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Fumega
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Apr 20, 2020

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)) i...
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Fumega
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Apr 22, 2020

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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.

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Apr 28, 2020

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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    Zaheer_id
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 11, 2020
    Hello,
    Were you able to resolve this? I am having the same issue. Chromium Edge drops a lot of frames, Chrome drop very little while Firefox drops no frame.
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      Sep 11, 2020

      Zaheer_id Thanks for following-up on this, and welcome to the MSFT Edge Insider's community! While I am not aware of any further developments, it looks like the team will be working on it soon.

       

      Fawkes (they/them)
      Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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        CyberAngel
        Brass Contributor
        Sep 25, 2020

        Deleted I have done some further testing, on my system here as someone who is in another country to me watched the same video as me and was able to not see any dropped frames and it got me thinking some more.

        I did a bit more of a google search and came across this

        https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/poor-youtube-performance-on-chrome-and-edge.3359732/ 

         

        At the very bottom it talks about screen duplication and I feel that it has almost hit the nail on the head, so I did some more tests.

        1) I turned my second monitor off, nope still got the issue.
        2) Made everything go to my main monitor, nope still did it.

        3) Made everything go to my second monitor, and it stopped dropping frames.

         

        Ok, so switched everything back to my main monitor, dropped the resolution from 4K down to 1080p and it stopped dropping frames.

         

        At this point, I am like what the.....

         

        So I then switched my second monitor back to extended and no dropped frames, but the moment I switched back to 4K, I am getting dropped frames again.

         

        Now there is also another thing, Windows 10 for some reason, makes all the text on my 4K monitor really, really small when I am in 4K, yet in 1080p it is not. It is like Windows 10 is not scaling Window Titles correctly with the DPI. I am wondering if this is an issue with these two browsers.

        To test this further, I tried this on my Surface 3. At native resolution with DPI scaling at 150%, got dropped frames. Set DPI scaling back to 100%, no dropped frames.

         

        So the question is, did Windows 10 introduce something or did a combination of Windows 10 and Chromium introduce something.

        I am still stumped why FireFox and Brave have no issues no matter what though!

         

         

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