva
Stable release: 2.24.1 / 8 July 2026; 47 days ago (8 July 2026)

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Overview

Open source
Application programming interface
VLC media player
GStreamer
GPUs Graphics processing unit
Free and open-source
Library Library (computing)
Direct Rendering Infrastructure
X Window System
Unix
Operating systems Operating system
Linux
FreeBSD
Solaris Solaris (operating system)
Android Android (operating system)
Framebuffer
Video decoding Video codec
Video encoding Video coding
Intel
GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) Intel GMA
XvMC
Microsoft Windows DirectX Video Acceleration (DxVA) API DirectX Video Acceleration
VLD Variable-length code
IDCT
Motion compensation
Deblocking Deblocking filter (video)
MPEG-2 H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2
MPEG-4 Part 2 (H.263) MPEG-4 Part 2
H.263
H.264 AVC H.264/MPEG-4 AVC

Processes that can be accelerated with VA-API

Software architecture

DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) Direct Rendering Manager
Compressed bit-stream Elementary stream

Software supporting VA-API

Chromium Chromium (web browser)
Emby
FFmpeg
Firefox
Gnash Gnash (software)
SWF
Helix media player Helix (project)
Jellyfin
Kodibuntu Kodi (software)
Libavcodec
MPlayer
Mpv Mpv (media player)
MythTV
OBS Studio
Xine

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Video Acceleration API

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License · 1

Video Acceleration API → MIT License

Operating system · 1

Video Acceleration API → Linux, Android, BSD, Windows 10, Windows 11

Original author · 1

Video Acceleration API → Intel

Release · 1

Video Acceleration API → 2008

Repository · 1

Video Acceleration API → github.com/intel/libva

Stable release · 1

Video Acceleration API → 2.24.1 / 8 July 2026; 47 days ago (8 July 2026)

Type · 1

Video Acceleration API → API

Website · 1

Video Acceleration API → www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi/

Written in · 1

Video Acceleration API → C

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Important terminology

video va-api hardware gpu api graphics processing linux accelerated intel decode acceleration interface media rendering system software android capabilities open-source

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Video Acceleration API	License	MIT License	1.00	infobox
Video Acceleration API	Operating system	Linux, Android, BSD, Windows 10, Windows 11	1.00	infobox
Video Acceleration API	Original author	Intel	1.00	infobox
Video Acceleration API	Release	2008	1.00	infobox
Video Acceleration API	Repository	github.com/intel/libva	1.00	infobox
Video Acceleration API	Stable release	2.24.1 / 8 July 2026; 47 days ago (8 July 2026)	1.00	infobox
Video Acceleration API	Type	API	1.00	infobox
Video Acceleration API	Website	www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi/	1.00	infobox
Video Acceleration API	Written in	C	1.00	infobox
VLC media player or GStreamer to use hardware video acceleration capabilities	instance of	is an open source application programming interface that allows applications	0.80	text
usually provided by the graphics processing unit	instance of	is an open source application programming interface that allows applications	0.80	text

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