Opera crashes my computer (especially when watch YouTube videos)

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@sebavoda Is your graphics card drivers up to date?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Yes, is Intel HD graphics for Core I3 first gen processor and have the latest driver available on the Intel site.
It have no problems, I watched videos (mp4, mkv) in 720 and 1080) but on YouTube always watch on 360p-480p resolution. Also I found that even videos on Facebook, Instagram and other sites crashes my computer. Sometimes, the screen goes black or freezes and the sound keeps running fine or shuttered.
However, videos that are downloaded on the local storage play just fine. Also Firefox and Chrome works ok.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@sebavoda Same codec is used for the video in Chrome and Opera?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I do not know. I installed K-lite codec pack for regular video play/encoding. Internet browsers I do not know if they use theirs codecs or those I installed. I guess they have theirs own, as no icons shows on the taskbar.
Just loaded same video on Opera and Firefox.
Firefox: 480p: vp09.00.51.08.01.01.01.01.00 (244) opus (251)
Opera : 144 : vp09.00.51.08.01.01.01.01.00 (278) opus (250)
Firefox: 144 : vp09.00.51.08.01.01.01.01.00 (278) opus (250)

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@sebavoda While watching a video on YouTube, right click on it and then click on Statistics for nerds to see which codec is being used.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@sebavoda said in Opera crashes my computer (especially when watch YouTube videos):

Just loaded same video on Opera and Firefox.
Firefox: 480p: vp09.00.51.08.01.01.01.01.00 (244) opus (251)
Opera : 144 : vp09.00.51.08.01.01.01.01.00 (278) opus (250)
Firefox: 144 : vp09.00.51.08.01.01.01.01.00 (278) opus (250)

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@sebavoda What about Chrome or any other Chromium based browser?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Opera 144: av01.0.00M.08 (394) opus (250)
Chrome 144: av01.0.00M.08 (394) opus (250)

Another video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-41XLZInuqQ
vp09.00.51.08.01.01.01.01.00 (278) opus (251)
on Opera, Firefox and Chrome @144.
Watched the video on FF, after that in Chrome and in Opera, after few minutes it crashed.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So, no ideas what can I do about? I have to use Firefox for Youtbe/video online and Opera for everything else. Also no way to import passwords from Opera to FF and I like more Opera (I am using it since late XP era), did not want to give up on it...
Any help?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@sebavoda Any difference if you disable hardware acceleration?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Thanks for the tip. I disabled hardware acceleration and I play a 15 minutes YouTube video without issues (usually in the first 5 minutes it would crash, freeze or restarted the computer).
The CPU usage is way higher however, from 10-15% to 45-50% while in Firefox is around 15% while video play. Those percents are counted from idle with the browser open and only YouTube and Opera Forums page open (5-15%).

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@sebavoda Yes, disabling hardware acceleration increases the CPU usage, once the GPU stop being used.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Thanks, for now will do. But any workaround to fix the problem? Maybe will wait to a next update and will try to enable hardware again? Btw, do you recommend trying Opera GX?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@sebavoda Try re-enabling it again and messing with those video (decode) related flags in opera://flags:

opera://flags/#use-angle
opera://flags/#enable-gpu-rasterization
opera://flags/#enable-oop-rasterization