07-08-2021, 12:59 PM
(07-06-2021, 02:27 PM)Vasant Wrote: Android usually has excellent hardware acceleration. Unfortunately Pin64 and its developers are focused on GNU/Linux desktop.
Even my laptop running Xubutu 18.04 has no acceleration on Firefox but Intel I5 is powerful enough for software decoding.
Android uses closed source drivers and they don't work with Linux.
The RK3399 has support for VP9, but you need a driver.
My Samsung Chromebook Plus with the RK3399 can play 4K YouTube.
I tested this connected to my 4K TV.
At first I used h264ify plugin with Chromium on the PBP.
That was when Debian was the default install image.
So I think hardware acceleration was working there.
I also have a Star Lite laptop with the Intel N5000.
For me it was easy to get hardware video decoding working with Chromium on Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS.
Although it's based on Ubuntu, I think the newer kernel with Pop! makes all the difference, as it still doesn't work (for me) with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Now I can play 1080p YouTube without problems.
Perhaps something to consider with your i5 machine.
Open the Pop!_Shop and install Chromium (flatpak) and go to: chrome://flags
Search for: hardware-accelerated video decode
Explicitly enable it and restart Chromium.
https://youtu.be/BkUUGHpDT6s