sjq42
7 December 2022 20:09
1
Video performance inside the web browser seems kind of choppy and blurry and so far I only noticed that issue on Garuda Linux(Gamer Edition) and I tried on other distros on same hardware like Zorin OS (Gnome), EndeavourOS (XFCE) and even with Windows 10 I had better video performance in Browser and it felt smooth and sharp in all 3 OS’s except Garuda…
Does anyone have a clue why is this happening?
Also I tried different browsers like Brave, Firedragon, Firefox and Google Chrome, but the problem mostly occurs on Garuda…
System:X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
Kayo
7 December 2022 20:12
2
Please post your garuda-inxi as requested by the template.
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Maybe it has to do with hardware acceleration not being properly enabled? By the sound of 'blurry' video however, I doubt it - the question then becomes what kind of blurry we are talking about, low resolution or compositor-style blur? If it's the latter, have you tried disabling the compositor with alt+shift+F12 and playing the video, and seeing whether that changes anything? Have you also tried other video players like VLC and seeing if the issue persists?
I thought about cutting out what I put below since it's probably not relevant to your case, but it might help someone else out there who is pulling their hair out and going bald over video tearing.
Summary
While my issue was not the same as yours, I had an issue with Firedragon/Librewolf not having hardware acceleration enabled properly, resulting in tearing in the top quarter of the video. Ungoogled Chromium on the other hand had very smooth video from the get-go. I had to go to about:config and set gfx.webrender.all to true, effectively forcing it.VAAPI , h264ify or anything similar to it, and the Arch Wiki pages of whatever web browser you plan to regularly use.
This is a very uneducated guess though, which is why your garuda-inxi is needed
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sjq42
8 December 2022 13:51
4
sorry for the late response, I was pretty busy, here are my specs:
System:
Kernel: 6.0.11-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=b33d4f48-258f-4b26-84b4-262fd566a3a7 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=9c6d9900-97dc-4c40-b6be-917026300ae7 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4901
date: 07/25/2022
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120A
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3505 high: 3571 min/max: 2200/4467 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3500 2: 3500
3: 3571 4: 3500 5: 3500 6: 3500 7: 3500 8: 3500 9: 3500 10: 3500 11: 3500
12: 3500 bogomips: 83997
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Tonga PRO [Radeon R9 285/380] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-3 code: Volcanic Islands
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-1,DVI-D-1 empty: DVI-D-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6939 class-ID: 0300 temp: 53.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4240x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1121x381mm (44.13x15.00")
s-diag: 1184mm (46.61")
Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-D-0 pos: right model: Acer AL2216W
serial: <filter> built: 2006 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
size: 473x296mm (18.62x11.65") diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary,left
model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: 2560x1440
hz: 120 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43")
diag: 800mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x350
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.3 renderer: AMD Radeon R9 380 Series (tonga
LLVM 14.0.6 DRM 3.48 6.0.11-zen1-1-zen) direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Tonga HDMI Audio [Radeon R9 285/380]
vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aad8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.11-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.61 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 989.15 GiB used: 21.67 GiB (2.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: S8542105 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: S8H40104 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Kingston
model: DataTraveler 3.0 size: 57.62 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 448.39 GiB size: 448.39 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.67 GiB (4.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 448.39 GiB size: 448.39 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.67 GiB (4.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 448.39 GiB size: 448.39 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.67 GiB (4.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 448.39 GiB size: 448.39 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.67 GiB (4.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.52 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 17.07 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: 45.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 53.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1956 case-1: 1117 case-2: 1113 case-3: 1053
gpu: amdgpu fan: 548
Power: 12v: 10.03 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 3.29 gpu: amdgpu watts: 46.19
Info:
Processes: 332 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.52 GiB
used: 2.59 GiB (16.7%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1836
libs: 516 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.5.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.23
Garuda (2.6.10-1):
System install date: 2022-12-07
Last full system update: 2022-12-08
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units:
McFly: Importing sh
@sjq42
my terminal text
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sjq42
8 December 2022 13:51
5
Here it is, sorry for the late response:
System:
Kernel: 6.0.11-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=b33d4f48-258f-4b26-84b4-262fd566a3a7 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=9c6d9900-97dc-4c40-b6be-917026300ae7 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4901
date: 07/25/2022
