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--- general:firefox [2022/02/05 07:33] – sunkan
+++ general:firefox [2025/03/13 07:12] (current) – sunkan
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 ====== HW video decoding using VAAPI ======
+For it to work with firejail one needs to ignore ''noroot''.
+~/.config/firejail/firefox.local:
+<code>
+# Allows HW video decode
+ignore noroot
+</code>
 ===== Update 2022-02-05 =====
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       VAProfileVP9Profile2            : VAEntrypointVLD
       VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
+</code>
+==== To check if HW decoding is active ====
+On newer AMD
+<code>
+while true; do cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_pm_info | grep ^VCN; sleep 1; done
+</code>
+On Intel - check for Video engine activity
+<code>
+intel_gpu_top
 </code>
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 If you then go to "Settings | Phone and audio" you should see that "Receive incoming calls" is now enabled.
+====== Arkenfox ======
+===== Custom overrides =====
+<code>
+/* override recipe: enable session restore ***/
+user_pref("browser.startup.page", 3); // 0102
+  // user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false); // 0110 required if you had it set as true
+  // user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 0); // 1003 optional to restore cookies/formdata
+user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false); // 2811 FF127 or lower
+user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown_v2.historyFormDataAndDownloads", false); // 2811 FF128+
+/* 2812: set/enforce clearOnShutdown items [FF136+] ***/
+user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown_v2.browsingHistoryAndDownloads", false); // [DEFAULT: true]
+// 2820 optional to match when you use settings>Cookies and Site Data>Clear Data
+  // user_pref("privacy.clearSiteData.historyFormDataAndDownloads", false); // FF128+
+// 2830 optional to match when you use Ctrl-Shift-Del (settings>History>Custom Settings>Clear History)
+  // user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", false); // FF127 or lower
+  // user_pref("privacy.clearHistory.historyFormDataAndDownloads", false); // FF128+
+/* 2611: disable middle mouse click opening links from clipboard
+ * [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/10089 ***/
+user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", true);
+</code>