This document shows the status of Chrome Media Recorder usage of hardware accelerated capabilities on the different platforms and hardwares. Updated Feb 2018.
| Encoder | Mac | Android | Windows | Linux | ChromeOs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H264 | ✔ | ✘ (1) | ✔ (2) | ✘ | ✔ (4) |
| VP8 | ✘ | ✔ (3) | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ (4) |
| VP9 | ✘ | ✔ (3) | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ (5) |
- (1) crbug.com/719024
- (2) Available in Win8.1+ and Cr ≥ 58.0.3023.0 (crbug.com/590060)
- (3) Cr ≥ M60.0.3088.0 (crbug.com/638664)
- (4) Cr ≥ M65.0.3324.0 on ARM devices only (crbug.com/616659), not on Intel devices (crbug.com/794608).
- (5) crbug.com/811912
Support in Chrome for hardware accelerate encoding in Chrome OS depends on the actual chipset; the following table is
| Chipset | H264 | VP8 | VP9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Atom (2014) | ✔ | ||
| Intel Broadwell (2014) | ✔ | ||
| Intel Atom (2015) | ✔ | ||
| Intel Skylake (2015) | ✔ | ||
| Intel Kabylake (2017) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Exynos 5250 (ARM) | ✔ | ||
| Exynos 5420/5800 (ARM) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Tegra T124/T132 (ARM) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Rockchip 3288 (ARM) | ✔ | ||
| MediaTek 8173 (ARM) | ✔ | ✔ |