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120A
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3505 high: 3571 min/max: 2200/4467 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3500 2: 3500
3: 3571 4: 3500 5: 3500 6: 3500 7: 3500 8: 3500 9: 3500 10: 3500 11: 3500
12: 3500 bogomips: 83997
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Tonga PRO [Radeon R9 285/380] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-3 code: Volcanic Islands
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-1,DVI-D-1 empty: DVI-D-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6939 class-ID: 0300 temp: 53.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4240x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1121x381mm (44.13x15.00")
s-diag: 1184mm (46.61")
Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-D-0 pos: right model: Acer AL2216W
serial: <filter> built: 2006 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
size: 473x296mm (18.62x11.65") diag: 558mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary,left
model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: 2560x1440
hz: 120 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43")
diag: 800mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x350
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.3 renderer: AMD Radeon R9 380 Series (tonga
LLVM 14.0.6 DRM 3.48 6.0.11-zen1-1-zen) direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Tonga HDMI Audio [Radeon R9 285/380]
vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aad8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.11-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.61 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 989.15 GiB used: 21.67 GiB (2.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: S8542105 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: S8H40104 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Kingston
model: DataTraveler 3.0 size: 57.62 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 448.39 GiB size: 448.39 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.67 GiB (4.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 448.39 GiB size: 448.39 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.67 GiB (4.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 448.39 GiB size: 448.39 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.67 GiB (4.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 448.39 GiB size: 448.39 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.67 GiB (4.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.52 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 17.07 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: 45.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 53.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1956 case-1: 1117 case-2: 1113 case-3: 1053
gpu: amdgpu fan: 548
Power: 12v: 10.03 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 3.29 gpu: amdgpu watts: 46.19
Info:
Processes: 332 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.52 GiB
used: 2.59 GiB (16.7%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1836
libs: 516 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.5.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.23
Garuda (2.6.10-1):
System install date: 2022-12-07
Last full system update: 2022-12-08
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units:
McFly: Importing sh
sjq42
8 December 2022 13:58
6
And also I forgot to mention that the problem only occurs in Web Browsers not in VLC or SMP, And when it comes to blurry it's like compositor-style-blur, resolution is fine.
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oh cool, did you try shift+alt+F12 to disable the compositor and see whether video playback improves? Not to say it's a long-term solution of course
Your inxi mentions that you use an AMD card, and it's possible it's related. Hopefully someone who knows all about AMD can hop in and help you out ^^
Maybe have a read of the Arch Wiki page for AMDGPU and see if you find anything relevant in there. It mentions things about artifacts in Chromium, Firefox WebRenderer corruption and video acceleration, which may be relevant to the choppy video issue you mentioned before.
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Colin
9 December 2022 18:18
10
I'm not sure if this is the cause, but I don't think it will help.
Enter about:support and go down the page. Here's what mine shows for HARDWARE_VIDEO_DECODING:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=281398
I have another device running Fedora 38. There, hardware acceleration is enabled by default and is NOT "blocklisted by end: Blocklisted by gfxInfo". If it is generally disabled by default for any Linux system, shouldn't that also include this installation of Fedora 38? Or maybe over there they change/overwrite some things when building the package for their repos?
Fedora is patching that: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fire … aapi.patch
// Disable on Release/late Beta
#if !defined(EARLY_BETA_OR_EARLIER)
APPEND_TO_DRIVER_BLOCKLIST(OperatingSystem::Linux, DeviceFamily::All,
nsIGfxInfo::FEATURE_HARDWARE_VIDEO_DECODING,
nsIGfxInfo::FEATURE_BLOCKED_DEVICE,
DRIVER_COMPARISON_IGNORED, V(0, 0, 0, 0),
"FEATURE_HARDWARE_VIDEO_DECODING_DISABLE", "");
#endif
on Linux accelerated video decoding will always be disabled unless you run an early beta (whatever that might be). I have not checked from the source, but I'd assume the Arch package is not an early beta?
alexjp
11 December 2022 03:46
11
mine has:
but can't complain, I have a 2k video for testing that i usually do, and firefox uses the same cpu as mpv.
chromium (and brave and qutebrowser) uses a little more cpu, so firefox is the best option for me to watch "DISTROTUBE" dissing pacman and using snaps.
( even though on browserbench.org , brave has almost, just almost twice the score of firefox )
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if you want an easy way to put it into the forum, go to Garuda Assistant -> system specs -> copy for forum, and replace the three backticks (`) with tildes (~).
but it'll help to get to the heart of the matter. As Anarcraft mentioned, if JamesDSP is running, try quitting it and seeing if anything improves.
