March 16, 2020
How to install Gstreamer VAAPI plugins on Ubuntu?
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10 min. read | Video Acceleration API (VAAPI) is yet another way to use hardware acceleration to improve video processing performance (1.5-2 times faster than on CPU). The following guide helps to install Gstreamer VAAPI plugins on Ubuntu and provides solutions to most common issues.