GStreamer VA-API Plugins 0.7.0 Adds VP9 Decoder

Written by Michael Larabel in Multimedia on 7 December 2015 at 09:41 AM EST. 2 Comments
MULTIMEDIA
GStreamer VA-API Plugins 0.7.0 has been released as the newest version of thsi set of GStreamer plug-ins for interfacing with video encode/decode accelerated by VA-API, the Video Acceleration API largely backed by Intel.

GStreamer VA-API Plugins 0.7.0 brings VP9 decoder support, fixes and optimizations to the H265/HEVC decoder, and better support for different OpenGL platforms and APIs.

GStreamer VA-API Plugins 0.7.0 also has some Wayland fixes, VA-API video memory handling improvements, and a wide assortment of other fixes.

More details on GStreamer VA-API Plugins 0.7.0 can be found via the official release announcement posted this morning to gstreamer-devel.
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