Video strem is slow on youtube

THE PHANTOM · 12-20-2016, 12:17 AM

So what is that? Please help me.

Shadow_7 · 12-20-2016, 05:15 AM

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo

$ cat /proc/meminfo

$ free

What browser or other means are you watching youtube with? I suspect either your CPU is slow and you're using a browser that doesn't support GPU acceleration which makes the CPU the bottleneck. Or that it's caching to disk and your disk is slow which is causing the buffering. Since the speedtest rules out a network issue, unless you're trying to stream 4K. My speed is closer to 3.8Mbps down and 1.15Mbps up. I can stream 480p, but tend to do 360p to smooth out any bumps in network speed. Sometimes I have to drop to 144p for live streams with heavy traffic.

The R6 GPU suggests an older system, or something like the mint box mini pro. If it's the mini pro it should be more than capable (up to 1080p at 30fps). I've been looking at one of those, twice the computes of my hp stream 11 and four times the RAM. Mostly for the RAM and that it draws even less power than my laptop (15W CPU vs 4.5W CPU).

THE PHANTOM · 12-21-2016, 10:56 AM

Thanks for reply Shadow_7,

that is outputs:

Code:

cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 21
model           : 48
model name      : AMD A10-7300 Radeon R6, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x6003106
cpu MHz         : 1100.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 16
initial apicid  : 0
fdiv_bug        : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext ptsc cpb hw_pstate vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 xsaveopt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold overflow_recov
bugs            : fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs
bogomips        : 3792.99
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro [13]

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 21
model           : 48
model name      : AMD A10-7300 Radeon R6, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x6003106
cpu MHz         : 1200.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 17
initial apicid  : 1
fdiv_bug        : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext ptsc cpb hw_pstate vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 xsaveopt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold overflow_recov
bugs            : fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs
bogomips        : 3792.73
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro [13]

processor       : 2
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 21
model           : 48
model name      : AMD A10-7300 Radeon R6, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x6003106
cpu MHz         : 1100.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 18
initial apicid  : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext ptsc cpb hw_pstate vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 xsaveopt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold overflow_recov
bugs            : fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs
bogomips        : 3792.75
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro [13]

processor       : 3
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 21
model           : 48
model name      : AMD A10-7300 Radeon R6, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x6003106
cpu MHz         : 1100.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 19
initial apicid  : 3
fdiv_bug        : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext ptsc cpb hw_pstate vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 xsaveopt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold overflow_recov
bugs            : fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs
bogomips        : 3792.78
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro [13]

Code:

cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:        3557960 kB
MemFree:         2247316 kB
MemAvailable:    2588828 kB
Buffers:           47396 kB
Cached:           619608 kB
SwapCached:            0 kB
Active:           762248 kB
Inactive:         428844 kB
Active(anon):     525172 kB
Inactive(anon):    23912 kB
Active(file):     237076 kB
Inactive(file):   404932 kB
Unevictable:           0 kB
Mlocked:               0 kB
HighTotal:       2703084 kB
HighFree:        1693972 kB
LowTotal:         854876 kB
LowFree:          553344 kB
SwapTotal:       7811068 kB
SwapFree:        7811068 kB
Dirty:               476 kB
Writeback:             0 kB
AnonPages:        524208 kB
Mapped:           275392 kB
Shmem:             24988 kB
Slab:              67188 kB
SReclaimable:      27888 kB
SUnreclaim:        39300 kB
KernelStack:        3528 kB
PageTables:        11284 kB
NFS_Unstable:          0 kB
Bounce:                4 kB
WritebackTmp:          0 kB
CommitLimit:     9590048 kB
Committed_AS:    3461116 kB
VmallocTotal:     122880 kB
VmallocUsed:           0 kB
VmallocChunk:          0 kB
HardwareCorrupted:     0 kB
AnonHugePages:         0 kB
HugePages_Total:       0
HugePages_Free:        0
HugePages_Rsvd:        0
HugePages_Surp:        0
Hugepagesize:       2048 kB
DirectMap4k:       38904 kB
DirectMap2M:      872448 kB

Code:

free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       3557960    1412572    2145388      25144     110928     638700
-/+ buffers/cache:     662944    2895016
Swap:      7811068          0    7811068

That is output of that codes which you provide me above. Now on Youtube is ok but no stayed same trouble on other movie portals, (movie websites).

I am using a Mozila Firefox. Which do you recommend me Mozila or Iceweasel?

Thanks.

Sefyir · 12-21-2016, 11:30 AM

it appears to be unclear whether this is a rendering issue or a connection speed issue.
I'd suggest downloading the "slow" video, then playing it locally.
You can use youtube-dl to download, then you can use your internet browser (firefox in this case) to open the video file once downloaded and play it.

Maybe that will identify if it's one or the other.

BW-userx · 12-21-2016, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sefyir

it appears to be unclear whether this is a rendering issue or a connection speed issue.
I'd suggest downloading the "slow" video, then playing it locally.
You can use youtube-dl to download, then you can use your internet browser (firefox in this case) to open the video file once downloaded and play it.

Maybe that will identify if it's one or the other.

@OP

have you also tried this?
open VLC go to youtube and one of your other sights that is slow, do this to both. using firefox or whatever browser you want.

copy the address of the video from the web browser then in VLC select
open network stream
then paste the address into that and see how it does.

