Re: firefox + flashplayer on slow pc

[deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>]

Mark Fletcher wrote:

> Is the browser slow generally or specifically when you watch videos?
> 
> If the latter it may, unintuitively, be a problem with your audio
> driver [1] (like some incompatibility with the newer version of firefox
> or some misconfiguration somewhere).
> 
> Worth looking at your graphics but also your audio setup, and how
> firefox is configured to use them? What happens if you try to watch a
> video (any old video) some other way?
> 
> Mark
> 
> [1] when mplayer has problems playing a video because not enough
> resources available, it often suggests the problem could actually be the
> audio driver. I'm basing this advice on the premise that the guys who
> wrote mplayer know more about this stuff than me. I've followed that
> advice to great effect in the past.

hmm - very good idea - I'll check next
I only see firefox eating much of the CPU (load goes to 2-3), but of course
it could be also pulseaudio related or whatever in that chain.

Where do I find out how firefox is configured to use video/audio?

regards