Bug 420482

Summary:	Kdenlive installed via snap can't access vaapi
Product:	[Applications] kdenlive	Reporter:	Nicolás Abel Carbone <nicocarbone>
Component:	Setup & Installation	Assignee:	Vincent PINON <vpinon>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	fritzibaby, julius.kuenzel, nicocarbone
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	20.04.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Snap
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nicolás Abel Carbone 2020-04-23 21:10:11 UTC

SUMMARY

I have kdenlive (recently updated to 20.04) installed via snap. When I try to enable vaapi acceleration, it says it is not available.

Installing Kdenlive via flatpak or .deb allows me to enable vaapi in the same PC. Not having vaapi acceleration in kdenlive is a really big handicap of the snap version.

As an example, obs-studio snap can access vaapi both for encoding and decoding.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install kdenlive via snap
2. Try to enable vaapi

OBSERVED RESULT
Kdenlive says vaapi is not available.

EXPECTED RESULT
Vaapi is enabled and works.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 20.04

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Installed via snap.

Comment 1 emohr 2020-04-27 15:15:05 UTC

Vaapi (GPU acceleration) is switched of due to stability reasons. Kdenlive team is working on implementation.

Comment 2 Nicolás Abel Carbone 2020-04-27 16:08:32 UTC

I don't know if I follow.
VAAPI acceleration works fine when installing kdenlive via .deb or flatpak. The stability reasons are only linked to snap?

Comment 3 Julius Künzel 2022-08-12 17:20:10 UTC

VAAPI is included in the new content snap, that Kdenlive uses now.