Chromium or Chromium based browser issues

[vinceASPECT]

so how do you plan to get "advanced video decoding" working on chromium
Linux?

V

[Juanito]

I've now tried firefox and chromium-browser on x11 and wayland.

firefox
gpu acceleration seems to work
va-api acceleration does not work (apparently it will work in wayland with the latest firefox/libva)

chromium-browser
gpu acceleration might be working partially
va-api acceleration does not work (apparently there is a patch available)

[tinycorelinux]

firefox
gpu acceleration seems to work

chromium-browser
gpu acceleration might be working partially

Well, there should be no problem when Firefox is enabled with GPU acceleration.
After chrome/ Chromium is enabled with GPU acceleration, it needs to do some proper configuration.
it can display web pages normally with good performance, which indicates that GPU acceleration is successful...
The only GTK controls used by Chrome that don't display properly, such as the entire area of the address bar, right-click menus, etc., are still able to handle user events, which is a bit of a surprise.

[vinceASPECT]

(a) After chrome/ Chromium is enabled with GPU acceleration, it needs to do some proper configuration......
(b) and there is a patch for va-api acceleration in Chromium Linux.

......so what must a typical Linux user actually need to DO to Chromium to achieve (a) above? ....... OR is (a) above just the default state of Linux chromium anyhow on x11?
..................& where is (b) above...?

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(c) Well, there should be no problem when Firefox is enabled with GPU acceleration.

........what must a typical Linux user actually DO to FF to achieve (c) above?........ or is (c) the  default state of FF on x11 anyhow?

thanks

v

[Juanito]

In CorePure64, both firefox-ESR and a recent firefox_getLatest seem to use gpu acceleration by default.

I've no plans to update chromium-browser, but the build notes are here if anybody else would like to try.

http://tinycorelinux.net/9.x/x86_64/tcz/src/chromium-browser/compile_chromium-browser

[vinceASPECT]

i see Juanto...

so Chromium Linux would need a rebuild to achieve my last posts goals?
(i suppose in that ninth line of build instructions you mention you would put "enable_gpu=true"?)

what about that Iridium browser on tcl64?

thx

v

[tinycorelinux]

....so what must a typical Linux user actually need to DO to Chromium to achieve ...

I've no plans to update chromium-browser, but the build notes are here if anybody else would like to try.

In fact, the latest version of Chromium/Chrome has GPU acceleration enabled by default.

hat must a typical Linux user actually DO to FF to achieve (c) above?.......

See Juanito.

[tinycorelinux]

(i suppose in that ninth line of build instructions you mention you would put "enable_gpu=true"?)

There is no such simple thing.

what about that Iridium browser on tcl64?

I think most but not all browsers based on Chromium will have the same problem.
When you ask questions about Chromium GPU on the Internet, the most you'll ever get is a call to turn it off...

[vinceASPECT]

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In fact, the latest version of Chromium/Chrome has GPU acceleration enabled by default.

you are referring to Chrome /chromium on general Linux right?
version 87.0.4280.66?
......but this is a TCL forum and the repo's don't contain the latest Chromium for Linux.
(where is a Chromium 87 build for tcL?)

thanks

(in any event, where exactly is the Linux chromium flag to switch on Chromium's GPU compatibility in any version?)......if you could remind me

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[tinycorelinux]

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you are referring to Chrome /chromium on general Linux right?
version 87.0.4280.66?
Yeah.

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......but this is a TCL forum and the repo's don't contain the latest Chromium for Linux.
(where is a Chromium 87 build for tcL?)
http://tinycorelinux.net/9.x/x86_64/tcz/src/chromium-browser/compile_chromium-browser

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.....if you could remind me
chrome://flags/

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[vinceASPECT]

hello forum,

This topic (thread) here .......it could be helpful for many user
experiences with computers and the "Chromium" free world wide
web browser.


By that i mean, my  comments refer to Chromium on win64 which
here

In essence, such users of that hardware and platform
can simply go into  "chrome://flags" settings by typing it into the addr
bar of the web browser and set...."software over=ride" setting regarding the GPU
to........ " over-ride"........ it.......ENABLE it.


This results in a correct list  of results when you study "chrome://gpu"  command typed into  the addr
bar of the web browser showing .......all of the top entries show
that "all hardware items" are properly fully accelerated & functioning correct.

(.....it seems......this method above is therefore using all of the PC' computers chips "properly" and directly)

thx

vin

ps.  Latest Chromium on win64 worke(d)......maybe there is fallback for a while also.

thx

[vinceASPECT]

hello forum,

There seems to be a bad bug with Chromium......whereby there is loss of the right context menu at "full screen" option.

Onlin , it seems there is knowledge but likely too far drill down for the remedy.

it affects global users usability at prime level.

thx

v