AskHN: How much is Chrome and how much is Chromium?

Re:AskHN: How much is Chrome and how much is Chromium? by DavideNL on Thursday March 25, 2021 @08:58AM (#26579652)

I have approximately the same Macbook (but from 2015), one issue i have is playing 4K .webm videos on Youtube. It doesn't matter which browser, it even happens when i download the video and play it in another player. My CPU will spike and the fans start blasting.

4K videos in mkv/H.264 format i can play fine though.

The issue here is the hardware decoders capability;

Depending on which browser you use, and whether your Macbook is connected to power, websites will send you a different video/codec/size.

Here's a random post that sort of describes this: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/409764

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Re:AskHN: How much is Chrome and how much is Chromium? by bberenberg on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:40PM (#26586529)

It works fine in another browser. So I don't think it is a hardware issue? Is there a situation where Chrome/Vivaldi would be able to use hardware the FF wouldn't? And 90% of my time is spent on power (top left usb-c port).

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Re:AskHN: How much is Chrome and how much is Chromium? by DavideNL on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:17AM (#26589564)

Using a different browser results in a different video (/codec) being downloaded. The different codec is what can cause your hardware/cpu to spike.

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