1080p video micro lag

Hello everyone,

I'm quite a new Garuda user.

I'm having a problem playing videos in 1080p quality.
To be precise in this quality I can see some sort of tiny, micro lags. I mean the video is clearly not fluid, but the sound definitely is. Anyhow it's really annoying.

As soon as I drop down the quality to 720p it's just flows as smooth as water.
What also might worth mentioning is that when YouTube has the opportunity it drops down the video quality to 720p automatically.
For example you start to watching a video in 1080p quality but you decide to step maybe 20 minutes forward in the recording. The next thing you see the quality is changed to 720p.

I posted a video about it. I hope it will be visible:
"1080p vs 720p lag issue - YouTube"

I've never had this sort of issue while I used Windows 10/11.

Have any of you encountered with such issue or have any idea how can I solve it?

Here is my inxi's output:

System:
  Kernel: 6.3.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=3ee184a0-0e23-45f1-86cd-004e8ffaf1f9 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=707c3a74-3952-49c8-8020-05064bbf8d26 loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Katana GF66 11UE v: REV:1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1581 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: E1581IMS.312 date: 06/28/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 39.7 Wh (91.3%) condition: 43.5/52.0 Wh (83.7%)
    volts: 12.3 min: 11.4 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: not charging
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x42
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 960 KiB desc: d-12x48 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 15 MiB desc: 12x1.2 MiB
    L3: 144 MiB desc: 12x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2797 high: 4500 min/max: 800/4500 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 801 2: 2008 3: 4500
    4: 4500 5: 800 6: 1522 7: 4500 8: 1599 9: 1050 10: 4500 11: 4500 12: 3291
    bogomips: 64512
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a68
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 530.41.03
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Bison HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-10:4
    chip-ID: 5986:211b class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
    alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1013x285mm (39.88x11.22")
    s-diag: 1052mm (41.43")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1-0 pos: primary,right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: left res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142
    size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.53") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
    alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.3.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 3-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 25.77 GiB (5.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PCP3512F-AI1
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: ECFK52.8 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 459.78 GiB size: 459.78 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 25.77 GiB (5.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 459.78 GiB size: 459.78 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 25.77 GiB (5.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 459.78 GiB size: 459.78 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 25.77 GiB (5.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 459.78 GiB size: 459.78 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 25.77 GiB (5.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.86 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 15.33 GiB used: 1.5 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 318 Uptime: 1h 38m wakeups: 13 Memory: 15.33 GiB
  used: 4.53 GiB (29.5%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2002
  libs: 561 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
  System install date:     2023-04-30
  Last full system update: 2023-05-05
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            

Thank you for your kind help in advance!

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Hi there, welcome to the forum.
Have you tried disabling hardware acceleration in your browser?
If not helping, or trying to achieve the opposite, you could check:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration
But quite frankly I have no experience on that... :blush:

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Oh my god! Disabling the browser's hardware acceleration solved my problem.
I was looking for a solution for days.

Thank you very much! :blush:

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