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Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime 2024Q1 Brings VP9 Fix & AV1 Refinements

Overnight Intel released their oneVPL GPU Runtime 2024Q1 release for this media stack component to their oneAPI software collection.

The oneVPL GPU Runtime builds atop VA-API to allow for AV1, VP9, AVC, VP8, and other formats supported for accelerated encode/decode. With the oneVPL GPU Runtime 2024Q1 release there are improvements for AV1, an important fix for VP9, and various other changes: - Fixed stuck issue for VP9 decoding - Fixed MPEG2 and JPEG decoding crash issue - Refined AV1 encoding reference frame structure for low delay frames to improve encoding quality - Enabled AV1 encoding additional forward reference for P/GPB frames on TU1 - Fixed reset API returns buffer not enough in AV1 CQP mode - Added IDR flag to VP9 intra frames to support bitstream packing Downloads and more details on this quarterly update to Intel's open-source oneVPL GPU Runtime software via GitHub.

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