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Remove deprecated flags from Chromium HW Acceleration Page #397

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Revise ozone platform hints and notes for GPU settings
thegreatGreenstar Apr 28, 2026
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Removed obselete note about X11 and Wayland flags.
thegreatGreenstar Apr 28, 2026
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24 changes: 8 additions & 16 deletions src/content/docs/configuration/enabling_hardware_acceleration_in_google_chrome.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ This guide is extensible. If you have a working hardware acceleration setup for
--use-gl=angle
--use-angle=vulkan
--enable-features=Vulkan,VulkanFromANGLE,DefaultANGLEVulkan,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL,AcceleratedVideoEncoder,VaapiIgnoreDriverChecks,UseMultiPlaneFormatForHardwareVideo
--ozone-platform-hint=x11
```

**Notes:** Leverages Vulkan (via ANGLE) and VA-API. `--ozone-platform-hint=x11` can be useful even on Wayland for certain acceleration paths.
**Notes:** Leverages Vulkan (via ANGLE) and VA-API. `--ozone-platform=x11` may be useful on Wayland for certain acceleration paths.


### Nvidia RTX 4090 (Vivaldi)

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ Alternatively you can do the following for KDE:
```
5. Launch Vivaldi and pin the process to your Task Manager / taskbar


### AMD Radeon RX 550 (UnGoogled Chromium)

* **Browser:** UnGoogled Chromium
Expand All @@ -187,17 +188,9 @@ Alternatively you can do the following for KDE:

```bash
--enable-wayland-ime
--ozone-platform=wayland
--enable-features=AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL,AcceleratedVideoEncoder,WaylandSessionManagement,WaylandTextInputV3,WaylandUiScale,WaylandWindowDecorations
```

**Notes:**

If you're using X11, use this:
```bash
--ozone-platform=x11
--enable-features=AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL,AcceleratedVideoEncoder
```

### Nvidia RTX 5070 TI (Brave)

Expand All @@ -216,7 +209,6 @@ If you're using X11, use this:
- Sometimes inspecting the `media` tab on a YouTube video will show Hardware acceleration, sometimes not.



### Brave - 7700xt (Contributed by DaJRJesus)

* **Browser:** Brave
Expand All @@ -230,11 +222,11 @@ If you're using X11, use this:
--enable-gpu-rasterization
--enable-zero-copy
--enable-features=AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL,AcceleratedVideoEncoder,CanvasOopRasterization,VaapiIgnoreDriverChecks,UseMultiPlaneFormatForHardwareVideo
--ozone-platform-hint=auto
```

**Notes:**
Works on Wayland. Disabling "Ambient Mode" in YouTube settings is required to prevent UI lag.
Disabling "Ambient Mode" in YouTube settings is required to prevent UI lag.


### Vivaldi - AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (Contributed by tTrmc)

Expand All @@ -248,15 +240,16 @@ Works on Wayland. Disabling "Ambient Mode" in YouTube settings is required to pr
--ignore-gpu-blocklist
--enable-gpu-rasterization
--enable-zero-copy
--ozone-platform=wayland
--enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL,AcceleratedVideoEncoder,VaapiIgnoreDriverChecks,UseMultiPlaneFormatForHardwareVideo
```

**Notes:**
- Tested on CachyOS with kernel 6.19.11-1-cachyos, Mesa 26.0.3, GNOME (Wayland), display 2560x1440.
- Confirmed working: `vivaldi://gpu` shows Video Decode and Video Encode as "Hardware accelerated". Full codec support for H264, VP9, HEVC, AV1 decoding and H264, AV1 encoding. DevTools Media tab shows `VaapiVideoDecoder` as the active decoder.
- The RX 9070 XT (RDNA 4) may be on Chromium's GPU blocklist, so `--ignore-gpu-blocklist` is required.
- The log may show a warning: `'--ozone-platform=wayland' is not compatible with Vulkan` — this does not prevent hardware acceleration from working. You can alternatively use `--ozone-platform-hint=auto` if you prefer.
- The log may show a warning: `'--ozone-platform=wayland' is not compatible with Vulkan` — this does not prevent hardware acceleration from working.


### Google Chrome - AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (Contributed by naknak)

* **Browser:** Google Chrome
Expand All @@ -269,7 +262,6 @@ Works on Wayland. Disabling "Ambient Mode" in YouTube settings is required to pr
--ignore-gpu-blocklist
--enable-gpu-rasterization
--enable-zero-copy
--ozone-platform-hint=auto
--use-gl=angle
--use-angle=vulkan
--enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxGL,AcceleratedVideoDecodeLinuxZeroCopyGL,AcceleratedVideoEncoder,VaapiIgnoreDriverChecks,UseMultiPlaneFormatForHardwareVideo,Vulkan,VulkanFromANGLE,DefaultANGLEVulkan
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