[Bug 1688592] [NEW] Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery

[Paul Menzel]

Public bug reported:

Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding
of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the
main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs
more efficiently saving energy.

Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the
Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the
interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in
current Intel processors.

The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years.

Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using
Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one
battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time.

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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