17 Oct
2025
17 Oct
'25
8:26 p.m.
* Peter P. <peterparker(a)fastmail.com> [2025-10-17 19:49]:
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With the above successful config mpv nevertheless
prints the warning
[vo/gpu/opengl] Suspected software renderer or indirect context.
which I don't really understand or which might be due to my hardware(?),
but at least things are working.
If there is any way to lower cpu usage in fullscreen further, it would
be great to find out.
Replying to myself here for reference after having red the full info at
https://wiki.debian.org/HardwareVideoAcceleration#Intel
Running the --hwdec switch without specifying any option made mpv select
vaapi-copy by itself, which is successfully using hardware decoding,
indicated by mpv printing
Using hardware decoding (vaapi-copy)
and also verifiable with intel-gpu-top and giving a slightly lower cpu
usage in fullscreen.
best, P