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 VA-API (Video Acceleration API) user mode driver for Intel GEN Graphics family
 
+**Note: This is an older driver, for Gen 8 and newer please use the [media-driver](https://github.com/intel/media-driver). This driver does support Gen 4 to Gen 10 GPUs, but is not being developed further.**
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 VA-API is an open-source library and API specification, which
 provides access to graphics hardware acceleration capabilities
 for video processing. It consists of a main library and