very high CPU & memory usage recently

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ilozen last edited by

I'm having an issue with high usage by Opera recently. 6 tabs opened, 2 active - 4GB of ram and 37% of CPU constantly.
Tried the internal task manager - it's all caused by the tab with Youtube video - it uses over 3GBs and is responsible for 80% of CPU usage of the Opera. I'm watching the video in 720p so it's not even something super high.
I started noticing this behavior few days ago.
My video card drivers are up to date.
What can I do about it?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @ilozen last edited by

@ilozen Opera One, Opera GX or Opera Air?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @ilozen last edited by

@ilozen What codec the video uses? Is hardware/graphics acceleration turned on?

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ilozen last edited by

It's Opera One(v: 118.0.5461.60), hardware acceleration is enabled.
Here's an example video stats / codec:

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @ilozen last edited by

@ilozen As far as I know, AV1 may use a lot of resources.

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ilozen @leocg last edited by

@leocg I see. How can I change that? Isn't that something dictated by the web browser?

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ilozen last edited by

I've also noticed that the YT page itself seems to be working slower now. When I click on the notifications button, the menu takes up to 8s to load, even if there's few items there. Also sometimes the video playback stops and I need to reload the page.
I'm not experiencing such issues on other sites. Weird.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @ilozen last edited by

@ilozen It's controlled by YouTube. There is a YouTube setting to use VP9 instead of AV1 for high resolution videos.

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fueleh last edited by

There is insane memory leaks in newest version.... opera uses like 70% CPU and 20GB ram on my $4000 computer, youtube is not even usable.... Plz make a working browser before putting in 1billion new features nobody asked for .)

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mellofellow @fueleh last edited by

@fueleh Agree, 100%! (I can't upvote or would have.)