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    • zalex108
      zalex108 @Guest last edited by

      @johnd78

      A user posted months ago, that the problem is related to W7.

      Since now is just supported on Business environment, I don't expect a fix.

      I don't know if happens on W10 too.

      You can use PiP to avoid the animated icon or change the Browser.

      There are Free VPN extensions and Apps/Services out there.

      "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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      • A Former User
        A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

        @zalex108 It doesn't bother me much, but it's bad that developers don't care. Yeah, it's still a problem.

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        • zalex108
          zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

          @johnd78

          There's a 20° CPU difference on my System.

          Here It's a problem.

          "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            I have recently downloaded Opera and the CPU usage when using Twitch/Youtube is unbearable!! Even on full screen video where the audio tab can't be seen. I've been watching streams on 360p and it STILL buffers every ten seconds or so. CPU drops to 2-5% when Opera is closed and as soon as I play a video it shoots up normally to around 40-50% but can be steadily over 95% for ages. I think my laptop's going to explode. No programs in bg other than Windows required ones and only one tab open. Piss poor to be honest, especially having seen the comments above from ages ago!!

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

              @puplock Goto the URL opera://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-decode, disable the flag, and restart Opera to see if it helps. Or, mess with opera://flags/#use-angle. Or, goto the URL opera://settings/system, disable "hardware acceleration", restart Opera and try things out.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

                @burnout426 Thanks for this - playing with the second option as I’m not familiar with it at all and I seem to have been able to get it to peak at 95, and it doesn’t seem to be staying that high. Still running between 70-80%. Hoping there is some sort of other work around to improve further as I’ve already optimised my laptop priority settings towards videos and I don’t know what else I can do, my laptop is screaming at me!! Thanks again!!

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                • Tagloff
                  Tagloff @Guest last edited by

                  @puplock What seemed to fix it for me was changing my anti-virus software. I was originally using Comodo, and I had to fully uninstall it because it wouldn't shut down. I switched to Kaspersky, and once youtube starts rolling, it now stays under 30%, and it's been like that since November.

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                  • PanHack
                    PanHack last edited by

                    yea i know this threat is kinda old but i had same problem even without tabs opera could hit up to 65% of cpu which is ridiculous. Anyways try disabling Hardware Acceleration in Opera Settings it dropped by 50% for me.

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                    • aquilawhite
                      aquilawhite last edited by

                      I confirm, with the vesion 68.0.3618.125 the problem is still there.
                      Hight cpu usage, about 30% when i watching video on youtube.

                      please fix this

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        I can confirm the issue still remains, see the attachment, this happens whenever I play a video.

                        I'm using Opera GX 68.0.3618.142
                        c44ea577-b7de-48f3-b4a7-8254c2ad3a3c-image.png

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          I don't remember if I said that before, but even with v68 fixing this issue, it still uses 2% to 3% of CPU (Intel 2450m) only to this audio tab animation. I don't think it is something that makes sense. Audio indication should be fixed, like in Chrome.

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                          • zalex108
                            zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

                            @ab-garcez
                            @calbertsm

                            Just fill in the needed amount of Bug Reports with the System info and OS per machine.

                            "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                            • aquilawhite
                              aquilawhite last edited by

                              hi

                              i just reported here:
                              https://help.opera.com/en/computer-bug-wizard/

                              bye

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                              • marjang
                                marjang last edited by

                                Issue still persist in version 69.

                                😞

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                                • akinaro
                                  akinaro last edited by

                                  Small update.
                                  Disabling those flags helped with high cpu usage, it still around 30-50 when watching live stream at 720/1080 but at least it stop buffering and lag.

                                  #enable-webrtc-capture-multi-channel-audio-processing
                                  #audio-worklet-realtime-thread
                                  #enable-audio-focus-enforcement

                                  also set #use-angle to D3D9

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                                  • marjang
                                    marjang last edited by

                                    Issue still persist in version 70. 😞

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                                    • arkus1995
                                      arkus1995 @marjang last edited by

                                      @marjang Yes, and there is no sign that it will change. That's why I use Opera less and less.

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                                      • zalex108
                                        zalex108 last edited by zalex108

                                        Hi,

                                        The future would be worse - Tab Media Gif on PIP.

                                        "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                                        • andrew84
                                          andrew84 last edited by

                                          Animated media gif is ok if this is really just a gif (like the one in Vivaldi https://forums.opera.com/post/220429).
                                          If Opera doesn't want to refuse from the animated indication in favor of the static one (like in Chrome/Edge), why not to create a simple gif that will look similarly to the current equalizer.
                                          As far as I know the problem of the current indication is this is not a gif, it performs like a equalizer (indications depends on what happens with sound at the moment).
                                          I like the current equalizer, but smoothness and better performance while playing videos I like much more.

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                                          • A Former User
                                            A Former User last edited by

                                            I am having this problem too on MacOS 10.15.7 for the past month. Only youtube is using a large portion of CPU and making my laptops fans spin up like crazy. Never used much CPU before

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