I have an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and am using Mesa 26.2.3.
From all I could gather, I don’t have VA-API encoding for h.264 and HEVC.
I made sure to follow the instructions for multimedia over on rpmfusion.org, installing additional codecs and the freeworld VA and Vulkan drivers, which I did a while ago and verified recently, but I still have the issue. Is support for encoding those codecs even available for RDNA4 at the time?
I’m on f45 currently but yes they should be there:
vainfo
Trying display: wayland
libva info: VA-API version 1.24.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri-nonfree/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri-freeworld/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_0
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.24 (libva 2.24.0)
vainfo: Driver version: VA-API NVDEC driver [direct backend]
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP8Version0_3 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileAV1Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain12 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444_12 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
ls /usr/lib64/dri/.
apple_dri.so ili9225_dri.so mali-dp_dri.so r300_dri.so sun4i-drm_dri.so
armada-drm_dri.so ili9341_dri.so mcde_dri.so r600_dri.so swrast_dri.so
asahi_dri.so ili9486_dri.so mediatek_dri.so r600_drv_video.so tegra_dri.so
crocus_dri.so imx-dcss_dri.so meson_dri.so radeonsi_dri.so udl_dri.so
d3d12_dri.so imx-drm_dri.so mi0283qt_dri.so radeonsi_drv_video.so v3d_dri.so
d3d12_drv_video.so imx-lcdif_dri.so msm_dri.so rcar-du_dri.so vc4_dri.so
etnaviv_dri.so ingenic-drm_dri.so mxsfb-drm_dri.so repaper_dri.so virtio_gpu_dri.so
exynos_dri.so iris_dri.so nouveau_dri.so rockchip_dri.so virtio_gpu_drv_video.so
gm12u320_dri.so kgsl_dri.so nouveau_drv_video.so rzg2l-du_dri.so vkms_dri.so
hdlcd_dri.so kirin_dri.so nvidia_drv_video.so ssd130x_dri.so vmwgfx_dri.so
hx8357d_dri.so kms_swrast_dri.so panel-mipi-dbi_dri.so st7586_dri.so zink_dri.so
i915_dri.so komeda_dri.so panfrost_dri.so st7735r_dri.so zynqmp-dpsub_dri.so
iHD_drv_video.so libdril_dri.so panthor_dri.so sti_dri.so
ili9163_dri.so lima_dri.so pl111_dri.so stm_dri.so
But we need some info and specs please
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You are using an NVIDIA GPU. This affects AMD and possibly only RDNA4.
EDIT: Attaching specs
System:
Host: alpha-craft-Fedora Kernel: 7.2.7-200.fc44.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 16.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd2,gpt5)/boot/vmlinuz-7.2.7-200.fc44.x86_64
root=UUID=87c496a8-ca2a-45fb-a20b-e034ec813fc4 ro rhgb quiet
initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.7.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.30.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE
Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG Z590 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7D08)
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.A0 date: 07/11/2024
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Rocket Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0xA7 (167) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x65
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 5100 min/max: 800/5100:5300 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 5100 2: 5100 3: 5100
4: 5100 5: 5100 6: 5100 7: 5100 8: 5100 9: 5100 10: 5100 11: 5100 12: 5100
13: 5100 14: 5100 15: 5100 16: 5100 bogomips: 112128
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection mitigation: Aligned branch/return thunks
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel RocketLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 750] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
built: 2020-21 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2,
HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4c8a class-ID: 0380
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 [Radeon RX 9070/9070
XT/9070 GRE] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-4
code: Navi-4x process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2025+ pcie: gen: 5
speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-4,HDMI-A-5
empty: DP-2,DP-3,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7550
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: ARC Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 05a3:9331
class-ID: 0102 serial: Ucamera001
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-4 pos: primary,left model: Acer SB271 serial: 554150262
built: 2022 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 75 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-5 pos: right model: Acer SB271 serial: 288861015
built: 2021 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 75 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: iris device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi
surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 26.2.3 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (radeonsi gfx1201 ACO
DRM 3.64 7.2.7-200.fc44.x86_64) device-ID: 1002:7550 memory: 15.62 GiB
unified: no display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 9070 XT (RADV GFX1201) driver: mesa radv v: 26.2.3
device-ID: 1002:7550 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RKL GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 26.2.3
device-ID: 8086:4c8a surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 22.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 26.2.3 (LLVM 22.1.8)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: amdgpu_top, lact, radeontop
wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 500 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab40 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: ARC Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 05a3:9331
class-ID: 0102 serial: Ucamera001
Device-4: Micro Star USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:4
chip-ID: 0db0:4240 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k7.2.7-200.fc44.x86_64 status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: d8:bb:c1:55:a0:18
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 08:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: 9a:2c:50:68:54:01
IF-ID-1: br-728aa8282491 state: down mac: ea:24:ae:ac:be:d6
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: 9a:9f:1d:46:5d:ab
IF-ID-3: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:9 chip-ID: 8087:0032
class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: 1C:99:57:B9:A4:55
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff
link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 2.84 TiB (44.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 4TB
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: S7DPNF0Y323337K fw-rev: 8B2QJXD7 temp: 43.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS1000G
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: 50026B7685CC668F fw-rev: S8442105 temp: 41.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2UB102
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: ZFL5YN41 fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.88 GiB size: 457.5 GiB (98.20%)
used: 302.18 GiB (66.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 48.2 MiB (50.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 35.4 MiB (0.4%) priority: 100
comp: lzo-rle avail: lzo,lz4,lz4hc,zstd,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 43.0 C
mem: 66.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 48 GiB note: est. available: 46.84 GiB
used: 14.52 GiB (31.0%)
Processes: 547 Power: uptime: 1d 1h 41m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 4 hibernate: disabled image: 18.66 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, thermald, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm
tools: dnf,yum pm: flatpak pkgs: 113 Compilers: clang: 22.1.8 alt: 19
gcc: 16.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.41
I’m very aware of that. 
