Browser Support • Re: Need help with Flash in Linux Mint 22.2

Sorry for the double post (I didn't find out how to edit my previous post).

Note that starting with Mesa 25.3 VDPAU support will be removed. This means that past this version there's no point in setting VDPAU_DRIVER to "radeonsi". Kind of sucks that Mesa is removing all kinds of cool features now, like native DirectX9 in Linux or VDPAU.

Using va_gl works though, but you need to install libvdpau-va-gl1 , which is a driver that converts VDPAU calls to VAAPI.

Debian/Devuan/Ubuntu/Linux Mint

CODE:

sudo apt install libvdpau-va-gl1

Arch/Artix

CODE:

sudo pacman -S libvdpau-va-gl

Fedora

CODE:

sudo dnf install libvdpau-va-gl

openSUSE

CODE:

sudo zypper install libvdpau-va-gl

Gentoo

CODE:

emerge --ask x11-libs/libvdpau-va-gl

When testing on a machine with an nvidia card with the proprietary driver I noticed graphical glitches (colours are off) in flashgames. Until I find out why you can use this hack : (definitely causes some overhead, but it works. converts vdpau => vaapi => nvdec)

Install nvidia-vaapi-driver (converts vaapi to nvdec) alongside libvdpau-va-gl:

Debian/Devuan/Ubuntu/Linux Mint

CODE:

sudo apt install nvidia-vaapi-driver

Arch/Artix

CODE:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-vaapi-driver

Fedora

CODE:

sudo dnf install nvidia-vaapi-driver

openSUSE

CODE:

sudo zypper install nvidia-vaapi-driver

Gentoo

CODE:

emerge --ask media-libs/nvidia-vaapi-driver

Then add the following to /etc/environment

CODE:

VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl

Have fun! When I get native nvidia vdpau working with flash without colours being off, I'll create a new forum thread