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betaby on May 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

HW accelerated video do work in Chrome/Chromium on Linux, while does not in Firefox, thus visibly loading the CPU and CPU fan on laptop. There is a visible tearing while quickly scrolling in Firefox, while no such problem with Chrome.

jabedude on May 30, 2019 [–]

I'll have to try to reproduce this. I've never noticed it. Is it only with Netflix or when viewing any video?

techntoke on May 30, 2019 | | [–]

Works in Chromium, but not Firefox:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_accelera...

betaby on May 30, 2019 | | [–]

Youtube, Coursera videos.

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