GPU Decoding not working on Plex Desktop for Linux (Snap/Ubuntu)

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Same issue on Flatpak version!

Plex Desktop on Linux (Flatpak) is not doing hardware acceleration

Player Version#: 1.76.2.3951-15712eae On Fedora (but I don’t think the distro matters), Plex Desktop installed as Flatpak. When playing 4K HDR HEVC files, it is very noticeable that it’s using software decoding because the fans are on full spin. intel_gpu_top confirms this (the Video engine is not running). The same file can be played with hardware decoding with MPV also installed as Flatpak on the same system (intel_gpu_top shows that the Video engine is running). I have tried having hwdec=au…