VA-API
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The main motivation for VA-API (Video Acceleration API) is to enable hardware accelerated video decode and encode at various entry-points (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation etc.) for the prevailing coding standards today (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1/VMW3, and JPEG).
VA-API is split into several modules: