Getting hardware acceleration to work in Jellyfin with B580

Braedan · April 15, 2026, 5:08am

Hi. Im new to Linux and i am trying to get hardware acceleration to work on my b580 in Jellyfin. Tried both QSV and Vaapi. It streams fine without hardware acceleration. I read about Mesa drivers is that the answer? Dont want to do something stupid Thanks!

Storm · April 15, 2026, 5:14am

Hello,

Which video card do you have?
Which package format did you install Jellyfin? (.deb/flatpak/snaps)

Ponce-De-Leon · April 15, 2026, 10:09am

Welcome to the Forum!

I guess You mean the Intel Arc B580, yes?

Does Your System run in Wayland or X11? You can check that with the Terminal Command echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

When it shows You Wayland, You could try it with switching to X11/Xorg. To do that, go to the Login Screen. Click on Your Profile so that the Password Field appears. When it is appeared, You should see a Gear Icon in the bottom right Corner. Click on it and choose the ''Zorin Deskop on Xorg'' Option and then log in.

Braedan · April 15, 2026, 2:29pm

Thanks alot! Yes its the Arc B580. Happy to be here! It was Wayland by deafault it seems. I switched to Xorg but it did not solve it unfortunately.

Braedan · April 15, 2026, 2:31pm

I opened the programs "store" and installed it from there so i guess it is flatpak then right? Thanks for your help in my Linux quest

Storm · April 15, 2026, 3:01pm

If possible try go to store and see if a .deb package is available.

If not, you need to install flatseal to setup Jellyfin to use GPU. Flatpaks and snap runs in sandbox.

Forpli · April 15, 2026, 3:15pm

You can also try the .deb file for noble:

jellyfin-media-player_1.12.0-noble.deb

In the software store I found no .deb (Zorin apt) package.

Braedan · April 15, 2026, 6:50pm

I installed flatseal and when i selected Jellyfin it already showed Hardware acceleration as being toggled ON. Is there anything else that needs to be toggled on. I really appreciate all the help.

Storm · April 15, 2026, 7:09pm

Give the output of this command:

sudo apt install inxi
inxi -Ga

Braedan · April 16, 2026, 4:29am

Device-1: Intel driver: xe v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
ports: active: HDMI-A-3 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2,
HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:e20b class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: gnome-shell v: 46.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: xe display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-3 model: Philips 27M2N3500N serial: UK02429029566
built: 2024 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa
v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa
Intel Arc B580 Graphics (BMG G21) device-ID: 8086:e20b memory: 11.65 GiB
unified: no display-ID: :0.0