[mythtv-users] vaapi gone from mythtv-light v36?

[James Abernathy]

On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 11:04 AM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> on my frontend built on a N100 Intel NUC I found that I get the best
> picture on mythfrontend using the vaapi.  The standard ffmpeg/opengl is not
> as good.
>
> So today on a fresh install of mythtv-light v36 on Debian 13, I found I
> had no choice for anything but Standard and OpenGL.
>
> I launch mythfrontend with --platform xcb since Debian Plasma defaults to
> Wayland.
>
> Do I need to build mythtv-light with vaapi and maybe other decoders
> included?
>
> Jim A
>

Sorry for the noise.  I think my Debian 13 Plasma install was missing
something key.  I went back to a new install of XFCE4 on Debian 13 and
vaapi was there and I could use it in mythfrontend.

Jim A
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