HW acceleration with Intel G5400 (YT CPU 100%)

gusto1 · 12-27-2020, 02:01 PM

Code:

lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 3e90
	Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 3e90
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
	Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation 200 Series PCH USB 3.0 xHCI Controller

Code:

uname -rmv
5.4.0-58-generic #64~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 9 17:11:11 UTC 2020 x86_64

Code:

cat /etc/*release*
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=19.3
DISTRIB_CODENAME=tricia
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia"
NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="19.3 (Tricia)"
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 19.3"
VERSION_ID="19.3"
HOME_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.linuxmint.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://linuxmint-troubleshooting-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/"
VERSION_CODENAME=tricia
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

ondoho · 12-27-2020, 02:41 PM

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ondoho · 12-27-2020, 02:45 PM

Please do not post images when it's only about text.
Paste text.
Make an effort to describe what's happening.

I did not see the images.
The text output I see tells me nothing special, everything appears to be OK.

Please install mpv and use it to start the video & reproduce the problem, with the option

Code:

--log-file=file.txt

Then paste file.txt here.

gusto1 · 12-28-2020, 01:15 PM

I need to play the video in Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc. I can't find out why HW acceleration doesn't work. In Google Chrome I have HW accerarization activated.
4K video plays quite well in VLC, KODI, but in web browsers the CPU is almost 100% when playing video.
I also installed mpv, but the video plays choppy.
What specific log should I paste here?
Thank You

ondoho · 12-28-2020, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gusto1

I need to play the video in Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc. I can't find out why HW acceleration doesn't work. In Google Chrome I have HW accerarization activated.
4K video plays quite well in VLC, KODI, but in web browsers the CPU is almost 100% when playing video.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gusto1

I have HW acceleration in google chrome enabled
(...)
Why doesn't HW acceleration work with IGPU?

Quote:

Originally Posted by gusto1

I downloaded a 4K video from https://jell.yfish.us/ specifically https://jell.yfish.us/media/jellyfis...k-uhd-h264.mkv.
When I run the video in Celluloid 0.17 the cpu is 100%.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gusto1

When I play 4K video in VLC, then the CPU is 25%, but I see lags.
(...)
HW acceleration does not apply in web browsers (Google Chrome 87, Mozilla Firefox 84)

Your messages are conflicting.
So it was all about Chrome, after all, and not about your operating system and media playback in general?
Because I asked about that, specifically, in post #2.

Aeterna · 10-23-2023, 03:08 PM

Chrome requires plug in for HW acceleration to work.
Firefox needs few touches in about:config

Result is ~30% CPU in chrome and half ot it in firefox. These are my observations from Slackware, don't know about Ubuntu.

TB0ne · 05-27-2024, 08:58 AM

Multiple spammers in this thread. All reported.

business_kid · 05-27-2024, 09:03 AM

Funny now, because when I saw CPU used 100%, I thought to myself "OK, GPU isn't working."

If the GPU is working, the cpu has no work to do. If there's no/poor GPU, the Mesa driver 'swrast' comes into play and uses the CPU to drive the graphics, hence the driver name SoftWare RASTerizer.

I have a RazPi 4 with no GPU driver to speak of which sweats up on a 1080p video. When there's a GPU driver working, the CPU sits back. Even with integrated graphics, the cpu uses the lion's share of the wattage, so the GPU can't overheat any APU.

EDIT: I cross posted with

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBone

Multiple spammers in this thread. All reported.

Bah! I probably answered them

mrmazda · 05-29-2024, 10:29 PM

After reading the Intel spec page for the G5400, I wonder whether users with apparent problems are using DisplayPort or HDMI connections, or have tried both.