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Youtube and VP9 CPU decoder
Playing youtube videos by default will use VP9 video decoder, however most computers do not have hardware support for VP9, so CPU decoding is used instead. This leads to high CPU/RAM usage, low batte...
Hi, I'm facing the exact same problem to yours.
My specs: i5-6300u, 8gb of ram, no dedicated graphic card, windows 10.
When i play 1080p60 youtube video on chrome, my total cpu usage is around 50-60%. That makes my laptop's temp uneccessarily increasing.
But I see that in the same scenario your chrome cpu usagei is just 15-18%, is that correct?
Microsoft never added support for h264 fallback like the old one. However, you can use the enhanced-h264ify plugin (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) to resolve the issue. Back to cpu usage of 2-3% on most of the videos.
Yes, with 6200u and NVidia 940mx I got 15-20% CPU usage. I think e-gpu is irrelevant here as it doesn't kick in for browsers.
The newer cpu has vp9 decoder and wont have this issue though.
Yes, with 6200u and NVidia 940mx I got 15-20% CPU usage. I think e-gpu is irrelevant here as it doesn't kick in for browsers.
The newer cpu has vp9 decoder and wont have this issue though.