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8k 60fps video playback issue

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My system specs is as follows

i5-12400 32gb DDR4 3200mhz 250GB SSD as main (wd blue NVME)


Whenever I play 8k 60fps video on youtube it lags and get massive frame drops with igpu sitting at 100% usage. With other browsers like chrome and edge it works 100% can play 60fps 8k video without any issue.

My system specs is as follows i5-12400 32gb DDR4 3200mhz 250GB SSD as main (wd blue NVME) Whenever I play 8k 60fps video on youtube it lags and get massive frame drops with igpu sitting at 100% usage. With other browsers like chrome and edge it works 100% can play 60fps 8k video without any issue.

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For a test, try to enter about:config in the address bar and create new numerical preference media.mediasource.eviction_threshold.video = 157286400, then restart.

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That worked somewhat but my gpu usage is still 80% compared to +-50% on other browsers

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This is the video I use as a test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28OKf2ZWUxM

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