From b3f9b12ca4df48603961b0faa4c9611272ffc1ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cameron Gutman Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:00:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Fixing Hardware Decoding Problems (markdown) --- Fixing-Hardware-Decoding-Problems.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Fixing-Hardware-Decoding-Problems.md b/Fixing-Hardware-Decoding-Problems.md index b885cda..14fdd0c 100644 --- a/Fixing-Hardware-Decoding-Problems.md +++ b/Fixing-Hardware-Decoding-Problems.md @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ Moonlight uses VAAPI and VDPAU for hardware acceleration on Linux. One of those * Ensure your desktop session is running using X, not Wayland. On GNOME-based distros, you can switch this at the logon screen by clicking the little gear icon. + * The following software limitations prevent hardware acceleration from being usable on Wayland: + + * VDPAU - the API has no Wayland rendering support at all + * VAAPI - [missing DRI3 support](https://github.com/intel/libva/issues/79) that is required to render on XWayland + * GNOME's Wayland compositor (Mutter) - [missing YUV surface support](https://github.com/intel/intel-vaapi-driver/issues/357) that is required for native Wayland rendering + ### Ubuntu All GPUs: