Re: riddle me this: youtube kills my usb hub

Wondering if the when the GPU hardware video decoding become active something
happens to the power supply. And if Firefox is the only program that uses the
GPU hardware video decoding that could explain things.  I wonder if FF can be
configured not to use GPU hardware video decoding...

At Wed, 12 Mar 2025 04:45:19 -0000 (UTC) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

 
In comp.os.linux.misc, Computer Nerd Kev  <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

It's specific to Firefox playing the video.

 
Does Firefox use GPU hardware video decoding (look for
"HARDWARE_VIDEO_DECODING" on the about:support page)? I'm not sure
if mplayer does hardware video decoding, ffmpeg requires specific
options to enable it. You also need the relevent drivers installed.
Hardware will also only support certain codecs, so it's possible
that only Firefox is using it, with a video format used by YouTube.

 
It is "available". I don't know if it gets used, but probably. Youtube
videos play, so however it happens, it works.
 
You think something about hardware video decoding could bump my hub off?
Is there an about config to try turning that off?
 
Elijah
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