▁hardware ▁and ▁manufact ur ers ▁can ▁freely ▁use ▁this ▁open ▁standard ▁API ▁for ▁hardware ▁acceler ated ▁video ▁processing ▁with ▁their ▁own ▁hardware ▁without ▁pay ing ▁a ▁royal ty ▁fee . ▁ ▁Over view ▁ ▁The ▁main ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁V A - API ▁is ▁to ▁enable ▁hardware - ac cel er ated ▁video ▁decode ▁at ▁various ▁entry - points ▁( V LD , ▁ID CT , ▁motion ▁compens ation , ▁de block ing ) ▁for ▁the ▁prev ail ing ▁coding ▁standards ▁today ▁( MP EG - 2 , ▁M PE G - 4 ▁ASP / H . 2 6 3 , ▁M PE G - 4 ▁A VC / H . 2 6 4 , ▁H . 2 6 5 / HE VC , ▁and ▁V C - 1 / WM V 3 ). ▁Ext ending ▁X v MC ▁was ▁considered , ▁but ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁original ▁design ▁for ▁M PE G - 2 ▁Mot ion Comp ▁only , ▁it ▁made ▁more ▁sense ▁to ▁design ▁an ▁interface ▁from ▁scratch ▁that ▁can ▁fully ▁expose ▁the ▁video ▁decode ▁capabilities ▁in ▁today ' s ▁GPU s . ▁ ▁Support ed ▁hardware ▁and ▁drivers ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁V A - API ▁is ▁n atively ▁supported ▁by : ▁ ▁Intel ▁Quick ▁S ync ▁open - source ▁drivers ▁for ▁Linux ▁ ▁M esa ▁open - source ▁drivers ▁for ▁A MD ▁and ▁Intel ▁graphics ▁cards ▁ ▁A MD G PU - PRO ▁drivers ▁for ▁A MD ▁graphics ▁cards ▁on ▁Linux ▁ ▁N vidia ▁propriet