Can't switch Google Chrome video decode to hardware

Solution:

The issue appeared because of cache delete and it somehow messed the chrome settings. Deleting the package as well as all related folders with configs and then reinstalling helped.

Hey folks! Accidentally removed chrome cache and now video is using VpxVideoDecoder again :frowning:

My ~/.config/chrome-flags.conf

--ignore-gpu-blocklist
--enable-gpu-rasterization
--enable-zero-copy
--enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder
--use-gl=desktop
### Graphics Feature Status

* Canvas: Hardware accelerated
* Compositing: Hardware accelerated
* Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
* Out-of-process Rasterization: Hardware accelerated
* OpenGL: Enabled
* Rasterization: Hardware accelerated on all pages
* Skia Renderer: Enabled
* Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
* Vulkan: Disabled
* WebGL: Hardware accelerated
* WebGL2: Hardware accelerated

### Driver Bug Workarounds

* adjust_src_dst_region_for_blitframebuffer
* clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
* count_all_in_varyings_packing
* disable_post_sub_buffers_for_onscreen_surfaces
* exit_on_context_lost
* msaa_is_slow
* rely_on_implicit_sync_for_swap_buffers
* disabled_extension_GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced
* disabled_extension_GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent
* disabled_extension_GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y

### Problems Detected

* Clear uniforms before first program use on all platforms: [124764](http://crbug.com/124764), [349137](http://crbug.com/349137)
*Applied Workarounds: clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use*
* Mesa drivers in Linux handle varyings without static use incorrectly: [333885](http://crbug.com/333885)
*Applied Workarounds: count_all_in_varyings_packing*
* Disable partial swaps on Mesa drivers (detected with GL_RENDERER): [339493](http://crbug.com/339493)
*Applied Workarounds: disable_post_sub_buffers_for_onscreen_surfaces*
* On Intel GPUs MSAA performance is not acceptable for GPU rasterization: [527565](http://crbug.com/527565)
*Applied Workarounds: msaa_is_slow*
* Disable partial swaps on Mesa drivers (detected with GL_VERSION): [339493](http://crbug.com/339493)
*Applied Workarounds: disable_post_sub_buffers_for_onscreen_surfaces*
* adjust src/dst region if blitting pixels outside framebuffer on Linux Intel: [664740](http://crbug.com/664740)
*Applied Workarounds: adjust_src_dst_region_for_blitframebuffer*
* Disable KHR_blend_equation_advanced until cc shaders are updated: [661715](http://crbug.com/661715)
*Applied Workarounds: disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced), disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent)*
* Some drivers can't recover after OUT_OF_MEM and context lost: [893177](http://crbug.com/893177)
*Applied Workarounds: exit_on_context_lost*
* Avoid waiting on a egl fence before swapping buffers and rely on implicit sync on Intel GPUs: [938286](http://crbug.com/938286)
*Applied Workarounds: rely_on_implicit_sync_for_swap_buffers*
* Disable GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y for desktop GL: [964010](http://crbug.com/964010)
*Applied Workarounds: disable(GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y)*

### Version Information

|Data exported|2021-08-11T11:57:00.334Z|
| --- | --- |
|Chrome version|Chrome/92.0.4515.131|
|Operating system|Linux 5.10.56-1-MANJARO|
|Software rendering list URL|https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/6b8d6c56ce21e38a72f7c4becb5abc1fa5134f29/gpu/config/software_rendering_list.json|
|Driver bug list URL|https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/6b8d6c56ce21e38a72f7c4becb5abc1fa5134f29/gpu/config/gpu_driver_bug_list.json|
|ANGLE commit id|d564abe2dada|
|2D graphics backend|Skia/92 8e69798f33b4a4b777476dcdb7aa2c75177d07ac|
|Command Line|/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --ignore-gpu-blocklist --enable-gpu-rasterization --enable-zero-copy --enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder --use-gl=desktop --enable-crashpad --flag-switches-begin --enable-gpu-rasterization --enable-zero-copy --ignore-gpu-blocklist --flag-switches-end --origin-trial-disabled-features=SecurePaymentConfirmation|

