[Raytestrak]

How do I manually update the VAAPI driver? Steam client only supports hardware decoding with a newer VAAPI driver than the one that's included in xbmcbuntu.

Code:

Added Intel hardware decoding support using VAAPI on Linux and SteamOS. This requires the i386 intel-vaapi-driver package version 1.3.2 or newer to be installed on the client computer.

Running vainfo on my NUC says:

Code:

vainfo: VA-API version: 0.35 (libva 1.3.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver - 1.3.0

Close, but no sigar. Sudo apt-get install i965-va-driver libva-intel-vaapi-driver says that the newest versions are already installed, so I'm guessing a different ppa is required?

Edit: Got the answer from a different thread. It's a pre-release driver, so fingers crossed. Going to test in a minute.

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wsnipex/vaapi

Now it's:

Code:

vainfo: VA-API version: 0.35 (libva 1.3.2.pre1)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile - 1.3.3.pre1

Still no sigar. Driver is 1.3.3, but Steam still says software decoding on my NUC (when enabling "display performance information" and pressing F6). Maybe because the VAAPI part is 1.3.2pre1 and not 1.3.2, or higher as stated by Steam?