• nezeta@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I own a Mini PC with Intel N100 and it can reach 40W even when I just watch YouTube. I’m pretty happy with it though.

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      10 months ago

      IIRC chrome still uses the CPU to decode VP9/AV1, you need to use firefox for full hardware decode.

      Or use h264ify

      • MaxOfS2D@alien.topB
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        10 months ago

        No, hardware decoding of VP9 and AV1 works great on Chrome; I see it working with two Nvidia GPUs and a Radeon 780M

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        10 months ago

        On an old nuc I’m using, Firefox with YouTube is a sluggish experience and hardware decide refuses to work. A lot of folks are finding the same, likely Google pushing us away from using Firefox.

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          10 months ago

          Any NUC has H264 decode on Linux, give Linux Mint a try?

          I think tho in about:config you need to set a vaapi flag to enabled.

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            10 months ago

            That’s really helpful, I’ll try that thank you. Yes the decode works fine in Chromium. It’s not that, it’s Google shenanigans.

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        10 months ago

        Wait, is it the same with Edge? My laptop iGPU (Iris Xe) has VP9 and AV1 hardware decoding, does that extension forces hardware decoding?