Anyone encountered anything similar? Anyone got any solutions? (other than restarting ff)
Flash slow in firefox?
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Plexa
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Anyone encountered anything similar? Anyone got any solutions? (other than restarting ff) | ||
ShaLLoW[baY]
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Hinanawi
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Saturnize
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On January 18 2010 17:03 Hinanawi wrote: Which version of Firefox are you two using? I had this problem in 3.0 a lot (Firefox majorly memory leaking with YouTube tabs open), but I haven't had the problem since 3.5 ...3.0.17 Brb, updating. | ||
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Plexa
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Flash slow in firefox? Tbh, I think he'll pwn JD just as he pwnd Movie regardless if your using Internet Explorer or Firefox. Unless you're referring to lag, he's apm should be the same. + Show Spoiler + ![]() | ||
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KwarK
United States42656 Posts
On January 18 2010 17:10 HaXXspetten wrote: + Show Spoiler + Tbh, I think he'll pwn JD just as he pwnd Movie regardless if your using Internet Explorer or Firefox. Unless you're referring to lag, he's apm should be the same. + Show Spoiler + ![]() spoiler tag yo | ||
mucker
United States1120 Posts
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Plexa
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Ivs
Australia139 Posts
Although the new players on livestream.com seems to do a lot better. (than the ones tl embeds) | ||
water-hand
Italy47 Posts
nothing worked, sadly seemed only IE could run flash correctly finally (after a couple of months), on other purposes, i reinstalled my ATI graphics drivers and Flash started working correctly on FF | ||
BloodDrunK
Bangladesh2767 Posts
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HaruHaru
United States988 Posts
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disco
Netherlands1667 Posts
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Jaxtyk
United States600 Posts
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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Julmust
Sweden4867 Posts
To disable hardware acceleration: Start a flashgame/stream/whatever and rightclick, under one of the tabs (furthest to the left I think) you have a option "Enable hardware acceleration" try that and see if it helps you with your problem. | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 18 2010 18:13 meegrean wrote: Firefox tends to use a lot more cpu than I would like. Try using another browser for flash-related stuff? thats a pain =/ I'd rather not On January 18 2010 18:14 Julmust wrote: Have you tried disabling hardware acceleration for flash? My CPU used to go fucking nuts when I played flash (aka firefox taking up ALOT of CPU). To disable hardware acceleration: Start a flashgame/stream/whatever and rightclick, under one of the tabs (furthest to the left I think) you have a option "Enable hardware acceleration" try that and see if it helps you with your problem. testing this | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 18 2010 18:02 Jaxtyk wrote: How good is ur cpu? 2.1GHz, Core Duo No change btw, when disabling acceleration | ||
nttea
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Mystlord
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United States10264 Posts
The problem with FF right now is that everything is handled within one process, so you have a lot more strain on a CPU core that cannot handle all of the memory that the one FF process needs. | ||
LaiShin
Australia978 Posts
Now I use Chrome :D | ||
LF9
United States537 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 18 2010 18:47 Mystlord wrote: Update everything to its latest versions. Also close ALL FF tabs, and open up a livestream with just one and see how much memory that takes. The problem with FF right now is that everything is handled within one process, so you have a lot more strain on a CPU core that cannot handle all of the memory that the one FF process needs. takes between 30-50% CPU | ||
kOre
Canada3642 Posts
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azndsh
United States4447 Posts
buy more cores imo | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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Shauni
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On January 18 2010 18:52 LF9 wrote: Use Google Chrome; believe it or not, it is the fastest browser for pretty much any use, at least in my experience (compared to IE, FF, Opera). When I tried it a month or two ago Chrome handled flash applications worse than any other browser. Not sure they've fixed that or not. In any case, Flash is very demanding and if you don't have a really fast CPU the slowness will be noticeable in any browser (but both IE and Opera consumes less CPU with flash for me than Firefox). | ||
TeCh)PsylO
United States3552 Posts
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kOre
