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Firefox 137 Beta Now Available With VA-API Accelerated H.265/HEVC On Linux


With Firefox 136 released, Mozilla has promoted Firefox 137 to its beta phase.

HEVC VA-API support is enabled for Firefox 137 Linux builds to provide a better GPU-accelerated video playback experience on the Linux desktop with the Video Acceleration API being supported across multiple drivers / GPU vendors. About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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