Why does Chrome stop playing some of the video in a Twitch stream?
Why does Chrome stop playing some of the video in a Twitch stream?
So the past week I've notice Twitch streams when watching on chrome has a massive amount of skipped frames. I really notice this while gaming and having twitch open on another monitor. If I use Firefox, or Microsoft Edge. This does not happen. I've uninstalled/reinstalled chrome and it still happens. I have enabled/disabled Use hardware acceleration when available it doesn't seem to make a difference.. Im really confused and don't believe its hardware related since I don't have any issues when using the other browsers. System Spec 3yrs old I clean my system every month with a electric dusters Windows 10: Version 20H2 OS build: 19042.928 PC CASE: Corsair CC-9011048-WW Carbide Series Air 540 Windowed ATX High Airflow Cube Performance Computer Case with White LED Fan - Arctic White Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 2600 6-Core 3.4 GHz (3.9 GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 65W YD2600BBAFBOX Desktop Processor CPU COOLER: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT, 240mm Radiator, Dual 120mm PWM Fans, Software Control, Liquid CPU Cooler Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Intel XMP 2.0 Memory Kit Model CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Graphics: Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 590 8GB PCI-E Dual HDMI / DVI-D/ Dual DP PSU: CORSAIR TX-M Series TX750M CP-9020131-NA 750W ATX12V v2.4 / EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Semi-Modular Active PFC Power Supply Harddrive: Team Group L5 3D 2.5" 240GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TD240G3C101 Windows loaded 62.8GB Used 159GB Unused Harddrive: Crucial BX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-Inch Internal SSD, up to 540MB/s - CT1000BX500SSD1 Games loaded 436GB Used 494GB Unused 3Monitors: Sceptre 30-inch Curved Gaming Monitor 21:9 2560x1080 Ultra Wide Ultra Slim HDMI DisplayPort up to 200Hz Build-in Speakers, Metal Black (C305B-200UN) ASUS VS248H-P 24" Full HD 1920x1080 2ms HDMI DVI VGA Back-lit LED Monitor ASUS VS248H-P 24" Full HD 1920x1080 2ms HDMI DVI VGA Back-lit LED Monitor thanks
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I changed my post to show my system specs. The frames skipping aren't always visible even though they happen when looking ahead in the Twitch player settings. The biggest thing I noticed in the last week is that when a game like WOW loads on my main screen and a video plays on one of my side screens, I get lots of stutters. I never saw this before. It seems to happen no matter what browser I use, but Chrome makes it worse than any other one. I don't know if this is due to hardware or software. UPDATE: I think I fixed the skipped frames issue. Unchecking Low Latency under Advanced in the video player settings stopped the skipping down to almost nothing (only 1 frame vs 2000 in a minute). However, I am worried about the stuttering when loading Wow or any game with a loading screen that causes videos on other monitors to lag and stop. If I switch away from the game and click on the browser, it stops. Is this a video card problem or something else?
It looks like the stuttering is happening in every web browser. Chrome, Firefox. This happens when I'm playing a game on my main screen while a video plays on the second one. The audio works fine, but the frames start to stutter and slow down until I close the tab and open a different browser.
Just to check this out, I found what started the problem. If World of Warcraft has DX12 turned on, video stuttering doesn't happen anymore. But when DX12 is active, you might see some weird glitches after playing for a while or when you teleport around. It feels like it's specific to World of Warcraft since nothing else in my computer causes problems. I tried turning off DX12 and switching to DX11; the glitches stopped, but video stuttering came back and got worse when WoW was open and loading on Twitch or YouTube. Playing other games didn't have any issues at all. It looks like that's what broke it down. I saw a post on a wow forums page about those graphics artifacts. I don't think my card is burning out or anything like that. Something else must be going on here.