--- title: NVK Vulkan Video Merged For Mesa 26.3 | daily.dev description: Initial NVK Vulkan Video support has been merged into Mesa 26.3-devel, enabling H.264 decoding on the open-source NVIDIA driver stack. H.265 decode work exists... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nvk-vulkan-video-merged-for-mesa-26-3-grsvw11v9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: NVK Vulkan Video Merged For Mesa 26.3 | daily.dev og:description: Initial NVK Vulkan Video support has been merged into Mesa 26.3-devel, enabling H.264 decoding on the open-source NVIDIA driver stack. H.265 decode work exists... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nvk-vulkan-video-merged-for-mesa-26-3-grsvw11v9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gRSVW11V9.png og:image:alt: NVK Vulkan Video Merged For Mesa 26.3 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # NVK Vulkan Video Merged For Mesa 26.3 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Initial NVK Vulkan Video support has been merged into Mesa 26.3-devel, enabling H.264 decoding on the open-source NVIDIA driver stack. H.265 decode work exists but currently hangs the NVIDIA GSP, so it remains unusable for now. Because Vulkan Video depends on the GPU System Processor, only Turing and newer NVIDIA GPUs are supported. The feature also requires a Nouveau kernel patch merged for Linux 7.3. Mesa 26.3 debuts as stable in Q4, around the same time as Linux 7.3, after years of reverse-engineering and Rust driver infrastructure work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does the open-source NVK driver support Vulkan Video decoding on NVIDIA GPUs? Yes, initial NVK Vulkan Video support with H.264 decoding merged into Mesa 26.3-devel. H.265 decode work exists but currently causes the NVIDIA GPU System Processor (GSP) to hang, so only H.264 is usable for now. Because Vulkan Video relies on the GSP, only Turing and newer NVIDIA GPUs are supported, and it also requires a Nouveau kernel patch merged for Linux 7.3. _daily.dev helps open-source graphics developers track driver features like Vulkan Video support as they land._ ### When does Mesa 26.3 become the stable release with NVK Vulkan Video? Mesa 26.3, which includes the newly merged NVK Vulkan Video support, is due out as a stable release in November, roughly coinciding with the Linux 7.3 kernel release that provides the required Nouveau NVDEC patch. _Track Mesa and kernel release timing on daily.dev when planning Linux graphics stack upgrades._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Nouveau Patch For Linux 7.3 Allows For NVK Vulkan Video Atop NVIDIA NVDEC](https://daily.dev/posts/nouveau-patch-for-linux-7-3-allows-for-nvk-vulkan-video-atop-nvidia-nvdec-amnwvtpzw) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [NVK Vulkan Performance Improving With Mesa 26.2 Against NVIDIA Proprietary Driver](https://daily.dev/posts/nvk-vulkan-performance-improving-with-mesa-26-2-against-nvidia-proprietary-driver-j2mn4fgyd) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Open-Source Nouveau Performance With Linux 7.0 \+ NVK Mesa 26.1-dev vs. NVIDIA Linux Driver](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-nouveau-performance-with-linux-7-0-nvk-mesa-26-1-dev-vs-nvidia-linux-driver-yuzlaesh7) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#vulkan](https://daily.dev/tags/vulkan), [#mesa](https://daily.dev/tags/mesa) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nvk-vulkan-video-merged-for-mesa-26-3-grsvw11v9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"NVK Vulkan Video Merged For Mesa 26.3","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvk-vulkan-video-merged-for-mesa-26-3-grsvw11v9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvk-vulkan-video-merged-for-mesa-26-3-grsvw11v9"},"datePublished":"2026-08-22T10:58:06.037Z","dateModified":"2026-08-22T10:58:33.373Z","description":"Initial NVK Vulkan Video support has been merged into Mesa 26.3-devel, enabling H.264 decoding on the open-source NVIDIA driver stack. 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