Hello @Bennyhill500, this reads like a similar issue to #7198, however, there's a key difference. In that issue report, something is going wrong with streaming_client and initializing libva, but here, it's not trying that video decode path at all. That's because the intel-media-driver package and vainfo tool you're using is 64 bit, while streaming_client is 32 bit and not compatible with the installed package.
It looks like if you want to give that render path a try, then you'll need lib32-intel-media-driver from the AUR.
Hello @kisak-valve i have installed lib32-intel-media-driver but both steam and steamlink still only use software rendering.
if i start steam with LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib32/dri LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD steam it still uses software decoding
if i set these variables for steamlink using flatseal it also uses software decoding with the following terminal output:
INFO: ffmpeg verbose: Opened VA display via X11 display :99.0.
INFO: ffmpeg verbose: libva: VA-API version 1.8.0
INFO: ffmpeg verbose: libva: User environment variable requested driver 'iHD'
INFO: ffmpeg verbose: libva: Trying to open /usr/lib32/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
INFO: ffmpeg verbose: libva: va_openDriver() returns -1
INFO: ffmpeg error: Failed to initialise VAAPI connection: -1 (unknown libva error).
INFO: CVAAPIAccel: av_hwdevice_ctx_create() failed
INFO: libavcodec software decoding with 4 threads
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Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
With both Steam and Steam link its using Libavcodec software decode instead of using vaapi
i have intel-media-driver installed, removed any other intel drivers (libva-intel-driver / hybrid-driver) and confirmed with vainfo it is using the iHD driver without errors.
Moonlight is also able to use Hardware decoding.
My laptop has a i7-1165G7 with intel XE graphics, only the iHD driver works with this GPU, the other intel drivers (i965/hybrid) do not work.
As Desktop im using Gnome wayland.
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