Chrome and Youtube - 4K stutter and quiet
- Thread starter jrwagh333
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Soldato
FYI the Flash in Chrome is the same version as the standalone version. However, Chrome will use HTML5 instead of Flash for Youtube and there's not really anyway to change that. Firefox by default uses Flash but you can enable the HTML5 player here: https://www.youtube.com/html5?gl=GB
From testing with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJdPyoqt8U
With Chrome and Firefox HTML5, it seems to only use 4 cores with around 50% usage on them. GPU usage for Chrome seems to be a steady 15% but causes my GPU to run at a lower 300mhz, while Firefox jumps it up to 501mhz and seems to make the usage jump from as low as 0% to 26%. Can't test IE HTML5 as IE on Win 7 doesn't support MSE which is required for the HTML5 player to work on Youtube.
As for Flash on both IE and Firefox, I see a much heavier CPU usage (6 cores, 60% each) and no GPU usage at all.
Hence I believe the cause of your stuttering could be due to your GPU not being able to handle the 4K content, while your CPU can. What is your system specs?
From testing with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJdPyoqt8U
With Chrome and Firefox HTML5, it seems to only use 4 cores with around 50% usage on them. GPU usage for Chrome seems to be a steady 15% but causes my GPU to run at a lower 300mhz, while Firefox jumps it up to 501mhz and seems to make the usage jump from as low as 0% to 26%. Can't test IE HTML5 as IE on Win 7 doesn't support MSE which is required for the HTML5 player to work on Youtube.
As for Flash on both IE and Firefox, I see a much heavier CPU usage (6 cores, 60% each) and no GPU usage at all.
Hence I believe the cause of your stuttering could be due to your GPU not being able to handle the 4K content, while your CPU can. What is your system specs?
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There are ways to force either html5 or flash:
Look for extension "Magic Actions for YouTube" just dont install the extra extension it trys to fool you into installing (Just close the tab with % install thing)
It contains many options that may be of use.
You could also try disabling "use hardware acceleration" in chrome settings to see if that helps at all.
Soldato
I had this problem with chrome when i tested it.
My flash is uptodate in firefox and no issues.
It's a chrome specific issue.
Soldato
They have changed the installer too with this new version and it doesnt always install correctly for IE either using the small web installer. Been using the new standalone install at work which uses the old installer and it works fine.
Why can't they just leave it alone.
Why can't they just leave it alone.