High CPU usage when watching videos Firedragon/Firefox-family Streaming

Issues & Assistance
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Backstory
I was a firefox user, then suddenly watching youtube videos raising CPU usage which makes my fan screaming like crazy. So I switched to chrome-specifically Brave. Same thing does not happen.

– Back on i3wm, Brave and Firefox both went crazy when watching youtube. So I made the switch to hyprland

Current story
I assumed i3 was the culprit, so currently on hyprland- Brave/chrome behaves when watching youtube with even than less than 10% CPU usage , while Firefox/Firedragon want to hog all the glory
Summary
People have suggested plugins to reduce smth smth -codecs. I would love to migrate to firedragon officially but this is a problem.
Question
Is firefox just horrible at handling videos?

System:
  Kernel: 6.7.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=5cdaaea7-2d12-4fc9-8004-fda5bae9be22 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    ibt=off
  Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.35.0 with: docker,waybar tools:
    avail: i3lock,swaylock,xautolock vt: 1 dm: 1: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    note: stopped 2: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 840 G2
    v: A3009D510203 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2216 v: KBC Version 96.56
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: N0Y03UC#ABU uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: M71 Ver. 01.09 date: 09/01/2015
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 15.1 Wh (77.8%) condition: 19.4/19.4 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 13.0 min: 11.4 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-5300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell
    gen: core 5 level: v3 note: check built: 2015-18 process: Intel 14nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1330 high: 1408 min/max: 500/2900 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1408 2: 1319 3: 1398
    4: 1197 bogomips: 18356
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Hewlett-Packard ZBook 15u G2
    Mobile Workstation driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-8 process: Intel 14nm
    built: 2014-15 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP EliteBook integrated
    HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 2-7:5 chip-ID: 05c8:0374 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: Hyprland v: 0.35.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa
    alternate: fbdev,intel dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x233e built: 2012 res: 1600x900
    dpi: 132 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: iris x11:
    drv: iris inactive: gbm
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.1-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW
    GT2) device-ID: 8086:1616 memory: 11.29 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 10 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.0.1-arch1.1
    device-ID: 8086:1616 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu
    name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
    v: 24.0.1-arch1.1 (LLVM 16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:9ca0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 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 Ethernet I218-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:15a2 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-b93b60dd9457 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: veth8e3e53e state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-networkd, systemd-timesyncd,
    wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6
    status: discoverable: yes pairing: yes
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
    v: 3.0 port: 5060 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 419.06 GiB (45.0%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: RSM7 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 491.68 GiB size: 491.68 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 419.06 GiB (85.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 491.68 GiB size: 491.68 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 419.06 GiB (85.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 491.68 GiB size: 491.68 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 419.06 GiB (85.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 491.68 GiB size: 491.68 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 419.06 GiB (85.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 11.56 GiB used: 1024 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 12 GiB available: 11.56 GiB used: 5.02 GiB (43.4%)
  Processes: 251 Power: uptime: 3h 26m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 4.58 GiB services: upowerd Init: systemd
    v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 2476 pm: nix-default pkgs: 0 pm: nix-sys pkgs: 0 pm: nix-usr
    pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 2445 libs: 520 tools: aura,pamac,paru,yay
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 19 pm: snap pkgs: 12 Compilers: clang: 16.0.6
    gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.0 running-in: tmux:
    inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2022-01-22
  Last full system update: 2024-02-28
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
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I suspect it’s not using hardware (GPU) acceleration for (some?) codecs.
about:support “Graphics” section should tell.
Except I don’t understand much, only that it’s not using acceleration on my (old) box.
I think because it’s based on Firefox ESR.
I’ve been looking into it but gave up for lack of time and patience.

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  • After rebooting, post the FULL output of garuda-inxi in the body of the post
    (not linked externally, or collapsed with the “hide details” feature)

Not collapsed :slight_smile:

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Ooh because of the bad formatting :sweat_smile:… forgot to add code block. Will do when I finally reboot.

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In general for youtube yes
for other things like piped or libretube no

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Cool, thanks for making me know I am not the only one that feels this way.

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ITs all to do with google trying to destroy Firefox They put malicious code in YouTube vids to persuade foolish users not to use firefox. Its all about control of the internet I personally will never use anything made by google as they are just like Microsoft used to be trying to control users i mean who the ■■■■ wants to see adds every 5 mins apart from Americans.

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I’ve got something in the pipeline which will effectively address this problem.

I’ll give more details when it’s done in a few weeks.

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