libvdpau ☆
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Description:
Open source Video Decode and Presentation API library
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Multimedia
Tags: video multimedia gpu driver playback
Install: brew install libvdpau
About:
Libvdpau is an open-source library designed to provide the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix-like systems. It acts as a hardware-accelerated bridge between video players and the GPU, offloading video decoding tasks to reduce CPU usage. This enables smoother playback of high-resolution video formats like H.264 and HEVC on supported hardware.
Key Features:
  • Hardware-accelerated video decoding
  • VAAPI and VDPAU backend support
  • OpenGL-based video rendering
  • Zero-copy texture transfer
Use Cases:
  • High-performance video playback in media players
  • Reducing CPU load during 4K video streaming
Alternatives:
  • VAAPI – Intel's Video Acceleration API, often used as a backend for Libvdpau on Intel hardware
  • Vulkan Video – Modern low-overhead API gaining support for hardware video decoding
Version History
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Sep 16, 2025 10:40am 0 VERSION_BUMP 9e112af1
Sep 17, 2023 10:22am 0 VERSION_BUMP 579ba0f8
Jan 18, 2023 11:20pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 80821590
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