Steam Beta Adds VA-API DRM Video Acceleration For Remote Play

Written by Michael Larabel in Valve on 25 January 2024 at 06:41 AM EST. 1 Comment
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In addition to OBS adding AV1 VA-API support, some more good Linux video acceleration news this week is Valve enabling VA-API DRM hardware-accelerated video decoding when using Remote Play with the newest Steam beta.

The newest Steam beta overnight rolls out VA-API DRM hardware decoding on Linux. Since 2021 the Steam client has supported VA-API encode for Remote Play and there already being VA-API decode prior to that. What the latest Steam beta change appears to be about is supporting the VA-API DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) mode rather than the VA-API X11 path. This should improve the video acceleration support for those using the Steam Remote Play within Wayland environments. At last check the VA-API DRM code was also more versatile in general than the VA-API X11 path.

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The Steam beta for 24 January in addition to enabling VA-API DRM hardware decoding on Linux for Remote Play also has various fixes from the Steam Overlay to general use.
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