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Webrender causes Youtube videos to be laggy

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cor-el replied
naor2013
naor2013

I opened a Youtube video and the video was laggy and unstable. I checked my Firefox settings and I saw I'm using Webrender because it's the default for some users now. When I opted-out of it using about:config and restarted the browser, the video was stable as usual. Let me know if it's a known issue or what info I can send to help with that issue.

I opened a Youtube video and the video was laggy and unstable. I checked my Firefox settings and I saw I'm using Webrender because it's the default for some users now. When I opted-out of it using about:config and restarted the browser, the video was stable as usual. Let me know if it's a known issue or what info I can send to help with that issue.

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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
  • Top 10 Contributor

Honestly, I haven't seen such an issue in this version.

https://github.com/servo/webrender/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+youtube

You can create a new issue on github.

cor-el
cor-el
  • Top 25 Contributor
  • Moderator

Try to set this pref to false on the about:config page.

  • gfx.webrender.picture-caching = false

Close and restart Firefox after modifying the setting for changes to take effect If this didn't help then modify this pref as well.

  • gfx.webrender.force-disabled = true

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.