diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5d3a6be..c4f6ffe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1065,6 +1065,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "i18n-embed",
  "i18n-embed-fl",
  "lazy_static",
+ "lexopt",
  "libcosmic",
  "log",
  "paste",
@@ -2840,6 +2841,12 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "03087c2bad5e1034e8cace5926dec053fb3790248370865f5117a7d0213354c8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lexopt"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baff4b617f7df3d896f97fe922b64817f6cd9a756bb81d40f8883f2f66dcb401"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.153"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c50ce5e..8df0d0d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ rust-embed = "6"
 # Logging
 env_logger = "0.10"
 log = "0.4"
+lexopt = "0.3"
 
 [dependencies.libcosmic]
 git = "https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic.git"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index d10b36c..33405d5 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use cosmic::{
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use crate::wrappers::HWDeviceType;
+
 pub const CONFIG_VERSION: u64 = 1;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
@@ -28,12 +30,14 @@ impl AppTheme {
 #[derive(Clone, CosmicConfigEntry, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub app_theme: AppTheme,
+    pub hw_decoder: HWDeviceType,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             app_theme: AppTheme::System,
+            hw_decoder: HWDeviceType::default(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e348921..c24456a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ mod localize;
 use player::{PlayerMessage, VideoFrame, VideoQueue};
 mod player;
 
+mod wrappers;
+
 /// Runs application with these settings
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
diff --git a/src/wrappers.rs b/src/wrappers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b2de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wrappers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use ffmpeg_next::ffi::{av_hwdevice_iterate_types, AVHWDeviceType};
+use serde::{
+    de::{value::Error as DeError, Error as DeErrorTrait, Unexpected},
+    Deserialize, Serialize,
+};
+
+/// Delegate type for [`ffmpeg_next::ffi::AVHWDeviceType`] for configs.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum HWDeviceType {
+    None,
+    /// Compute Unified Device Architecture
+    /// Nvidia only.
+    /// https://developer.nvidia.com/video-codec-sdk
+    Cuda,
+    /// Direct3D 11 Video API
+    /// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/medfound/direct3d-11-video-apis
+    D3d11va,
+    /// Direct3D 12 Video API
+    /// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/medfound/direct3d-12-video-overview
+    D3d12va,
+    /// DirectX Video Acceleration 2.0
+    /// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/medfound/about-dxva-2-0
+    Dxva2,
+    Drm,
+    /// MediaCodec
+    /// Android only
+    /// https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodec
+    MediaCodec,
+    /// OpenCL
+    /// Only used in filters
+    /// https://www.khronos.org/opencl/
+    OpenCl,
+    /// Intel Quick Sync Video
+    /// https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/vpl/overview.html
+    Qsv,
+    /// Video Acceleration API
+    /// https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/linuxmedia-vaapi.html
+    Vaapi,
+    /// Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
+    /// https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/VDPAU/
+    Vdpau,
+    /// Video Toolbox
+    /// https://developer.apple.com/documentation/videotoolbox
+    VideoToolbox,
+    /// Vulkan
+    Vulkan,
+}
+
+impl HWDeviceType {
+    /// Hardware device names for user facing interfaces (logging, configs).
+    pub const fn name(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::None => "None",
+            Self::Cuda => "CUDA",
+            Self::Dxva2 => "DirectX Video Acceleration 2.0",
+            Self::D3d11va => "DirectX 11 Video Acceleration",
+            Self::D3d12va => "DirectX 12 Video Acceleration",
+            Self::Drm => "Direct Rendering Manager (DRM)",
+            Self::MediaCodec => "MediaCodec",
+            Self::OpenCl => "OpenCL",
+            Self::Qsv => "Intel Quick Video Sync",
+            Self::Vaapi => "VA-API",
+            Self::Vdpau => "VDPAU",
+            Self::VideoToolbox => "VideoToolbox",
+            Self::Vulkan => "Vulkan",
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Supported hardware decoders
+    pub fn supported_devices() -> SupportedDeviceIter {
+        SupportedDeviceIter::default()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for HWDeviceType {
+    type Err = DeError;
+
+    // av_hwdevice_find_type_by_name returns None for invalid device type names, but this type
+    // is used for deserializing configs (etc.) so the error is preserved.
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match s {
+            "none" => Ok(Self::None),
+            "cuda" => Ok(Self::Cuda),
+            "dxva2" => Ok(Self::Dxva2),
+            "d3d11va" => Ok(Self::D3d11va),
+            "d3d12va" => Ok(Self::D3d12va),
+            "drm" => Ok(Self::Drm),
+            "mediacodec" => Ok(Self::MediaCodec),
+            "opencl" => Ok(Self::OpenCl),
+            "qsv" => Ok(Self::Qsv),
+            "vaapi" => Ok(Self::Vaapi),
+            "vdpau" => Ok(Self::Vdpau),
+            "videotoolbox" => Ok(Self::VideoToolbox),
+            "vulkan" => Ok(Self::Vulkan),
+            _ => Err(DeError::invalid_value(
+                Unexpected::Str(s),
+                &"valid hardware decoder",
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<AVHWDeviceType> for HWDeviceType {
+    fn from(value: AVHWDeviceType) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE => Self::None,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_CUDA => Self::Cuda,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_DXVA2 => Self::Dxva2,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_D3D11VA => Self::D3d11va,
+            // This variant exists in ffmpeg's C lib but not in Rust's crate yet.
+            // AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_D3D12VA => Self::D3d12va
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_DRM => Self::Drm,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_MEDIACODEC => Self::MediaCodec,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_OPENCL => Self::OpenCl,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_QSV => Self::Qsv,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI => Self::Vaapi,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VDPAU => Self::Vdpau,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VIDEOTOOLBOX => Self::VideoToolbox,
+            AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VULKAN => Self::Vulkan,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for HWDeviceType {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::Vaapi
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct SupportedDeviceIter {
+    current: AVHWDeviceType,
+}
+
+impl Default for SupportedDeviceIter {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        // SAFETY: FFmpeg's documentation states that the iterator is delimited by AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE.
+        let current = unsafe { av_hwdevice_iterate_types(AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE) };
+        Self { current }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Iterator for SupportedDeviceIter {
+    type Item = HWDeviceType;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        if self.current == AVHWDeviceType::AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE {
+            None
+        } else {
+            let prev = self.current;
+            self.current = unsafe { av_hwdevice_iterate_types(prev) };
+
+            Some(prev.into())
+        }
+    }
+}