Changes/VA-API 1.0.0

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VA-API 1.0.0

Summary

This change is about upgrading libva and others to version 2.0. This change affects several video players as there are both API and ABI changes. This will allow some VA-API backends to be updated, improving support for recent hardware.

Owner

• Name: Nicolas Chauvet
• Email: kwizart@fedoraproject.org
• Release notes owner:
• Product: Workstation
• Responsible WG:

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 28
• Last updated: 2018-01-23
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number (a check of an impact with Release Engineering is needed)
  • List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
• Blocks product? product

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)