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    • marjang
      marjang @leocg last edited by

      @leocg said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

      @marjang What is the codec?

      Youtube: avc1 / mp4a

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      • andrew84
        andrew84 last edited by andrew84

        Interesting flag in the latest Dev build
        #disable-media-indicator-in-power-save-mode

        I think it should be not simply disabled (because no indication at all in this case) but changed to static and it should work not only in power save mode.

        Maybe the option must in browser Settings in user interface section, some 'disable media indicator animation' toggle.

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        • marjang
          marjang @andrew84 last edited by

          @andrew84 said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

          #disable-media-indicator-in-power-save-mode

          Thank you, thank you, thank you! My issue solved in latest dev build with this!

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          • alex-june
            alex-june last edited by

            I am facing the same issue. But my issue is solved now.
            Thanks for this.

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            • jaswantwe
              jaswantwe last edited by

              Twitch was using about 30% of my CPU per screen. I'm not going to go into detail or lay out my specs but I did find a way to fix my problem.

              Make sure hardware acceleration is enabled or this won't work
              (If you can't find hardware acc, go here opera://settings and type in "hardware acceleration")
              Go to opera://flags/#ignore-gpu-blocklist
              Enable that setting, relaunch and you should be good.
              I think someone above already answered this but I was unable to find this setting using their instructions.

              I really hope this helps cause I've been having to stress over this for about 2 weeks and it feels good to be back at minimal CPU usage.

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              • marjang
                marjang last edited by

                How to set battery saver to be always On? It goes to Off when Opera restarts...

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                • l33t4opera
                  l33t4opera @marjang last edited by

                  @marjang Hi, here in the latest Opera stable (77.0.4054.146), when I enable it in settings, it remains enabled after I close and relaunch the browser.

                  What's your Opera version?, if not the latest one, perhaps update to it and see if this helps.

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                  • marjang
                    marjang @l33t4opera last edited by

                    @l33t4opera Thanks, i have same version. Battery saver goes to off when Opera restarts. I don't have laptop, it is regular PC... Is that the problem?

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                    • andrew84
                      andrew84 @marjang last edited by

                      @marjang Same here.
                      But I don't use battery saver because it also limits PC's resources (If I don't mistake). I use only .h264 extension suggested by @l33t4opera and currently the performance is acceptable.
                      I hope in future they'll finally introduce the option in Settings to disable the animation not only in power save mode.

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                      • l33t4opera
                        l33t4opera @marjang last edited by l33t4opera

                        @marjang I see, so it seems to be the issue, that you try to use battery saver on desktop, where there's no battery available.

                        Also, as @andrew84 wrote, the option to turn off the animation should be available regardless of whether a user is using the battery saving feature or not. I can't tell you if Opera's devs are already working on it, or if it is even planned, because I am one of the users and not an Opera employee.
                        I think you will get a better answer, if you ask about it on the blog.

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                        • marjang
                          marjang @andrew84 last edited by

                          @andrew84 said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                          I don't use battery saver because it also limits PC's resources

                          True. Frames are skipping badly on youtube with battery saver, unfortunately. Not perfect solution, but i still use it on fanless PC, so that it does not overheat.

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                          • andrew84
                            andrew84 last edited by andrew84

                            Now there's a general flag appeared in the latest (80.0.4162.0) developer build.
                            #static-tab-audio-indicator
                            2021-08-31_141749.png

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                            • burnout426
                              burnout426 Volunteer @andrew84 last edited by

                              @andrew84 Thanks for the heads up. This is awesome! Hopefully users here can confirm that this helps.

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

                                @burnout426 said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                                Hopefully users here can confirm that this helps.

                                The new flag really helps, I checked.

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                                • burnout426
                                  burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                  @johnd78 Awesome!

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                                  • andrew84
                                    andrew84 last edited by andrew84

                                    Strange thing here is that after updating to 79 version, the performance when watching youtube is worse with 'h264ify' extension enabled.
                                    In previous versions it was the opposite situation.
                                    *The best performance for me is now in Dev version with 'h264ify' extension disabled and with 'static indicator' flag enabled.

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                                    • andrew84
                                      andrew84 last edited by

                                      Since 79 version avc1 videos on youtube overload CPU here(even without the animated tab indicator).
                                      I checked it in Chrome and in Edge Canary without any issues.

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                                      • L1L-ST4BB13S
                                        L1L-ST4BB13S last edited by

                                        I have this problem in the latest version does anyone else have this issue where youtube is just devouring cpu despite being on the latest version? Also I've looked around and haven't found a solid this has fixed it fix.

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                                        • cabusopera
                                          cabusopera last edited by

                                          Try to install VP9 Extension, which allows the GPU to take the most workload, releasing CPU (especially in 4K contents).

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                                          • L1L-ST4BB13S
                                            L1L-ST4BB13S @cabusopera last edited by

                                            @cabusopera how does this help with youtube? I don't understand since this is an app not something I can run or attach to opera as an extension and call it a day. This is a video player that isn't youtube and doesn't have youtube... I guess I just don't see what this suggestion was suggesting when the issue is about youtube.

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