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Fumega
Copper Contributor
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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Gimmy077
Brass Contributor
Jun 11, 2021

Same here on Edge 91.0.864.41 (64 bit) on Win10 Pro - Geforce 660GTX - 12GB ram - SSD - Intel Core I5 750.

 

Not high dropping frames, but present any time. And i don't know why this... and not for 4K video but for 1080p60 i search the amount of memory and processor during any YT view but memory is 550mb max (1 video + 4 tabs) and 25% processor. Not high to create any problem.

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EltonLG
Copper Contributor
Jul 18, 2021

Gimmy077 I've spent years trying to solve this YouTube problem, and finally found the solution.

 

Go to edge://flags and look for "Media Foundation playback for Windows 10". Change from default to enabled. That's it! Now the YouTube reproduction will be exactly the same as the good old Edge Legacy. No more dropped frames, ZERO. And I have an old machine (ASRock N73V-S, Core 2 Quad Q8400, GeForce GT 1030 2GB, 4GB mailto:DDR-2@667, SSD Kingston A400 120GB), and here are some screenshots to show perfect playback even at mailto:8K@60.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Just on more thing: you must have installed Windows 10 Media Feature Pack, these are the codecs for Media Foundation to work. But it comes with every version of Windows, unless the N edition.