AMD CPU locks up during video playback

[Slade Watkins]

Hi,

On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 8:22 AM J. Paul Bissonnette <jpaulb at eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 04:22:53 +0100
> Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 21:54:31 -0300, J. Paul Bissonnette wrote:
> > >it is very likely your video card causing the issue. The GT710 can't
> > >cope with the high compression of the video streams, it could be
> > >decoding as low as 6-7 fps. where as a GT 1080 would be about 150fps
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > when I enabled hardware video acceleration on my Arch Linux Intel
> > graphics machine some time ago, it was said, that no Linux browser is
> > able to use it, whatever graphics we are using.
> >
> > I googled today:
> >
> > https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/08/enable-hardware-video-acceleration-va-api-for-firefox-in-ubuntu-20-04-18-04-higher/
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration#Configuring_applications
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration#Application_support
> >
> > OTOH while using video acceleration on my slow Intel Celeron dual-core
> > makes a difference when using a media player (and probably a browser,
> > too ;), software decoding isn't a problem, hence the only issue I see
> > when using such a powerful Ryzen is climate change, due to the 105W
> > TDP, but decoding by software shouldn't cause trouble at all. However,
> > I doubt that any nowadays used graphics hardware acceleration should
> > cause an issue, but it is not enabled by default, we users need to
> > enable it on our Linux machines and getting it working for browser
> > usage is something quite new.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ralf
> >
>
> Only way to know is give it a try, the CPU is definitely not the bottle
> neck. The NVidia GEForce GT 710 released 2014 has a PCIe 2.0 x 8 bus
> and is limited to a resolution of 1280x720 according to
> (https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gt-710.c1990)

Just wanted to chime in. I have a EVGA Nvidia GeForce GT 740 that,
according to this site, doesn't support 1920x1080 but I can confirm it
does just fine. That alone makes me question its accuracy. I mean,
your mileage may vary, but I just wanted to add my experience here as
well.

>
> Could there be a bus incompatibility? ASUS X570-Pro has a PCIe 4.0x 16
> bus?
>
> From experience with an older Zotec connected to a 4k TV, anything over
> 1080p causes the video to act liked Mr Zenwiz describes.
>
>
>
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             -slade