Sefyir · 12-21-2016, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

@OP

have you also tried this?
open VLC go to youtube and one of your other sights that is slow, do this to both. using firefox or whatever browser you want.

network stream won't work unless it's a direct link to the media I believe.
You can use youtube-dl to identify the url (use -g or --get-url) but expect some long, arcane urls - sometimes separate for audio and video

On "movie sites", media is generally easier to find though

BW-userx · 12-21-2016, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sefyir

network stream won't work unless it's a direct link to the media I believe.
You can use youtube-dl to identify the url (use -g or --get-url) but expect some long, arcane urls - sometimes separate for audio and video

On "movie sites", media is generally easier to find though

I didn't select network stream (maybe silly of me) I just hit play and it still has to download the 'stream' to play. It worked for me. That is the first time I've ever tried it, it worked so I suggested it in here.

Shadow_7 · 12-21-2016, 09:59 PM

The connection speed and CPU specs given should not be a bottleneck for youtube videos. Iceweasel is basically unbranded firefox. With Icedove being unbranded thunderbird. Or something like that. Check about

lugins and about:config, something is disabled there or not installed.

If you haven't already:
https://www.youtube.com/html5

If your install is not recent, that could be defaulting to flash, not html5.

Otherwise I suspect missing packages or permissions. Make sure freeglut is installed. It's part of the mesa needs and not always grabbed as a dependency. For one game I do, not having it doesn't prevent you from playing, but does prevent certain graphics from being seen. As I check my own system and realize that I've neglected that one myself. But probably not the cause or resolve of the issue.

Perhaps you're missing some firmware?

$ dmesg | grep -i firmware
$ dmesg | grep -i fail

And various other logs which used to be under /var/log/, but with systemd you kind of have to use journalctl to view.

$ journalctl -a

And navigate manpage / less style. With "/" to search and type in a word, then "enter" to search. And "/" and enter without the word to search again. The "home" key to go to the top. The "end" key to go to the bottom.

Otherwise you might try watching youtube in one of the webkit browsers. Like uzbl-browser. In older flavours of firefox (iceweasel) it would not use the GPU for flash content as a default. The webkit ones allow GPU usage for the same by default. Plus a light weight browser. A bit of a learning curve though with hotkeys. "o" to open an URL. AKA "o" URL "enter". That system is plenty good enough to play video, maybe even 4K.

Worst case scenario, you might just try other distros. I've been contemplating the A10-6700T which is way wimpier than your APU/CPU specs. And still twice the computes of my hp stream 11s N2840 celeron according to cpubenchmark. Plus the option of 16GB RAM in a fitlet-H. But I've always had good luck with AMD(ati) GPUs. At least with the radeon open driver. (not so much with their fan / lifespan though(visiontek))

rokytnji · 12-21-2016, 11:37 PM

On my slow atom netbooks and pentium 3 IBM T23.

With mplayer installed.

SMTUBE handles youtube just fine for my usages.

Code:

$ apt-cache policy smtube
smtube:
  Installed: 16.3.0-0mx150+1
  Candidate: 16.3.0-0mx150+1
  Version table:
 *** 16.3.0-0mx150+1 0
        500 http://antix.daveserver.info/jessie/ jessie/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     14.8.0-1 0
        500 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main i386 Packages

Mine are bottle necked due to hard ware limitations and youtube does not lag using smtube.

https://packages.debian.org/jessie/video/smtube

THE PHANTOM · 12-22-2016, 03:53 AM

Thanks for your supports sir.

Shadow_7, i remember when i installed Debian it was x64 bit and i had not such problem on watching movies on movie portals. But i had another problem on x64 bit , wifi problem occurred on x64 bit, because of that i reinstall system to x32 bit. but now i have that leggy playing a movie.

No i do not want other distros. If there is no way to solve maybe will try Arch Linux only. I do not want to return on Windows OS.

Shadow_7 · 12-22-2016, 06:55 AM

$ lspci -nnk
$ lsusb

Install the 64 bit obviously. 32 bit on a modern GPU is likely poorly supported. The wifi issue we can work around (most likely). For my hp stream 11s, I need to grab more current firmware and build a github source for my wifi to work (reliably). It does technically work out of the box, but only for a couple hours at best before needing a reboot. The above should help identify your wifi chipset and any "extra" steps might need to be done.

THE PHANTOM · 12-26-2016, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Install the 64 bit obviously.

I have fever and i will try to install it in this day and will inform a results.

Jjanel · 12-26-2016, 02:06 AM

Get well!! "Take your time"/No hurry at all needed! Best wishes!

THE PHANTOM · 12-28-2016, 01:16 PM

Shadow_7

Hello all, i am back

I installed x64 bit and can say its more better than before but little leggy. Now i have another problem , wireless SSID is not listed. No lists to connect. When i disconnect a cable nothing found.

My network card is: lspci

Code:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)

Code:

lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04ca:7032 Lite-On Technology Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:b001 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Shadow_7 · 12-29-2016, 04:43 AM

My hp stream 11 has that one.

RTL8723BE

But requires the github source for a stable driver. And firmware from July 2015 or newer or it cuts out after a couple hours. Although some distros seem to be up to date already. Fedora 23 was an out of the box for me and stable for wifi. But some annoyances that always push be back to debian in most cases. The difference in how systemd worked and features missing from xinput in that case. Lack of preview in povray for arch. Lack of jogl packages for slackware. etc, etc, etc.......

$ git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new rtlwifi_new_20161229
$ cd rtlwifi_new_20161229
$ make
$ sudo make install

$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git linux-firmware_20161229
$ cd linux-firmware_20161229/rtlwifi/
$ for FILE in *.bin; do echo $FILE; cmp $FILE /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/$FILE; done

And add/update/replace if they don't match. Requires build tools and kernel header package to make the kernel module. And a reboot (simple way) to use the new driver.