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BUG: M1 Mac Edge Beta hard crash, VTDecoderXPCService high memory usage
Issue:
MS Edge Beta Version: Version 90.0.810.1 (Official build) Dev (64-bit)
Playing videos in MS Edge Beta on an M1 Mac crashes the machine. I tried a few different videos and this seems to be easy to reproduce on my machine.
Steps to repro:
- Open Activity Monitor
- Click on the Memory tab
- Goto to this link: Aliens: Fireteam Squads Up in 25 Minute PS5, PS4 Gameplay Demo - Push Square
- Play the video
- Watch for VTDecoderXPCService memory grow
- Computer crashes after a few minutes
Result:
Hard crash. Have to force reboot the computer
Work around:
Use the current stable version of MS Edge: Version 89.0.774.45 (Official build) (64-bit)
Computer details:
- Big Sur Version: 11.2.2
- Model Name: MacBook Pro
- Model Identifier: MacBookPro17,1
- Chip: Apple M1
- Total Number of Cores: 8 (4 performance and 4 efficiency)
- Memory: 8 GB
- System Firmware Version: 6723.81.1
Enclosed:
Screen capture of VTDecoderXPCService process growing in memory size as the video plays
Available to help troubleshoot and/or reproduce for you.
Thanks!
- This occurs on my M1 MBA as well, though the machine does not entire crash. Rather, the VTDecoder process is restarted by MacOS which momentarily interrupts the video playback and I get an "out of memory" notification from the OS. This cycle then continuously repeats as video playback continues.
