vainfo
Display VA-API video acceleration info
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
vainfo [--display type] [--device path] [options]
DESCRIPTION
vainfo displays information about the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support available on the system. It queries the GPU driver and reports which video encoding and decoding profiles are supported, such as H.264, HEVC, VP9, and AV1.The output includes the VA-API driver name, version, and a list of supported profiles with their entry points (encoding, decoding, video processing). This information is essential for diagnosing hardware video acceleration issues and verifying that the correct VA-API driver is loaded for the GPU.
PARAMETERS
--display TYPE
Display backend type: drm, x11, or wayland.--device PATH
DRM device path (e.g., /dev/dri/renderD128). Only used with --display drm.-a, --all
Show all supported attributes for each profile/entrypoint pair.--help
Show help.
CAVEATS
Requires VA-API drivers installed (e.g., intel-media-driver, mesa-va-drivers). Output is GPU and driver specific. Part of the libva-utils package.
HISTORY
vainfo is part of libva-utils, providing information about VA-API (Video Acceleration API) support.
SEE ALSO
vdpauinfo(1), glxinfo(1), vulkaninfo(1), ffmpeg(1)
