HD videos are laggy on Chrome

aerosimit · 09-30-2023, 01:59 AM

I have experienced both Linux and Windows 10 performence playing video on Youtube.

Windows 10 able to play 4K video without lag even my screen is 1080p and hardware don't support 4K output.

Linux is laggy on 1080p. 720p is a problem if 60 FPS.

Check attachment for about:gpu.

lspci:

Code:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 500 (rev 0b)
        DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 500
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915

TLP is disabled, issue persists.

business_kid · 09-30-2023, 07:31 AM

You don't mention your cpu.

Try running a video that lags badly, open a terminal and run top or htop. What's the cpu usage like?

If the box is using software rendering, cpu usage will be through the roof.

You have given us insufficient information to say much more. My raspberry Pi 4B does better on software rendering, so things are seriously wrong. Read this:

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Browsers are poor video players. Better download & play separately.

aerosimit · 09-30-2023, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by business_kid

You don't mention your cpu.

My bad. It's Celeron N3350

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid

Try running a video that lags badly, open a terminal and run top or htop. What's the cpu usage like?
If the box is using software rendering, cpu usage will be through the roof.

CPU usage is max while playing video. Core 1 is always 100%, anyway core 0 drops to 10%~ and video stops for a while, then playing laggy for few seconds with 2 cores at 100% usage.

Code:

top - 16:05:59 up 1 day,  8:01,  2 users,  load average: 4,70, 3,36, 2,98
Tasks: 203 total,   3 running, 200 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 78,4 us, 16,0 sy,  0,0 ni,  5,2 id,  0,0 wa,  0,0 hi,  0,3 si,  0,0 st 
MiB Mem :   5758,4 total,    532,6 free,   3468,6 used,   2779,9 buff/cache     
MiB Swap:    977,0 total,    963,2 free,     13,8 used.   2289,8 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND                                
  32482 zuckar    20   0 1133,1g 476260 164748 R 105,4   8,1  45:20.06 chrome                                 
  31318 zuckar    20   0   32,9g 281840 161952 S  22,0   4,8  43:11.24 chrome                                 
  30213 zuckar    20   0 1782432 181184 112968 S  15,0   3,1  18:12.17 kwin_x11                               
  30041 root      20   0  743072 108524  63976 R   9,2   1,8  19:06.61 Xorg                                   
  31266 zuckar    20   0   33,1g 537284 341956 S   8,3   9,1  22:50.31 chrome

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid

You have given us insufficient information to say much more. My raspberry Pi 4B does better on software rendering, so things are seriously wrong. Read this:

Complete information: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=c77c1d010e
Also checked the link now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid

Browsers are poor video players. Better download & play separately.

Never tried that. Anyway, it would be better if I can watch videos on Youtube.

I also tried Firefox, Firefox ESR which is preinstalled in Debian and Cromium itself.

aerosimit · 10-24-2023, 06:36 AM

Chromium issue IMO. Firefox works perfectly.