High cpu usage watching youtube
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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. -
A Former User 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 last edited byProblem 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 last edited byHi,
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". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
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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)? -
A Former User 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 last edited by
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". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
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andrew84 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. -
zalex108 last edited by
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". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
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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) -
A Former User 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 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". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
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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:
(Using Open Hardware Monitor to show temp. and power consumption)
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
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 Banned last edited byActually 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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A Former User last edited by
CPU usage is not as high as before, but it is still way higher than Chrome's on YouTube. While watching the same video, Opera gets consistent 30% CPU usage, while Chrome only 8~10%. Disabling audio tab animation does nothing to change this.
I really like Opera, the look and feel is amazing, but I'm not using it as my main browser until it's solved for good.
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marjang last edited by
Problem persist in v.73, maybe it is not as critical as it was, but still too much for fanless CPUs!
This time i measure about +40% higher cpu power consumption with favicon animation.
Spec: win8.1, fanless i5 (4570T) cpu, internal gpu.
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zalex108 last edited by
Hi,
You can try this workarounds in the meantime.
"You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
