====== Ubuntu - GPU - VDPAU ======

**VDPAU** is the Video Decode and Presentation API for UNIX.

It provides an interface to video decode acceleration and presentation hardware present in modern GPUs.

Hardware decoding of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 part 2, H.264, VC-1, and DivX 4 and 5 bitstreams on supported hardware.

<WRAP alert>
**ALERT:**  If you need to get acceleration working with an AMD GPU, skip VDPAU and just use VA-API instead.
</WRAP>

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[[Ubuntu:GPU:VDPAU:Check the settings for VDPAU|Check the settings for VDPAU]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:VDPAU:Override the driver for VDPAU|Override the driver for VDPAU]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:VDPAU:Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]]

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====== References ======

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/VDPAU/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU