Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-426

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

libvdpau-va-gl-0.4.2

Introduction to libvdpau-va-gl

The libvdpau-va-gl package contains a library which implements the VDPAU library. Libvdpau_va_gl uses OpenGL under the hood to accelerate drawing and scaling and the VA-API (if available) to accelerate video decoding. For now VA-API is available on some Intel chips, and on some AMD video adapters with the help of the libvdpau driver.

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Package Information

libvdpau-va-gl Dependencies

Required

CMake-4.1.2, libvdpau-1.5, libva-2.22.0, and Mesa-25.2.2

Optional

Doxygen-1.15.0, Graphviz-14.0.2, and texlive-20250308 or install-tl-unx

Installation of libvdpau-va-gl

Install libvdpau-va-gl by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX \
      -D CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5  \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release          \
      -W no-dev ..                         &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. The tests must be run from an Xorg environment.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Configuration

To allow libvdpau to find libvdpau-va-gl, set an environment variable. As the root user: 

echo "export VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl" >> /etc/profile.d/xorg.sh

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libvdpau_va_gl.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

libvdpau_va_gl.so

contains functions to implement the OpenGL backend to the VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) API