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    • sstevemmitchell
      sstevemmitchell last edited by

      Issue still persist in version 76.0.4017.94. 😞

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      • marjang
        marjang @l33t4opera last edited by

        @l33t4opera

        1. stats4nerds: it says vp09.
        2. kVideoDecoderName = "VpxVideoDecoder"
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        • l33t4opera
          l33t4opera @marjang last edited by l33t4opera

          @marjang Ah, so that could be also the cause of some additional using of the CPU.

          Can you install the h264ify extension, and check if the browser uses less CPU resources when you replaying videos?
          (you can see that it forces replaying videos with H.264 codec, when it displays "avc1... /mp4a..." under "Stats for nerds")
          You can install the extension under a fresh profile, if you don't want to clutter the current one as follows:
          "Path\to\launcher.exe" --user-data-dir=\Path\to\writable_dir\fresh_profile" .

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          • marjang
            marjang @l33t4opera last edited by

            @l33t4opera Interesting, it definitely is better with the extension. Animated icon raises cpu for about 25% now.

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            • l33t4opera
              l33t4opera @marjang last edited by l33t4opera

              @marjang Nice, so at least that helped to reduce the CPU use in your case ;-)
              By the way: it should now also use less CPU resources on most of the other website where you watch videos, not only on YT.

              What it's displaying now in "chrome:media-internals" on the right of "videodecodername" ?

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              • andrew84
                andrew84 @l33t4opera last edited by

                @l33t4opera said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                videodecodername

                "MojoVideoDecoder" in my case

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                • sstevemmitchell
                  sstevemmitchell @l33t4opera last edited by

                  @l33t4opera said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                  @marjang Ah, so that could be also the cause of some additional using of the CPU.

                  Can you install the h264ify extension, and check if the browser uses less CPU resources when you replaying videos?
                  (you can see that it forces replaying videos with H.264 codec. when it displays "avc1... /mp4a..." under "Stats for nerds")
                  You can install the extension under a fresh profile, if you don't want to clutter the current one as follows:
                  "Path\to\launcher.exe" --user-data-dir=\Path\to\writable_dir\fresh_profile" .

                  Thanks @l33t4opera , it work for me!

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                  • marjang
                    marjang @l33t4opera last edited by

                    @l33t4opera
                    kVideoDecoderNam = "VideoDecodeAccelerator"

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                    • l33t4opera
                      l33t4opera @andrew84 last edited by l33t4opera

                      @andrew84 That's good, so it looks like it's hardware accelerated ;-)

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                      • l33t4opera
                        l33t4opera @sstevemmitchell last edited by l33t4opera

                        @sstevemmitchell Nice to hear that, you're welcome ;-)

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                        • l33t4opera
                          l33t4opera @marjang last edited by

                          @marjang Are you sure? Isn't it "GpuVideoDecoder" or "MojoVideoDecoder"?

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @marjang last edited by

                            @marjang What is the codec?

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                            • marjang
                              marjang @l33t4opera last edited by

                              @l33t4opera
                              If i disable "Hardware-accelerated video decode" it changes to "WMFVideoDecoder".

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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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