Black screen when playing videos
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MagikGimp last edited by
Not quite the end of this. I'm not 100% sure but I think I'm right in saying performance is not quite as good as in Edge (the only comparison I've done yet). That might have something to do with the number of tabs open (O- like 20 and E- 2) but I'm looking at the Stats for Nerds on YouTube and the frames dropped is over 100 on Opera and only around 30 or so on Edge. Again, this might not mean anything as it might be dependant on how long the video's been playing and such but I think my eyes are seeing a difference? It is hard to know whether it's just my bias because I was having problems before. Anyway, just wanted to mention that.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@magikgimp Try checking also in other Chromium based browsers, like Chrome and Vivaldi. If possible, using the same Chromium version.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@magikgimp Also, check the first section of opera://gpu and what says about video decode.
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MagikGimp last edited by
OK, but give me some time. I sort of wanted an excuse to install more browsers anyway so this is as good as any.
Interestingly Edge (latest version, don't know if the version numbers have anything to do with Chromium builds. Doubt it.) is using D3D11 if Default is that as stated in the blurb ("most computers").
Anyway, initiate post dump...
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@magikgimp According to the info from Opera and Opera GX, hardware acceleration is not being used for video decoding, what nay explain the issues with video playing.
Enable it if it have been disabled. Also try enabling opera://flags/#ignore-gpu-blocklist
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@magikgimp Vivaldi is also not using hardware acceleration for videos.
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MagikGimp last edited by leocg
Both Vivaldi and Opera (regular, haven't looked at GX yet) are using hardware acceleration. The boxes / sliders are ticked / on. Vivaldi is a brand new install in fact. I can post screenshot if you don't believe me!
Does it make a difference if you run the ://gpu output before and after watching a video? Do the black screens suggest a crash?
ignore-gpu-blocklist didn't change anything BTW. It's not a particularly exotic card anyway I don't think.
Another new install: Brave (no black screens, report made after watching YouTube video.) -
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@magikgimp Hardware acceleration may be available and enabled but it's nothing being used according to opera://gpu info.
When playing a video, open opera://media-internals and check what it says about video decoder.
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MagikGimp last edited by MagikGimp
@leocg
opera://media-internals
Also, I forgot to mention earlier that in Opera the Default for Choose ANGLE graphics backend is listed as "Default [Undefined]" which is not how it is on other browsers. Don't know if that's an issue too at all. -
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@magikgimp Shouldn't be. What's is selected in other browsers? What happens if you use the same in Opera?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@magikgimp Right, according to the media-internals info, hardware acceleration is being used.
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MagikGimp last edited by MagikGimp
Opera
Opera GX
Edge
SlimJet
And in case I misunderstood you it's D3D11 in Opera because I was testing whether it was working again and it's implied that "Default" is D3D11 and it's D3D9 in GX because that still works without black screens (although possibly impaired performance?) All other browsers haven't had their settings fiddled with.
