Intel VA-API 2.21 Library Adds Intel Xe Kernel Driver Support, AV1 & Windows Fixes

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel VA-API 2.21 Library Adds Intel Xe Kernel Driver Support, AV1 & Windows Fixes

Intel engineers that maintain the common VA-API library "libva" today released version 2.21 with several fixes and additions for this Video Acceleration API support...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/VA-API-libva-2.21

[Party0445]

So as a commoner desktop user is the Xe driver in a state where it can boot a desktop? I’m keen to experiment but I don’t really understand where the Xe driver is up to.

[Rovano]

So as a commoner desktop user is the Xe driver in a state where it can boot a desktop? I’m keen to experiment but I don’t really understand where the Xe driver is up to.

MESA still has to catch up. Look for news in the second half of June.

[Party0445]

Thanks!

[greyltc]

So as a commoner desktop user is the Xe driver in a state where it can boot a desktop? I’m keen to experiment but I don’t really understand where the Xe driver is up to.

It works today (I'm using it) in Arch Linux.