Canada3642 Posts
EDIT: When I run all of that PLUS Firefox with Roffles stream (so I have both Chrome and FF running Roffles stream) my CPU Usage is in between 25% and 50% and I have the latest FF. | ||
azndsh
United States4447 Posts
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Mystlord
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United States10264 Posts
Wow wut? That's really weird. I would suggest a clean reinstall of Firefox and see if the problem persists :/ | ||
Tyraz
New Zealand310 Posts
On January 18 2010 19:05 Plexa wrote: In chrome its still taking up 30-50% CPU =/=/=/ Well I'm using a netbook and flash heavy sites grind it to a halt. Flash is graphics intensive so it's probably more to do with graphics card than anything... I'm presuming HD youtube slows it even more? | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
I don't know if its a gfx card issue - it's certainly a possibility. | ||
R1CH
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Catch]22
Sweden2683 Posts
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Yamoth
United States315 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 18 2010 19:50 Yamoth wrote: I don't think your problem is firefox... What your videocard? Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family =/ It's a work laptop lol | ||
Yamoth
United States315 Posts
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Captain Mayhem
Sweden774 Posts
This was totally fixed when I formatted my computer. Not sure if it's the formatting, or the Windows Vista -> Windows 7 upgrade that did it, but it's smooth as silk now. | ||
Oddysay
Canada597 Posts
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
On January 18 2010 17:01 Plexa wrote: Okay, so I've googled around a bit and haven't been able to resolve this issue. Basically, whenever I'm running anything flash based from FF (i.e. livestream or youtube) the cpu usage of firefox hits 30-40% and generally makes everything slower. Anyone encountered anything similar? Anyone got any solutions? (other than restarting ff) been having same issue as well, same thing happened when i'm watching yotube HD videos, strangely enough it only happened recently like a month back when i noticed the cooling fans on my lappy going ape-shit, firefox is at the latest version 3.5... hopefully some one that knows whats up could gives us a tip here : / | ||
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Harem
United States11390 Posts
On January 18 2010 17:03 Hinanawi wrote: Which version of Firefox are you two using? I had this problem in 3.0 a lot (Firefox majorly memory leaking with YouTube tabs open), but I haven't had the problem since 3.5 Yeah, I actually had to switch to Opera after 3.0 because FF was just too infuriating to use then but ever since I updated FF recently, I haven't had this problem. | ||
Altair
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LF9
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mikeymoo
Canada7170 Posts
On January 18 2010 20:35 Captain Mayhem wrote: I had a VERY choppy flash player no matter what I used, about a month ago. Tried with both Firefox and Chrome, when the FF flash player would like freeze for some milliseconds every once in a while. The chrome one just majorly slowed down at parts. This was totally fixed when I formatted my computer. Not sure if it's the formatting, or the Windows Vista -> Windows 7 upgrade that did it, but it's smooth as silk now. Vista to 7 also did this for me. CPU went from 44 in FF to about 3. | ||
sixghost
United States2096 Posts
On January 18 2010 19:56 Plexa wrote: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family =/ It's a work laptop lol I've got the same video card in my laptop and livestream causes the same exact problem for me in every browser I use. | ||
illu
Canada2531 Posts
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
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necros
United States85 Posts
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Jolle
Norway185 Posts
have u tried disableing the browser.cache.memory.enable ? In about:config Filter for "cache" and find browser.cache.memory.enable set to false You probably want to restart FF afterwards. Also somone told me to be sure your useraccount have full security access to the Flash files in: "C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash" will help What FlashPlayer version do u use? | ||
m3rciless
United States1476 Posts
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Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
On January 18 2010 19:15 Plexa wrote: I never watch HD youtube.. I don't have a use for it. Opera is maxing out around 60% cpu usage rofl =/ I don't know if its a gfx card issue - it's certainly a possibility. Opera, chrome, FF, etc will use alot of cpu; the only flash that doesn't use alot of cpu is the active x InternetExplorer flash; the plug-in is not cpu friendly. I was hoping riches suggestion would pan out for you as that would be the easiest solution. I'm assuming the problem arises when you put the flash player to full screen and then it wants to set your computer on fire. I would try using flash 10.1 beta 2 just to see if anything pans out, nothing quite like toubleshooting. | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
