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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. 馃槥

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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". 路 Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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            • andrew84
              andrew84 last edited by

              Animated media gif is ok if this is really just a gif (like the one in Vivaldi https://forums.opera.com/post/220429).
              If Opera doesn't want to refuse from the animated indication in favor of the static one (like in Chrome/Edge), why not to create a simple gif that will look similarly to the current equalizer.
              As far as I know the problem of the current indication is this is not a gif, it performs like a equalizer (indications depends on what happens with sound at the moment).
              I like the current equalizer, but smoothness and better performance while playing videos I like much more.

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              • nintendork07
                nintendork07 last edited by

                I am having this problem too on MacOS 10.15.7 for the past month. Only youtube is using a large portion of CPU and making my laptops fans spin up like crazy. Never used much CPU before

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                • marjang
                  marjang last edited by

                  Problem persist in v.71.

                  I have fanless i5 4570T CPU and whole case gets crazy hot. Power consumption jumps from 10 watts to about 18 watts, if favicon is not hovered by cursor...

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                  • zalex108
                    zalex108 last edited by

                    Hi,

                    Each one with the problem should open a BugReport to find out Systems affected and take some attention from Devs or Company's Manager.

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

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                    • andrew84
                      andrew84 last edited by andrew84

                      There are enough bug reports on forum and in the blog (with screenshots) so most probably they are aware of the bug but ignoring it during a ~year already and don't offer any solution if they can't fix it.
                      I don't know what's the problem to replace the equalizer with a simple animated icon (with the same animation style if they wish)?

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                      • calbertsm
                        calbertsm last edited by

                        My fix was very simple and straight forward: Unistalled Opera and installed Firefox.

                        I was a very avid Opera user, Opera was my main browser, and pretty much I convinced everyone on my family to shift to it, but since this bug I decided to remove since it's pretty much very unstable, one release it gets fixed, the next one it comes back.

                        I need something reliable since I'm a web developer, Opera let me down with this, this isn't something related to Chromium or Blink/V8 since other Chromium based browsers doesn't suffer of this issue, at least for me.

                        It was good while it lasted, I'm subscribed to all these threads, might come back once they decided to take this issue seriously and fix it for good.

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                        • zalex108
                          zalex108 @andrew84 last edited by

                          @andrew84

                          Official BugReport is not Forum's report.
                          Someone from Opera receives those messages.

                          Should be already fixed or worked-around.
                          Animated icon is unnecessary, a toggle to a Static one for those with the problem is more than enough until find a global fix.

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

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                          • andrew84
                            andrew84 @zalex108 last edited by

                            @zalex108 said in High cpu usage watching youtube:

                            Animated icon is unnecessary, a toggle to a Static one for those with the problem is more than enough until find a global fix

                            Sure.
                            But I just suggested a compromise in case if they (Opera) want to keep the equalizer view (jumping bars) to be different from other browsers. I'm pretty sure that very few users will notice the difference or will be against the simple animation,
                            *Vivaldi also has an animated tab's indicator (sound waves) but this is just a simple loop animation and doesn't consume CPU.

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                            • zalex108
                              zalex108 @andrew84 last edited by

                              @andrew84

                              Yes,
                              Options to fix it, exists.
                              I don't know the reasons for this situation.

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

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                              • andrew84
                                andrew84 last edited by

                                By the way, I don't use Opera GX, but there was a report also regarding the new feature 'Dynamic audio visualizer' which also consumes CPU https://forums.opera.com/post/224782
                                The feature can be turned off there, but the implementation of such feature tells me that they don't care much for fixing the bug (looks a bit funny because GX offers some RAM and CPU limitations and at the same time GX itself contains feature which consumes a lot of CPU. If I limit CPU usage, the feature will lag, I guess)

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                                • nintendork07
                                  nintendork07 last edited by

                                  The Opera 72 update and cleaning out my laptop (both physically & through software) seem to have fixed this issue for me. i have a feeling hardware decoding for video wasn't being used correctly, even though I have a kaby lake CPU

                                  On MacOS 10.15.7

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                                  • zalex108
                                    zalex108 @nintendork07 last edited by zalex108

                                    @nintendork07

                                    Good!

                                    I did twice here on Win x64 months ago, still the same on them.

                                    I'll see for V72.

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

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                                    • marjang
                                      marjang last edited by

                                      For me, problem persist in v.72, Win8.1, fanless i5 CPU, power consumption jumps from 9W to 14W if favicon is animated on youtube vs cursor hover over tab:

                                      opera_favicon.png

                                      (Using Open Hardware Monitor to show temp. and power consumption)

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                                      • andrew84
                                        andrew84 @marjang last edited by andrew84

                                        @marjang I'm also on Win 8.1 but have a weaker/older CPU (integrated graphics) and results are similar - by the cursor hovered tab eats almost 10W less in CPUID HWMonitor.
                                        2020-10-24_002106.png

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                                        • nintendork07
                                          nintendork07 last edited by nintendork07

                                          The main reason I believe this is occurring is because hardware accelerated video decode is not working correctly. Turning hardware acceleration off and then on again seems to fix this for me. I can tell if it's working by how long youtube videos take to load or how high my fans spin (on a simple 1080p youtube video...)

                                          Another step I used was looking at Opera://GPU and seeing the Hardware Video Decode status.

                                          For me it said:

                                          Hardware Protected Video Decode: Unavailable
                                          Metal: Disabled (I am on Mac)

                                          I changed the Flag: Override software rendering list and now it says my hardware protected video decode is enabled.

                                          This is occurring on other chromium based browsers as well (Chrome & Brave)

                                          I am on MacOS 10.15.7 with Macbook Pro 13 inch 2017

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                                          • suman169
                                            suman169 Banned last edited by

                                            Actually i watch videos now sometimes i thaugt some bugs not fix when refresh no bugs i still consufused and some websites loads very slow some are opened but not seenimage Eg:

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