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When did they start supporting VA-API? I didn't notice. Lacking that was one of the reasons I got a new computer.

With this release

Oh that's wonderful. I'll get back some of the CPU of my new computer. I've pretty much have a core dedicated to it.

It's slightly more complex as there are some hardware/software combinations that don't work. This article gives some good steps to make sure it's enabled:

https://mastransky.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/firefox-on-fedor...

I've also had to disable media.ffvpx.enabled in previous versions to enable VA-API for more than just VP9 (I haven't yet been able to verify if it's needed for this one).

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