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Have tried OpenBsd a few times and liked it, but what holds me back is lack of support for liba/vaapi etc. I find myself wondering why this is a hurdle for OpenBsd as all of the other BSD family have it implemented without issue? Maybe someone could throw some light onto what makes it an obstacle?
Jun 24 · 2 months ago
do you really need vaapi? do you experience slowliness during video playback?
i played back videos with cpu on vesa cards in early linux times, vaapi did not exist, it was fine.
on why it is not supported in openbsd: too much work, not a big community, no business interest. who would do the work?
I mean OpenBSD is no good for power constrained applications. I have a X1 carbon with i7-6500U, I'm getting over 8W idle with obsdfreqd enabled!
🚀 mexon [OP] · Jun 28 at 09:40:
The reason I would rather use it is simple. Watch a video, either streaming or on a local disk, with vaapi enabled. Cpu Usage 2% Cpu Temp: Maybe a degree or so above idle. Fans: minimal to no rpm change. Without vaapi Cpu: 15% - or more Cpu Temp: 5-7 degree increase Fans: Noitceable increase in speed. To me its a no brainer. Even as far back as the GMA cards this has been available.