Opera crashes my computer (especially when watch YouTube videos)

[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)

[leocg]

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