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mpv on ChromeOS with Hardware acceleration (iamarya2k24.github.io)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I recently started using my Chromebook more and was struggling to find a way to make the video playback smoother when using mpv running on ChromeOS.

I quickly realized the default config doesn't use hardware accel on ChromeOS as it is disabled for crostini.

I wrote a guide on how to enable it and use a custom config to enhance the user experience.

GitHub repo is a fork modified to enable mpv hw accel support in crostini.

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[–] 16 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Chrome OS is a surveillance tool for Google and authorities, and should be illegal to give to minors.
It's actually illegal in EU, except for some reason EU is giving it a pass.

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    • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Neat, I might have to try this out the next time I pull out my Chromebook. I did use it for a while when my desktop was out of commission, and this was the biggest issue I ran into. Had to dial YouTube videos down to 240p to get decent playback.

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    • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Does ChromeOS report everything you do to Google?

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 8 months ago*

    The Linux container is sand-boxed. but the chrome browser does by default send a lot of metrics back to Google.

    EDIT: I only bought this device for experiments. It is a very low end, efficient laptop. I don't use it for anything else.

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    • [–] [S] 5 points 8 months ago

    Source repo can be found here has instructions for standard Windows & Linux (separate branches).

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