Every CPU cycle counts
by riganta from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5C9V4)
Happy new year to all - All the best for 2021
I have a very small laptop and every CPU cycle counts.
I do not have any issues but just doubts as far as reducing CPU cycles on a small laptop and more precisely when watching Youtube videos.
My setup is KDE with vanilla arch.
I am using VAAPI for video decoding. I do have h264ify add on for firefox. Its the only consistent way for me to able to avoid the vp9 codec which is simply terrible on my machine regarding CPU cycle.
With VAAPI (h264) when watching a video using Youtube, I have up to 15% of CPU cycle.
With VP9, watching the same video, I am up to 40%.
I believe 15% with my current setup is still too much and I can do much better.
Is there any other approach, system I could use to reduce the CPU cycle on my machine when watching Videos using Youtube ? What kind of CPU cycle you guys are getting when watching Videos using Youtube ?
Just want to finish by adding, I am also using QPLAY2, SMPlayer and the result is about 15% CPU utilization. I have configured those apps to use VAAPI only.
I have a very small laptop and every CPU cycle counts.
I do not have any issues but just doubts as far as reducing CPU cycles on a small laptop and more precisely when watching Youtube videos.
My setup is KDE with vanilla arch.
I am using VAAPI for video decoding. I do have h264ify add on for firefox. Its the only consistent way for me to able to avoid the vp9 codec which is simply terrible on my machine regarding CPU cycle.
With VAAPI (h264) when watching a video using Youtube, I have up to 15% of CPU cycle.
With VP9, watching the same video, I am up to 40%.
I believe 15% with my current setup is still too much and I can do much better.
Is there any other approach, system I could use to reduce the CPU cycle on my machine when watching Videos using Youtube ? What kind of CPU cycle you guys are getting when watching Videos using Youtube ?
Just want to finish by adding, I am also using QPLAY2, SMPlayer and the result is about 15% CPU utilization. I have configured those apps to use VAAPI only.