intel-media-25.4.6Linux
Intel Media Driver 2025Q4 Release - 25.4.6
Added 1
- Initial upstreaming of NVL-S (NovaLake) Decode and Video Processing for future platform support
Changed 2
- Disabled VDENC rowstore caching for AV1 wide frames (width > 2048 pixels) on PTL+ to align HW design
- Enabled AV1 Encode LUT Rounding under CQP on Xe2 for better quality
Fixed 1
- Added proper status checking for AV1 decoder initialization on Xe3_LPM_base platforms to ensure initialization failures are correctly handled
Removed 1
- Removed MPEG2 decode support for the NVL+ platform variant
Official quarterly release including some enhancements and key fixes.
Dependencies
- GmmLib: intel-gmmlib-22.9.0
- Libva: 2.23.0
Supported Platforms
- BDW (Broadwell)
- SKL (Skylake)
- BXTx (BXT: Broxton, APL: Apollo Lake, GLK: Gemini Lake)
- KBLx (KBL: Kaby Lake, CFL: Coffe Lake, WHL: Whiskey Lake, CML: Comet Lake, AML: Amber Lake)
- ICL (Ice Lake)
- JSL (Jasper Lake) / EHL (Elkhart Lake)
- TGLx (TGL: Tiger Lake, RKL: Rocket Lake, ADL-S/P/N: Alder Lake, RPL-S/P: Raptor Lake)
- DG1/SG1
- Alchemist(DG2)/ATSM
- MTLx (MTL: Meteor Lake, ARL-S/H: Arrow Lake)
- LNL (Lunar Lake)
- BMG (Battlemage)
- PTL (Panther Lake)
- NVL (Nova Lake)
What's New
List of new features comparing to previous release as below. You could refer to Readme for more information.
Key Changes and Platform Enablement
- NVL-S (NovaLake) Upstreaming: Initial upstreaming of the NVL-S Decode and Video Processing for future platform support.
- AV1 Decoder Fix: Added proper status checking for AV1 decoder initialization on Xe3_LPM_base platforms to ensure initialization failures are correctly handled.
- MPEG2 Decode Removal: Removed MPEG2 decode support for the NVL+ platform variant.
- AV1 Encode Enhancements:
- Disabled VDENC rowstore caching for AV1 wide frames (width > 2048 pixels) on PTL+ to align HW design.
- Enabled AV1 Encode LUT Rounding under CQP on Xe2 for better quality.
Known issues
- Refer to known-issues-and-limitations and Existing-Known-Issue-List.