Google Chrome adds VA-API video acceleration feature on Wayland

One of the limitations of Google Chrome Wayland support is that the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) does not support GPU-based video acceleration because it targets the libva-x11 library directly. But with the code merged into Chromium last Friday, libva-drm can now be used to run VA-API acceleration on X11 or Wayland.

The latest Chrome/Chromium browser code allows VA-API to run on LinuxOzone/Wayland platforms. The explicit VA-APIX11 library now uses the DRM library instead so that Ozone's X11 and Wayland platforms use the same target.

LinuxVA-API support for Google Chrome is still a "best effort" solution, but regardless, this change is a welcome move as it enhances Google Chrome's native Wayland support for this universal video acceleration API.

For more information about Chrome's upcoming WaylandVA-API support, see this page:

https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3646633