NixOS · Apr 18, 2020 · Apr 18, 2020
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@
 , libdrm ? null, wayland ? null, mesa_drivers ? null, libxkbcommon ? null # useOzone
 
 # package customization
-, useVaapi ? false
 , useOzone ? false
+, useVaapi ? !(useOzone || stdenv.isAarch64) # Built if supported, but disabled in the wrapper
+# VA-API TODOs:
+# - Ozone: M81 fails to build due to "ozone_platform_gbm = false"
+#   - Possible solutions: Write a patch to fix the build (wrong gn dependencies)
+#     or build with minigbm
+# - AArch64: Causes serious regressions (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/85253#issuecomment-614405879)
 , gnomeSupport ? false, gnome ? null
 , gnomeKeyringSupport ? false, libgnome-keyring3 ? null
 , proprietaryCodecs ? true
@@ -127,10 +132,10 @@ let
       libXScrnSaver libXcursor libXtst libGLU libGL
       pciutils protobuf speechd libXdamage at-spi2-core
       jre
-    ] ++ optional gnomeKeyringSupport libgnome-keyring3
+    ] ++ optional useVaapi libva
+      ++ optional gnomeKeyringSupport libgnome-keyring3
       ++ optionals gnomeSupport [ gnome.GConf libgcrypt ]
       ++ optionals cupsSupport [ libgcrypt cups ]
-      ++ optional useVaapi libva
       ++ optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio
       ++ optionals useOzone [ libdrm wayland mesa_drivers libxkbcommon ];
 
@@ -149,9 +154,9 @@ let
       #
       # ++ optionals (channel == "dev") [ ( githubPatch "<patch>" "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ) ]
       # ++ optional (versionRange "68" "72") ( githubPatch "<patch>" "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" )
-    ] ++ optionals (useVaapi) ([
-      # source: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/vaapi-fix.patch?h=chromium-vaapi
-      ./patches/vaapi-fix.patch
+    ] ++ optionals (useVaapi) ([ # Fixes for the VA-API build:
+      ./patches/enable-vdpau-support-for-nvidia.patch # https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/vdpau-support.patch?h=chromium-vaapi
+      ./patches/enable-video-acceleration-on-linux.patch # Can be controlled at runtime (i.e. without rebuilding Chromium)
     ] ++ optionals (versionRange "81" "82") [
       (githubPatch "5b2ff215473e0526b5b24aeff4ad90d369b21c75" "0n00vh8wfpn2ay5fqsxcsx0zadnv7mihm72bcvnrfzh75nzbg902")
       (githubPatch "98e343ab369e4262511b5fce547728e3e5eefba8" "00wwp653jk0k0yvix00vr7ymgck9dj7fxjwx4nc67ynn84dh6064")

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
 , lib
 
 # package customization
+# Note: enable* flags should not require full rebuilds (i.e. only affect the wrapper)
 , channel ? "stable"
 , gnomeSupport ? false, gnome ? null
 , gnomeKeyringSupport ? false
 , proprietaryCodecs ? true
 , enablePepperFlash ? false
 , enableWideVine ? false
-, useVaapi ? false # test video on radeon, before enabling this
+, useVaapi ? false # Deprecated, use enableVaapi instead!
+, enableVaapi ? false # Disabled by default due to unofficial support and issues on radeon
 , useOzone ? false
 , cupsSupport ? true
 , pulseSupport ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.isLinux
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ let
     upstream-info = (callPackage ./update.nix {}).getChannel channel;
 
     mkChromiumDerivation = callPackage ./common.nix ({
-      inherit gnome gnomeSupport gnomeKeyringSupport proprietaryCodecs cupsSupport pulseSupport useVaapi useOzone;
+      inherit gnome gnomeSupport gnomeKeyringSupport proprietaryCodecs cupsSupport pulseSupport useOzone;
       gnChromium = gn;
     } // lib.optionalAttrs (channel != "stable") {
       # TODO: Remove after we can update gn for the stable channel (backward incompatible changes):
@@ -127,6 +129,14 @@ let
         cp -a ${widevineCdm}/WidevineCdm $out/libexec/chromium/
       ''
     else browser;
+
+  optionalVaapiFlags = if useVaapi # TODO: Remove after 20.09:
+    then throw ''
+      Chromium's useVaapi was replaced by enableVaapi and you don't need to pass
+      "--ignore-gpu-blacklist" anymore (also no rebuilds are required anymore).
+    '' else lib.optionalString
+      (!enableVaapi)
+      "--add-flags --disable-accelerated-video-decode --add-flags --disable-accelerated-video-encode";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "chromium${suffix}-${version}";
   inherit version;
@@ -146,15 +156,14 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildCommand = let
     browserBinary = "${chromiumWV}/libexec/chromium/chromium";
     getWrapperFlags = plugin: "$(< \"${plugin}/nix-support/wrapper-flags\")";
-    libPath = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath ([]
-      ++ stdenv.lib.optional useVaapi libva
-    );
+    libPath = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libva ];
 
   in with stdenv.lib; ''
     mkdir -p "$out/bin"
 
     eval makeWrapper "${browserBinary}" "$out/bin/chromium" \
       --add-flags ${escapeShellArg (escapeShellArg commandLineArgs)} \
+      ${optionalVaapiFlags} \
       ${concatMapStringsSep " " getWrapperFlags chromium.plugins.enabled}
 
     ed -v -s "$out/bin/chromium" << EOF

diff --git a/...browsers/chromium/patches/vaapi-fix.patch → ...hes/enable-vdpau-support-for-nvidia.patch b/...browsers/chromium/patches/vaapi-fix.patch → ...hes/enable-vdpau-support-for-nvidia.patch
diff --git a/...pplications/networking/browsers/chromium/patches/enable-video-acceleration-on-linux.patch b/...pplications/networking/browsers/chromium/patches/enable-video-acceleration-on-linux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From b2144fd28e09cd52e7a88a62a9d9b54cf9922f9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Weiss <dev.primeos@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:16:10 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Enable accelerated video decode on Linux
+
+This will enable accelerated video decode on Linux by default (i.e.
+without "--ignore-gpu-blacklist"), but on NixOS we'll provide
+"--disable-accelerated-video-decode" and
+"--disable-accelerated-video-encode" by default to avoid regressions
+(e.g. VA-API doesn't work properly for some radeon drivers).
+
+Video acceleration can then be enabled via:
+chromium.override { enableVaapi = true; }
+without rebuilding Chromium.
+---
+ gpu/config/software_rendering_list.json | 16 ----------------
+ 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gpu/config/software_rendering_list.json b/gpu/config/software_rendering_list.json
+index 22712bdbf38f..a06dd19a50e4 100644
+--- a/gpu/config/software_rendering_list.json
++++ b/gpu/config/software_rendering_list.json
+@@ -336,22 +336,6 @@
+       ]
+     },
+     {
+-      "id": 48,
+-      "description": "Accelerated video decode is unavailable on Linux",
+-      "cr_bugs": [137247, 1032907],
+-      "os": {
+-        "type": "linux"
+-      },
+-      "exceptions": [
+-        {
+-          "machine_model_name": ["Chromecast"]
+-        }
+-      ],
+-      "features": [
+-        "accelerated_video_decode"
+-      ]
+-    },
+-    {
+       "id": 50,
+       "description": "Disable VMware software renderer on older Mesa",
+       "cr_bugs": [145531, 332596, 571899, 629434],
+-- 
+2.11.0
+