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Port details on branch 2026Q1
libva-nvidia-driver NVDEC-based backend for VAAPI
0.0.16 multimedia on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 0.0.16Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: jbeich@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-01-29 14:06:06
Last Update: 2026-02-26 00:52:40
Commit Hash: c36deb8
License: MIT
WWW:
https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver
Description:
This is an VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend. This implementation is specifically designed to be used by Firefox for accelerated decode of web content, and may not operate correctly in other applications.
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Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. lib/dri/nvidia-drm_drv_video.so
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/libva-nvidia-driver-0.0.16/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/libva-nvidia-driver-0.0.16/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/libva-nvidia-driver-0.0.16/MIT
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • libva-nvidia-driver>0:multimedia/libva-nvidia-driver
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/libva-nvidia-driver/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/libva-nvidia-driver
  • pkg install libva-nvidia-driver
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: libva-nvidia-driver
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: amd64
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1771528596 SHA256 (elFarto-nvidia-vaapi-driver-v0.0.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 799244cab5ace62b6354e429bd56faa83045470c438fbea13690b4d06754eb8b SIZE (elFarto-nvidia-vaapi-driver-v0.0.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 185187
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
libva-nvidia-driver
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FreeBSD:14:latest-0.0.15------
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FreeBSD:16:latest-0.0.15n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. libdrm>=2.4.60,1 : graphics/libdrm
  2. ffnvcodec-headers>=11.1.5.1 : multimedia/ffnvcodec-headers
  3. libva>=2.8.0 : multimedia/libva
  4. meson : devel/meson
  5. ninja : devel/ninja
  6. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  7. gstreamer1-plugins-bad>=1.26.10 : multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins-bad
  8. gstreamer1-plugins>=1.26.10 : multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins
Runtime dependencies:
  1. gstreamer1-plugins-bad>=1.26.10 : multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins-bad
  2. gstreamer1-plugins>=1.26.10 : multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins
Library dependencies:
  1. libEGL.so : graphics/libglvnd
  2. libgstreamer-1.0.so : multimedia/gstreamer1
There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for libva-nvidia-driver-0.0.16: GSTREAMER=on: Multimedia support via GStreamer ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
multimedia_libva-nvidia-driver
USES:
compiler:c11 gl meson pkgconfig gstreamer:1
pkg-message:
For install:
To use VA-API in apps like Firefox make sure DRM and CUDA are enabled e.g., # pkg install nvidia-drm-kmod linux-nvidia-libs libc6-shim libva-utils # sysrc kld_list+=nvidia-drm # service kld restart $ test -e /dev/dri/renderD* || bsddialog --title Error --msgbox "nvidia-drm-kmod failed" 0 0 $ test -n "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" || export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia-drm $ test -n "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" || setenv LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME nvidia-drm $ nv-sglrun vainfo $ nv-sglrun firefox Note, legacy nvidia-driver series like 470 or older are not supported by nvidia-drm-kmod required by this package. Consider using libva-vdpau-driver instead.
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver/tar.gz/v0.0.16?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
0.0.16
26 Feb 2026 00:52:40
commit hash: c36deb89dce6d28572c00ea6fc0ad4d79dddca38commit hash: c36deb89dce6d28572c00ea6fc0ad4d79dddca38commit hash: c36deb89dce6d28572c00ea6fc0ad4d79dddca38commit hash: c36deb89dce6d28572c00ea6fc0ad4d79dddca38 files touched by this commit		 Jan Beich (jbeich) search for other commits by this committer 
multimedia/libva-nvidia-driver: update to 0.0.16

Changes:	https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver/releases/tag/v0.0.16
Reported by:	GitHub (watch releases)

(cherry picked from commit 7a2113d710981e51d45224a69385f1d703fbd655)
0.0.15
29 Jan 2026 14:03:00
commit hash: f3f0d0327f5f8a296f89b9aa0752ff67c6da2a5dcommit hash: f3f0d0327f5f8a296f89b9aa0752ff67c6da2a5dcommit hash: f3f0d0327f5f8a296f89b9aa0752ff67c6da2a5dcommit hash: f3f0d0327f5f8a296f89b9aa0752ff67c6da2a5d files touched by this commit		 Jan Beich (jbeich) search for other commits by this committer 
multimedia/libva-nvidia-driver: update to 0.0.15

Changes:	https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver/releases/tag/v0.0.15
Reported by:	GitHub (watch releases)

(cherry picked from commit 1a45e2230830393fbeb7cc885b4a7d9886f88d5b)

Number of commits found: 2
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