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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:01:03 +0000
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On 12/03/2025 04:45, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc, Computer Nerd Kev  <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>> It's specific to Firefox playing the video.
>>
>> Does Firefox use GPU hardware video decoding (look for
>> "HARDWARE_VIDEO_DECODING" on the about:support page)? I'm not sure
>> if mplayer does hardware video decoding, ffmpeg requires specific
>> options to enable it. You also need the relevent drivers installed.
>> Hardware will also only support certain codecs, so it's possible
>> that only Firefox is using it, with a video format used by YouTube.
> 
> It is "available". I don't know if it gets used, but probably. Youtube
> videos play, so however it happens, it works.
> 
> You think something about hardware video decoding could bump my hub off?
> Is there an about config to try turning that off?
> 

IIRC its right there in normal settings

> Elijah
> ------
> isn't going diving in about:config right now

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