### Driver Information

|Initialization time|73|
| --- | --- |
|In-process GPU|false|
|Passthrough Command Decoder|false|
|Sandboxed|false|
|GPU0|VENDOR= 0x8086 [Intel], DEVICE=0x9bc4 [Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics (CML GT2)] *ACTIVE*|
|Optimus|false|
|AMD switchable|false|
|Driver vendor|Mesa|
|Driver version|21.1.6|
|GPU CUDA compute capability major version|0|
|Pixel shader version|4.60|
|Vertex shader version|4.60|
|Max. MSAA samples|16|
|Machine model name||
|Machine model version||
|GL_VENDOR|Intel|
|GL_RENDERER|Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics (CML GT2)|
|GL_VERSION|4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 21.1.6|
|GL_EXTENSIONS|GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_AMD_conservative_depth GL_AMD_depth_clamp_separate GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend GL_AMD_gpu_shader_int64 GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect GL_AMD_performance_monitor GL_AMD_pinned_memory GL_AMD_query_buffer_object GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_AMD_shader_stencil_export GL_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax GL_AMD_texture_texture4 GL_AMD_vertex_shader_layer GL_AMD_vertex_shader_viewport_index GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_1_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_2_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays GL_ARB_base_instance GL_ARB_blend_func_extended GL_ARB_buffer_storage GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object GL_ARB_clear_texture GL_ARB_clip_control GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage GL_ARB_compute_shader GL_ARB_compute_variable_group_size GL_ARB_conditional_render_inverted GL_ARB_conservative_depth GL_ARB_copy_buffer GL_ARB_copy_image GL_ARB_cull_distance GL_ARB_debug_output GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_derivative_control GL_ARB_direct_state_access GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_draw_indirect GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_enhanced_layouts GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_fragment_shader_interlock GL_ARB_framebuffer_no_attachments GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_get_program_binary GL_ARB_get_texture_sub_image GL_ARB_gl_spirv GL_ARB_gpu_shader5 GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64 GL_ARB_gpu_shader_int64 GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_indirect_parameters GL_ARB_instanced_arrays GL_ARB_internalformat_query GL_ARB_internalformat_query2 GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_multi_bind GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect GL_ARB_occlusion_query2 GL_ARB_parallel_shader_compile GL_ARB_pipeline_statistics_query GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_polygon_offset_clamp GL_ARB_post_depth_coverage GL_ARB_program_interface_query GL_ARB_provoking_vertex GL_ARB_query_buffer_object GL_ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior GL_ARB_robustness GL_ARB_sample_shading GL_ARB_sampler_objects GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map GL_ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counter_ops GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters GL_ARB_shader_ballot GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding GL_ARB_shader_clock GL_ARB_shader_draw_parameters GL_ARB_shader_group_vote GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store GL_ARB_shader_image_size GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_precision GL_ARB_shader_stencil_export GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object GL_ARB_shader_subroutine GL_ARB_shader_texture_image_samples GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod GL_ARB_shader_viewport_layer_array GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack GL_ARB_shading_language_include GL_ARB_shading_language_packing GL_ARB_spirv_extensions GL_ARB_stencil_texturing GL_ARB_sync GL_ARB_tessellation_shader GL_ARB_texture_barrier GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32 GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array GL_ARB_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_gather GL_ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge GL_ARB_texture_multisample GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_texture_query_levels GL_ARB_texture_query_lod GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rg GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui GL_ARB_texture_stencil8 GL_ARB_texture_storage GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample GL_ARB_texture_swizzle GL_ARB_texture_view GL_ARB_timer_query GL_ARB_transform_feedback2 GL_ARB_transform_feedback3 GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced GL_ARB_transform_feedback_overflow_query GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra GL_ARB_vertex_array_object GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev GL_ARB_viewport_array GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate GL_ATI_texture_float GL_EXT_EGL_image_storage GL_EXT_EGL_sync GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_demote_to_helper_invocation GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample_blit_scaled GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_float GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_polygon_offset_clamp GL_EXT_provoking_vertex GL_EXT_semaphore GL_EXT_semaphore_fd GL_EXT_shader_framebuffer_fetch GL_EXT_shader_framebuffer_fetch_non_coherent GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix GL_EXT_shader_samples_identical GL_EXT_texture_array GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_integer GL_EXT_texture_sRGB GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_R8 GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_EXT_texture_shadow_lod GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_EXT_texture_snorm GL_EXT_texture_swizzle GL_EXT_timer_query GL_EXT_transform_feedback GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays GL_INTEL_blackhole_render GL_INTEL_conservative_rasterization GL_INTEL_performance_query GL_INTEL_shader_atomic_float_minmax GL_INTEL_shader_integer_functions2 GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent GL_KHR_context_flush_control GL_KHR_debug GL_KHR_no_error GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile GL_KHR_robust_buffer_access_behavior GL_KHR_robustness GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_sliced_3d GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y GL_MESA_pack_invert GL_MESA_shader_integer_functions GL_MESA_texture_signed_rgba GL_NV_compute_shader_derivatives GL_NV_conditional_render GL_NV_copy_image GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fragment_shader_interlock GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_texture_barrier GL_OES_EGL_image GL_S3_s3tc|
|Disabled Extensions|GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y|
|Disabled WebGL Extensions||
|Window system binding vendor|SGI|
|Window system binding version|1.4|
|Window system binding extensions|GLX_ARB_create_context GLX_ARB_create_context_no_error GLX_ARB_create_context_profile GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GLX_ARB_get_proc_address GLX_ARB_multisample GLX_EXT_buffer_age GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile GLX_EXT_create_context_es_profile GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GLX_EXT_import_context GLX_EXT_swap_control GLX_EXT_swap_control_tear GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap GLX_EXT_visual_info GLX_EXT_visual_rating GLX_INTEL_swap_event GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer GLX_MESA_query_renderer GLX_MESA_swap_control GLX_OML_swap_method GLX_OML_sync_control GLX_SGIS_multisample GLX_SGIX_fbconfig GLX_SGIX_pbuffer GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group GLX_SGI_make_current_read GLX_SGI_swap_control GLX_SGI_video_sync|
|XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP|GNOME|
|XDG_SESSION_TYPE|x11|
|GDMSESSION|gnome|
|Ozone platform|x11|
|Direct rendering version|DRI3|
|Reset notification strategy|0x8252|
|GPU process crash count|0|
|gfx::BufferFormats supported for allocation and texturing|R_8: not supported, R_16: not supported, RG_88: not supported, BGR_565: not supported, RGBA_4444: not supported, RGBX_8888: not supported, RGBA_8888: not supported, BGRX_8888: not supported, BGRA_1010102: not supported, RGBA_1010102: not supported, BGRA_8888: not supported, RGBA_F16: not supported, YVU_420: not supported, YUV_420_BIPLANAR: not supported, P010: not supported|