ill try the browser cache when i got home tonight | ||
zee
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fredd
Estonia256 Posts
On January 19 2010 05:08 zee wrote: Are you guys having stuttering issues too in flash videos? I only have it in Firefox, not Chrome or Opera. I dont even know why im using firefox really, i guess its just because im so used to it i cant switch. Its a fucking memory hog too. exactly the same here fucking ff | ||
FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
It happens on Mac as well lol | ||
sith
United States2474 Posts
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guMmiwormz
United States312 Posts
http://main.kerkia.com/tools/default.aspx that is supposed to lower the cpu usage of programs | ||
zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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zee
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On January 19 2010 05:43 guMmiwormz wrote: theres a program called minimem http://main.kerkia.com/tools/default.aspx that is supposed to lower the cpu usage of programs memory usage not cpu and i doubt it works very well ive heard ram "optimizer" programs are just a myth | ||
Shizuru~
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On January 19 2010 05:42 sith wrote: You could always try the greasemonkey script that plays flash videos in an in-browser box of VLC. Smooth playback without the stupid CPU usage of flash. i just googled this, apparently you have to wait for the whole video to load before you can begin playback? that's definitely a no-go.. | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 19 2010 09:03 Shizuru~ wrote: so... lots of people having similiar problem but none has figured out whats up or a solution than reformat ? ![]() guess not =[ | ||
Khul Sadukar
Australia1735 Posts
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Khul Sadukar
Australia1735 Posts
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NiteKat
United States146 Posts
Lately FF has been handling streams like Day[9]'s okay, though when he enables the chat for questions it lags a bit. I haven't changed anything, so I don't know what's up, but I still hover around 50% CPU. :\ | ||
Mickey
United States2606 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17257 Posts
Gonna try it out (as for me too FF is often slow when viewing flash). Edit: Updating flash to 10.0 r42 and FF to 3.6 seems to have solved the flash slowdown problem. CPU usage dropped from 50% to 15%. | ||
Khul Sadukar
Australia1735 Posts
Looked around the house and found someone had plugged in an ancient rotator dial phone without a filter. I remember unplugging the damn thing ages ago grrrr We'll see how the stream goes tonight ![]() | ||
Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On January 26 2010 06:20 Khul Sadukar wrote: Ok I did some testing and turns out my net is unstable as hell (pingtest.net) Looked around the house and found someone had plugged in an ancient rotator dial phone without a filter. I remember unplugging the damn thing ages ago grrrr We'll see how the stream goes tonight ![]() something like that would nearly cut your speed in half and totally kill your reliability under a fast dsl conditions you must have a slow dsl if you havent noticed it instally. | ||
Zack1900
United States211 Posts
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Navold
Netherlands31 Posts
I was like, WTF i never heared of no team called firefox! | ||
Storm704
United States114 Posts
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Zanno
United States1484 Posts
On January 18 2010 19:56 Plexa wrote: Well, that's your problem.Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family =/ It's a work laptop lol When you have one of those integrated Intel "video cards" what it really means is that you simply don't have a video card - all those chips are really doing is offloading what would normally be accomplished by the video card onto your ram and processor. So given that it should be obvious why flash causes such huge spikes, no? | ||
CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
At home I think the lag is attributed to my ISP/bandwidth though. I often just DL videos from youtube and watch in VLC later. ALso, Firefox has gotten laggier and laggier for like every update. It's unavoidable though. | ||
Khul Sadukar
Australia1735 Posts
On January 26 2010 15:44 Virtue wrote: something like that would nearly cut your speed in half and totally kill your reliability under a fast dsl conditions you must have a slow dsl if you havent noticed it instally. We'll I only have a 5mb connection. It used to be fine for streams mths ago but something has changed. Nothing physically with the connection, only i've rebuilt the machine and been looking at it as a software issue. Sometimes it runs perfectly which is really odd. I'll just start watching vods I guess. | ||
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