I’m told still though support is there for RDNA 4 hardware.
Can I see this please:
vainfo
Look for VAProfileH264Main and VAProfileHEVCMain with VAEntrypointEncSlice to confirm encoding support.
Oh yeah, apologies. Also, I am also aware that RDNA4 hardware itself has support for that encoding, but the driver seems to have an issue.
Here’s the output of vainfo.
Trying display: wayland
libva info: VA-API version 1.23.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri-nonfree/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri-freeworld/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_23
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.23 (libva 2.23.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 26.2.3 for AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (radeonsi, gfx1201, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.2.7-200.fc44.x86_64)
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileAV1Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileAV1Profile0 : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileAV1Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
Thank You
I know you followed the given link, but please check these are installed:
sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf install libavcodec-freeworld
If the Codec is still missing in (vainfo) then I’m stumped. 
First command fails because it’s already installed.
Second and third fail because those packages don’t exist.
EDIT: The third one worked. Must have mistyped. It’s already installed.
Dang The first one should be enough for your codecs mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
See This:
Name : mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
Version : 26.2.3
Release : 1.fc45
Architecture : i686
Size : 14 M
Source : mesa-freeworld-26.2.3-1.fc45.src.rpm
Repository : rpmfusion-free
Summary : Mesa-based VA-API drivers
URL : https://mesa3d.org
License : MIT AND BSD-3-Clause AND SGI-B-2.0
Description : These drivers contains video acceleration codecs for decoding/encoding H.264 and H.265
: algorithms and decoding only VC1 algorithm.
Name : mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
Version : 26.2.3
Release : 1.fc45
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 14 M
Source : mesa-freeworld-26.2.3-1.fc45.src.rpm
Repository : rpmfusion-free
Summary : Mesa-based VA-API drivers
URL : https://mesa3d.org
License : MIT AND BSD-3-Clause AND SGI-B-2.0
Description : These drivers contains video acceleration codecs for decoding/encoding H.264 and H.265
: algorithms and decoding only VC1 algorithm.
Bug Time maybe?
I swear I read that support for those is missing in the Mesa drivers for RDNA4, but I don’t know where.
I’ve opened a Ticket at AMD so lets see how this pans out.
They are pretty fast at replying for me… Oopps Did I just whammy myself.
They are for the Proprietary AMD Drivers (Limited Support)
So the codecs are only supported on the proprietary drivers?
No, open source (kernel driver) is the best option ATM.
I know they’re the best overall, though I am confused as to whether those codecs are currently supported.
If I/myself had your card, I’d at least give them a go.
That’s just me though, the choice should be yours. 
You mean giving the proprietary drivers a go? Because I’m already using the FOSS ones.
Yes! In the spirit of just testing.
Maybe a system snapshot before installing the driver though. (Automatic for me)
Good Luck and keep your post updated please.
Snapshottint ain’t a thing for me because I decided to use ext4. And I don’t have the time or energy to mess with my system that much. University starting tomorrow…
Timeshift is good on ext4 just sayin.
Not sure I’d touch it then…just bare it out then and hope a update comes in with a fix…
Study Hard.
I really hope there will be updates. At least I can play VR fine due to Vulkan encoding, but for stuff like video recording via OBS Studio or screen sharing via Discord … sucks to have those missing.
If you want encode try buying a nvidia card next time as AMD suck at encode due to no AMF supported driver for most distro’s.
If it’s a must try using Redhat OS eg: Centos.