--- title: Wine 11.16 Released With VA-API Hardware Decoding,... description: Wine 11.16 has been released as the latest bi-weekly development build on the path to Wine 12.0, adding VA-API hardware-accelerated video decoding (H.264 only,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-16-released-with-va-api-hardware-decoding-better-arm64-support-pcfq0ksau twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Wine 11.16 Released With VA-API Hardware Decoding, Better ARM64 Support | daily.dev og:description: Wine 11.16 has been released as the latest bi-weekly development build on the path to Wine 12.0, adding VA-API hardware-accelerated video decoding (H.264 only,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-16-released-with-va-api-hardware-decoding-better-arm64-support-pcfq0ksau og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PcFq0ksau.png og:image:alt: Wine 11.16 Released With VA-API Hardware Decoding, Better ARM64 Support 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. # Wine 11.16 Released With VA-API Hardware Decoding, Better ARM64 Support **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Wine 11.16 has been released as the latest bi-weekly development build on the path to Wine 12.0, adding VA-API hardware-accelerated video decoding (H.264 only, via a Direct3D video decode back-end implemented by Elizabeth Figura of CodeWeavers). The release also improves ARM64 support with an updated Wine Mono engine now supporting 64-bit ARM and better exception handling on ARM64EC, plus 35 bug fixes covering games like Command and Conquer 3, the Steam client, Siemens Automation, regedit, and a Wayland fix for WAYLAND_DISPLAY handling. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Wine 11.16 support hardware-accelerated video decoding? Yes, Wine 11.16 adds hardware-accelerated video decoding using the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) as a back-end to Direct3D video decode. The implementation, written by Elizabeth Figura of CodeWeavers, currently supports only H.264 decoding with WineD3D and does not yet cover H.265 or other codecs. _Track Wine's evolving hardware video decode support on daily.dev before betting a workflow on it._ ### What ARM64 improvements are included in Wine 11.16? Wine 11.16 updates the Wine Mono engine to support 64-bit ARM and improves exception handling on ARM64EC. This is part of ongoing work strengthening Wine's ARM64 platform support ahead of the Wine 12.0 stable release. _Developers porting Windows apps to ARM64 Linux can follow Wine's progress on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Wine 11.11 Released With Wayland Improvements](https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-11-released-with-wayland-improvements-nqfl4isey) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Wine 11.9 Released With Wayland Pointer Warp, Initial Support For System Threads](https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-9-released-with-wayland-pointer-warp-initial-support-for-system-threads-unzri33fg) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Wine 11.13 Better Supports Input Pointers, Improved Keyboard Scancode Mapping For X11](https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-13-better-supports-input-pointers-improved-keyboard-scancode-mapping-for-x11-636bawqmy) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive](https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-rewrites-how-linux-runs-windows-games-at-the-kernel-level-and-the-speed-gains-are-massive-ojjbzn8ru) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 4 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-16-released-with-va-api-hardware-decoding-better-arm64-support-pcfq0ksau) ```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":"Wine 11.16 Released With VA-API Hardware Decoding, Better ARM64 Support","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-16-released-with-va-api-hardware-decoding-better-arm64-support-pcfq0ksau","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-16-released-with-va-api-hardware-decoding-better-arm64-support-pcfq0ksau"},"datePublished":"2026-08-21T22:15:56.930Z","dateModified":"2026-08-21T22:18:35.317Z","description":"Wine 11.16 has been released as the latest bi-weekly development build on the path to Wine 12.0, adding VA-API hardware-accelerated video decoding (H.264 only,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Phoronix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Phoronix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6a26ba379dd64932830aa0c9803dd7ee","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-16-released-with-va-api-hardware-decoding-better-arm64-support-pcfq0ksau","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,hardware","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phoronix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Wine 11.16 Released With VA-API Hardware Decoding, Better ARM64 Support"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-16-released-with-va-api-hardware-decoding-better-arm64-support-pcfq0ksau#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does Wine 11.16 support hardware-accelerated video decoding?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, Wine 11.16 adds hardware-accelerated video decoding using the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) as a back-end to Direct3D video decode. 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