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Fumega
Apr 20, 2020Copper Contributor
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...
CyberAngel
Nov 13, 2020Brass Contributor
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.
RobertMulka
Dec 02, 2020Copper Contributor
Little update. I bought the HEVC codec on Windows market and it still drops frames. So, don't bother spending 1$ 🙂
- MapantzDec 02, 2020Iron Contributor
The frame dropping on YouTube started happening to me about 3 dev versions ago. It's gotten so bad, most videos are impossible to watch. It's happening on Canary and the default release. I don't get the problem with Chrome or Brave browser.
- CyberAngelDec 03, 2020Brass Contributor
And it appears to be only videos with 60fps, yet videos with 60fps work on Firefox and Brave for me.
- RobertMulkaDec 03, 2020Copper Contributor
I did a little test with opened task manager. I am able to play 4k@60 on 4k@60 monitor without any visible youtube UI. If I change the tab to do something else and leave the video playing, the browser is a little laggy. So, everything looks like in my case the browser is not the problem (same drops on the most of the browsers), but UI animations. Leaving 4k@60 playing fullscreen gives around 10-20 % usage of CPU. But when I start to move my cursor on the video window and back repetitively, the UI is showing and CPU goes crazy 100% usage and the video drops frames.
So, I maintain my opinion that Windows 10 is responsible for a such inconvenience.