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The referenced bugid goes back to _2012_
Appears Ubuntu ships their own patch to enable it.
[patch](https://github.com/saiarcot895/chromium-ubuntu-build/blob/master/debian/patches/enable_vaapi_on_linux_2.diff)
WTF?
Native GpuMemoryBuffers have been disabled, either via about:flags or command line.Disabled Features: native_gpu_memory_buffers
Edit: fwiw Vivaldi complains ...
Insanity. Which of course only has instructions for Ubuntu even thought they provide a fucking RPM. .. and why the hell does it install /etc/cron.daily/vivaldi LUL. Using google's backdoor tricks. Further lunacy to this is the manual build instructions pull ffmpeg from Chromium anyway. HAHAHAHA..