### Compositor Information

|Tile Update Mode|Zero-copy|
| --- | --- |
|Partial Raster|Enabled|

### GpuMemoryBuffers Status

|R_8|Software only|
| --- | --- |
|R_16|Software only|
|RG_88|Software only|
|BGR_565|Software only|
|RGBA_4444|Software only|
|RGBX_8888|Software only|
|RGBA_8888|Software only|
|BGRX_8888|Software only|
|BGRA_1010102|Software only|
|RGBA_1010102|Software only|
|BGRA_8888|Software only|
|RGBA_F16|Software only|
|YVU_420|Software only|
|YUV_420_BIPLANAR|Software only|
|P010|Software only|

### Display(s) Information

|Info|Display[21691165392764995] bounds=[0,0 1920x1200], workarea=[0,32 1920x1168], scale=1, rotation=0, panel_rotation=0 external.|
| --- | --- |
|Color space (all)|{primaries_d50_referred: [[0.6483, 0.3302], [0.3206, 0.5982], [0.1552, 0.0656]], transfer:IEC61966_2_1, matrix:RGB, range:FULL}|
|Buffer format (all)|BGRA_8888|
|SDR white level in nits|100|
|Bits per color component|8|
|Bits per pixel|24|
|Refresh Rate in Hz|59|

### Video Acceleration Information

### Vulkan Information

### Device Performance Information

### Log Messages

* [4071:4071:0811/145550.543448:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(441)] : Passthrough is not supported, GL is desktop
* [4071:4071:0811/145550.557970:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] : InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.12 (libva 2.12.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 21.2.3 ()
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileNone                   :	VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileNone                   :	VAEntrypointStats
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVC1Simple              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointFEI
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileHEVCMain10             :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile2            :	VAEntrypointVLD

It worked fine before. Not sure what I’m missing. Any ideas?

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That flag is deprecated in favor of…

Not all available flags will appear in chrome://flags, FYI. See:

Thanks for the response. Ok, makes sense. But decode is still software. I’ve updated topic description. Could you please take a look and say what I’m missing?

:thinking:

Yep, I’m totally lost with this one. VpxVideoDecoder/FFmpegVideoDecoder is used for all youtube videos(vp09/h264/etc).
All flags seems to be on place, libraries and configs are the same as when it was working.

There is something with chrome settings that messes up everything, but I can’t find what :frowning:

Is there any other info I can provide to get to the root of the problem?

Installed chromium, made the same config settings. It just works…

Total google-chrome and it’s configs wipe out helped. Now it’s working fine

Could you edit your post to include what exactly you did? That way, when someone searches and comes across your post, they’ll be able to do the same. :wink:

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