On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 12:45 -0400, Harris Paltrowitz wrote: > Here's my problem -- when I stream certain videos on Youtube, I > consistently get choppy playback performance, whereby the video > freezes > and restarts randomly, with the audio getting out of sync from that > point forward. The problem is NOT due to the video still being > downloaded -- I know this because the progress bar shows that the > download is way ahead of my viewing progress. [...] > - When the choppiness is happening, System Monitor tells me that one > of > my four CPUs is maxing out at 100% at least half the time Output of glxinfo (from mesa-utils) would be interesting. If you have software GL, it would explain this. If you do have hardware rendering: * What process uses the CPU? Firefox, Xorg or something else? * Does it happen with other browsers, like Chromium too? * Does it happen if you download the video (youtube-dl or similar) and play it with a normal video player? -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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