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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.

      "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

        @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.

          "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

            @zalex108 It doesn't bother me much, but it's bad that developers don't care. Yeah, it's still a problem.

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            • zalex108
              zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

              @johnd78

              There's a 20° CPU difference on my System.

              Here It's a problem.

              "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 last edited by

                I have recently downloaded Opera and the CPU usage when using Twitch/Youtube is unbearable!! Even on full screen video where the audio tab can't be seen. I've been watching streams on 360p and it STILL buffers every ten seconds or so. CPU drops to 2-5% when Opera is closed and as soon as I play a video it shoots up normally to around 40-50% but can be steadily over 95% for ages. I think my laptop's going to explode. No programs in bg other than Windows required ones and only one tab open. Piss poor to be honest, especially having seen the comments above from ages ago!!

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                  @puplock Goto the URL opera://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-decode, disable the flag, and restart Opera to see if it helps. Or, mess with opera://flags/#use-angle. Or, goto the URL opera://settings/system, disable "hardware acceleration", restart Opera and try things out.

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

                    @burnout426 Thanks for this - playing with the second option as I’m not familiar with it at all and I seem to have been able to get it to peak at 95, and it doesn’t seem to be staying that high. Still running between 70-80%. Hoping there is some sort of other work around to improve further as I’ve already optimised my laptop priority settings towards videos and I don’t know what else I can do, my laptop is screaming at me!! Thanks again!!

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                    • Tagloff
                      Tagloff @Guest last edited by

                      @puplock What seemed to fix it for me was changing my anti-virus software. I was originally using Comodo, and I had to fully uninstall it because it wouldn't shut down. I switched to Kaspersky, and once youtube starts rolling, it now stays under 30%, and it's been like that since November.

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                      • PanHack
                        PanHack last edited by

                        yea i know this threat is kinda old but i had same problem even without tabs opera could hit up to 65% of cpu which is ridiculous. Anyways try disabling Hardware Acceleration in Opera Settings it dropped by 50% for me.

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                        • aquilawhite
                          aquilawhite last edited by

                          I confirm, with the vesion 68.0.3618.125 the problem is still there.
                          Hight cpu usage, about 30% when i watching video on youtube.

                          please fix this

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            I can confirm the issue still remains, see the attachment, this happens whenever I play a video.

                            I'm using Opera GX 68.0.3618.142
                            c44ea577-b7de-48f3-b4a7-8254c2ad3a3c-image.png

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              I don't remember if I said that before, but even with v68 fixing this issue, it still uses 2% to 3% of CPU (Intel 2450m) only to this audio tab animation. I don't think it is something that makes sense. Audio indication should be fixed, like in Chrome.

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                              • zalex108
                                zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

                                @ab-garcez
                                @calbertsm

                                Just fill in the needed amount of Bug Reports with the System info and OS per machine.

                                "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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                                • aquilawhite
                                  aquilawhite last edited by

                                  hi

                                  i just reported here:
                                  https://help.opera.com/en/computer-bug-wizard/

                                  bye

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                                  • marjang
                                    marjang last edited by

                                    Issue still persist in version 69.

                                    😞

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                                    • akinaro
                                      akinaro last edited by

                                      Small update.
                                      Disabling those flags helped with high cpu usage, it still around 30-50 when watching live stream at 720/1080 but at least it stop buffering and lag.

                                      #enable-webrtc-capture-multi-channel-audio-processing
                                      #audio-worklet-realtime-thread
                                      #enable-audio-focus-enforcement

                                      also set #use-angle to D3D9

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                                      • marjang
                                        marjang last edited by

                                        Issue still persist in version 70. 😞

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                                        • arkus1995
                                          arkus1995 @marjang last edited by

                                          @marjang Yes, and there is no sign that it will change. That's why I use Opera less and less.

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                                          • zalex108
                                            zalex108 last edited by zalex108

                                            Hi,

                                            The future would be worse - Tab Media Gif on PIP.

                                            "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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