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Edge Chromium dropping frames on YouTube videos
Hello (system specs are on the end of the post).
I've both Edge Chromium dev (Version 83.0.478.10 (Official build) dev (64-bit)) and Edge Chromium (Version 81.0.416.58 (Official build) (64-bit)) installed, the browsers are fast overall but the problem is, every time I watch a video on YouTube, there are lots of dropped frames. The thing is, with Firefox I've almost no dropped frames, and with Edge, I've like 300 times as many dropped frames.
For example, in this 8K YouTube video I've one dropped frame in Firefox (and it's in the beginning, so it's irrelevant):
While I've 393 dropped frames in Edge Chromium (both versions):
I've hardware acceleration turned on, if I turn it off, the videos become unwatchable (lots of dropped frames, as CPU can't keep up).
Do you know if there is something that can be done in order to fix it, or is Edge Chromium just slower?
Best regards.
System specs
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 1909 build 18363.778
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 53 °C
Summit Ridge 14nm Technology
RAM
32,0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1199MHz (17-17-17-39)
Motherboard
ASRock X370 Taichi (AM4) 31 °C
Graphics
LG HDR 4K (3840x2160@60Hz)
ROG PG279Q (2560x1440@144Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (MSI) driver version 445.75
Storage
7452GB Seagate ST8000VN0022-2EL112 (SATA ) 35 °C
238GB OCZ-VERTEX4 (SATA (SSD))
3726GB Western Digital WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0 (SATA ) 33 °C
931GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB (SATA (SSD)) 33 °C
931GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ USB Device (USB (SATA) ) 35 °C
2328GB Western Digital WDC WD25 EZRX-00MMMB0 USB Device (USB (SATA) ) 35 °C
Optical Drives
ASUS BW-16D1HT
Audio
High Definition Audio Device
Hi!
Enabling "Media Foundation Site Based Experimentation for Windows 10" in edge://flags solved my problem with youtube dropping frames. After shifting this to Enabled, I get 0 dropped frames, actually even better than Google Chrome.
BR
Tic
Media foundation Clear in Windows 11 worked for me.Just a few frames drop at the beginning of the video that smooth all the way.Thanks you
- Doesn't work here.
I was trying different things, but what worked for me was disabling battery optimizer in edge settings.
- This Fixed my Issue
->edge://flags/ ->choose ANGLE graphics backend ->OpenGL or D3D11- doesn't work!
- I'm pretty certain now this is one of the secret sauce of power saving hence it will never be fixed.
Hello Guys!
I've got recently new laptop (i5 10210u) and the issue is still present. I'm using 4k60Hz monitor connected via usb-c to displayport cable. I've tried Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Brave and every of them is droping frames, especially playing 60fps videos (Edge is actually doing good ~ Brave ~ Chrome >> Firefox).
I've noticed that the framerate drop stops when I go fullscreen without any visible Youtube UI (stats for nerds closed too).
Maybe Windows is messing with something?
Is there any feedback on this, is MS looking into this at all? I don't see why another browser like Brave, based on Chromium doesn't have this issue, yet Edge does?
And why it only happens to a monitor that is DPI aware either, my other monitor on the same computer doesn't drop frames or drop the viewing resolution down to 360p (normally 480p in most cases).
This is something that has happened in the last few months, and its getting a bit frustrating that you guys have introduced this, a particular version of Chromium doesn't do this and we are having to put up with the consequences of Microsoft breaking stuff and doing nothing to fix it again.
Little update. I bought the HEVC codec on Windows market and it still drops frames. So, don't bother spending 1$ 🙂
Fumega Thanks for reaching out and letting us know. We take performance issues seriously and would love to look into this more deeply. Two questions for you:
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Based on the specs you included, do you have Firefox installed on one of your SSDs while MS Edge is on a SATA drive?
- Our media team would love to securely collect some more diagnostics on this with our secure in-browser feedback tool. To make sure that would get routed to them ASAP, we can give you a code to include in the description text. Would you be comfortable doing that? If so, please send me a private message, and I'll generate the code for you.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft EdgeDeleted
Hello fawkes.
All the browsers are installed on the Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB.
Regarding the tool, I'll send you a private message.
Best regards.
Fumega I shared this thread with the team, and after looking into this, they're found our current performance to be comparable with other browsers, but also note that performance may be affected by hardware. However, I am happy to confirm that they're actively looking into improving the mechanics behind this.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
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