---
name: "vdpauinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vdpauinfo"
version: "1.5-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vdpauinfo"
---

# vdpauinfo(1)

query VDPAU capabilities

## NAME

vdpauinfo - query VDPAU capabilities

## SYNOPSIS

**vdpauinfo** \[**--screen** *screen\_number*\] \[**--display** *displayname*\]

## DESCRIPTION

vdpauinfo is a command-line tool that can query the capabilities of the system's VDPAU implementation.

## OPTIONS

- **--screen** *screen\_number*

  *X screen to query*

- **--display** *displayname*

  *Server to query*

- **--help**

  Print help text

## ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables can influence the behavior of vdpauinfo.

- **VDPAU\_DRIVER**

  Setting this variable will cause libvdpau to select a non-default backend. For example, to run on an Intel IGPU via VA, set it to **va\_gl**

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **vdpauinfo** and **vdpau** can be found at:

**\<https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/VDPAU/\>**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Luca Boccassi \<luca.boccassi@gmail.com\> for the Debian project.