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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      Since last update (65.0.3467.48) the CPU usage is not that high in YouTube, but it is still pretty high on sites like Spotify if it's not the active tab. Even if it's the active tab, Opera uses consistently 5% of CPU power only to do audio animation - power usage goes from Moderate to Low when I hover the mouse.
      I think it's time to deactivate tab audio animations for good.

      There are some weird random cpu usage spikes as well when there's audio - going from 15% to 60~70% then going down again, which never happens in Chrome. Chrome cpu usage is still way lower on same websites.

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

        i just wanna update my original post..

        @nvmjustagirl said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

        @arkus1995 lol yea i meant that when stable is muted then ya see what the video cpu is pull 'n..

        then when ya un-mute ya see the cpu soar way too high.. so to me the cpu run 'n that high means maybe the audio part needs fix 'n

        And the video cpu looked ok..

        dev theirs not much difference.. b'tween video & audio cpu on my end

        dev for me used lots less cpu for me use 'n as a Standalone..

        i also used Opera_GX_63.0.3368.56786 Portable lately.. to me it used less cpu than all the rest..

        the latest Gx compares with the dev tho..

        Because nothing new has come out from opera except this one Opera GX 64.0.3417.139..

        Opera Stable 64.0.3417.83 The cpu audio would drop by hovering mouse over the speaker icon in that tab thats playing the video and audio

        and even more by muting the tab..

        now the Opera GX 64.0.3417.139 does not reduce cpu with the mouse hovering over the speaker icon
        stays the same.. so perhaps the animation has been fixed?.. but still cpu is still way to high for Youtube movies and such..

        Cpu now only drops when muting tab

        when un-muting.. cpu soars way too high to watch a movie for a 1 hour 30 minutes..

        so to me the audio still needs Fixing !

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        • zalex108
          zalex108 last edited by

          Hi,

          Are those affected using W7?

          Are you upgraded to 10?
          Is there fixed?

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          • A Former User
            A Former User @zalex108 last edited by A Former User

            @zalex108 i noticed this post inthis thread found here

            down @ bottom of thread

            rx-3200 about 3 hours ago
            so on youtube it still eat 70-99% cpu and ~100% gpu
            (it begin in Opera 65 and still not fixed)

            but not sure which windows he uses..

            To me it still high usage but not as high as rx-3200 's also i disagree with the opera 65 part

            started in oper 64 lol

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            • zalex108
              zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

              @nvmjustagirl

              Yes,
              Remember it because of that user.

              Somewhere read it's related to a W7 bug, but there didn't had responses, so I'm asking here to assure it.

              Also,
              I've asked days ago on Dev's build Blog whether is related but no one answered.

              We will see if the affected users does.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

                @zalex108 this bug is no more for a few weeks now, but I can't remember which update solved it. And it is Windows 10 - updated.

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                • zalex108
                  zalex108 @Guest last edited by

                  @ab-garcez

                  Good news!

                  Thank you.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

                    @zalex108
                    Hi, Starting with Opera 65.0.3467.62 Stable, the fix was DNA-82626 [Win] High CPU usage due to media indicator animation.
                    But, sometimes I came across this bug after this fix. Win 7x64

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

                      @johnd78 I have not yet been able to find the addiction, the bug does not always appear, but there is a bug.

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                      • zalex108
                        zalex108 @Guest last edited by

                        @johnd78

                        Thank you.

                        Glad seems fixed.

                        65.0.3467.62 – 2019-12-04 blog post

                        Still happening here. 🤔

                        "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

                          tested the new Opera Developer 68.0.3590.0 @ Utube

                          gpu was a little high until ya hover mouse over the speaker Animation

                          then it drops a lot, esp if ya mute it for a moment then un - mute leave 'n mouse hover 'n..

                          when click 'n PIP - i notice the gpu was lots better while watch 'n a video even tho lack 'n a few things..

                          so to me watch 'n vids is lots better on gpu use 'n the popout !..

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                          • zalex108
                            zalex108 @Guest last edited by

                            @nvmjustagirl

                            Since new PIP just playa on the PopUp the equalizer becomes inactive.

                            That way I can watch and browse.

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

                              @zalex108 I found that on a clean profile this problem is not. On the old profile, this problem sometimes occurs, but on the clean profile it is not at all.

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                              • zalex108
                                zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

                                @johnd78

                                Then, I'll try here also.
                                I don't know where to search to find the solution.

                                A Profile rebuild will be needed.

                                If you try copy pasting files, you may find the problematic file.

                                I doubt I'll dedicate all that amount of time to do it.

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

                                  @zalex108 I have found the difference. In my case, a youtube video consumed 2-3 times more CPU resources than usual if I searched for this video directly through the address bar with the opera:flags/#reborn-3-dropdown flag turned off. If this flag is enabled, everything is fine. This is strange, but I checked several times.

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                                  • marjang
                                    marjang last edited by

                                    This issue with very high CPU use when animated sound icon on tab is back!

                                    Tested on: i5, Win8.1 64-bit, Opera v.67 and v.68.

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                                    • arkus1995
                                      arkus1995 @marjang last edited by

                                      @marjang I have already lost faith that they will fix it, I have had it since version 64.

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                                      • zalex108
                                        zalex108 @zalex108 last edited by zalex108

                                        @zalex108 said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                                        @johnd78

                                        Thank you.

                                        Glad seems fixed.

                                        65.0.3467.62 – 2019-12-04 blog post

                                        Still happening here. 🤔

                                        @marjang said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                                        This issue with very high CPU use when animated sound icon on tab is back!

                                        Tested on: i5, Win8.1 64-bit, Opera v.67 and v.68.

                                        @arkus1995 said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                                        @marjang I have already lost faith that they will fix it, I have had it since version 64.

                                        --
                                        Here still happens, but...
                                        I've stopped reporting since the very poor support.

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                                        • A Former User
                                          A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

                                          @zalex108 said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                                          Here still happens

                                          Checked it again. Yes, you're right, I still have this problem with media indicator animation on Win 7.
                                          And there's a feature. If the "Aero" theme is turned off in Win 7, there is a difference in CPU resources usage when watching video in Chrome and Opera, but it is insignificant. If the "Aero" theme is turned on, the difference is very noticeable.
                                          If you put the mouse cursor over the indicator, there is no difference in Chrome and Opera.

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                                          • zalex108
                                            zalex108 @Guest last edited by

                                            @johnd78

                                            A user posted months ago, that the problem is related to W7.

                                            Since now is just supported on Business environment, I don't expect a fix.

                                            I don't know if happens on W10 too.

                                            You can use PiP to avoid the animated icon or change the Browser.

                                            There are Free VPN extensions and Apps/Services out there.

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