Open analyticmind opened 4 months ago
I can reproduce this with Sway 1.9 on Debian testing with a CometLake-U GT2.
I can also observe this with FreeTube 0.21.0 and Chromium 125.0.6422.60. However, mpv (0.38.0) is not affected.
vblank_mode=0
also fixes the issue for me.
Recently installed
intel-media-driver
to get hardware acceleration, and after installing it I noticed that whenever a video is left playing in an unfocused workspace, it will buffer. In some cases, it will just stop playing. This happens whether the video is in a browser or a standalone application like FreeTube or mpv.Searching through this repository, I found a workaround for a similar issue (#3716), i.e. set the environment variable
vblank_mode=0
. However, the initial purpose of getting hardware acceleration was to save some battery, whereas the workaround is said to negate this by maxxing the GPU.I was able to replicate the issue in 2 laptops and 1 desktop PC.
Any ideas for a better workaround?