Gaming Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version #77db

Chapter 8. Graphics Drivers

NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver-0.0.14

Introduction to NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver

The NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver package provides a VA-API driver for NVIDIA-580.105.08, using NVDEC under the hood without requiring the CUDA nvcc compiler. It doesn't provide encoding support, but provides decoding support for various codecs. If you are not using NVIDIA-580.105.08, skip this package.

NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver Dependencies

Required
libdrm-2.4.129, libva-2.22.0, nv-codec-headers-13.0.19.0 (ffnvcodec), and libglvnd-1.7.0

Recommended
GStreamer-Suite-1.26.8 (Required for VP9 codec support, often used for streaming sites like YouTube and Twitch)

Optional
NVIDIA-580.105.08 (the runfile's open kernel module files for header regeneration)

Installation of NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver

Install NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Installation of lib32-NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver

Install lib32-NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver by running the following commands: 

rm -rf * &&
CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32"         \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig \
meson setup --prefix=/usr            \
            --libdir=/usr/lib32      \
            --buildtype=release      \
            .. &&

ninja

Now, as the root user: 

DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR ninja install    &&
cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32 &&
rm -rf DESTDIR                        &&
ldconfig

Command Explanations

[Note]

Note

Inspect meson_options.txt or meson.options for a full list of options.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed VA-API drivers: nvidia_drv_video (in /usr/lib/dri)
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

nvidia_drv_video

is the NVIDIA VA-API driver using NVDEC under the hood