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libva

Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux

  • Library
  • LIBRARY
  • VIDEO
  • HARDWARE-ACCELERATION
  • Dependency only
official+codex · reviewed · May 28, 2026 description in en

Description

The Linux Video Acceleration API library, used by media players, browsers, encoders, and desktops to access hardware video decoding or encoding features.

It is video acceleration infrastructure. Users benefit through smoother playback, lower CPU use, or faster encoding when the hardware and driver support the requested codec.

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