Firefox 153 will add Vulkan Video decoding as Mozilla widens Linux GPU support
The initial code path, credited to NVIDIA and Red Hat engineers, targets a long-running hardware video gap in Firefox on Linux.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Phoronix
Why it matters
Firefox's Vulkan Video work is a quiet infrastructure bet: Mozilla is reducing dependence on VA-API, a Linux video path that has left NVIDIA and embedded GPU users relying on workarounds.
Mozilla has merged initial Vulkan Video decoding support for Firefox, work Phoronix reported was led by NVIDIA engineer Tymur Boiko and Red Hat's Martin Stransky, putting a new GPU-accelerated video path on track for Firefox 153 in July.…
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