Annoying stuttering in browsers

Issues & Assistance
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Hello everybody I’m new here :slight_smile:

I hope everyone is doing awesome and well. :grin:

Before we get started I would like to mention that this distro is really awesome and I love it, however there is one issue.

Now I am very new to linux so I am not sure if this an actual issue or a limitation of some sort…

Okay so let’s get into it.

Unlike in windows, scrolling anywhere in the browser and or watching youtube videos is very stuttery and I get alot of frame drops… I get more frame drops if the video I watch on YT is 60fps.

This is really annoying me and is the only issue I have with linux, this issue is distro agnostic meaning it happens on every single distro I install, also DE and windowing compositor agnostic.

I first tried cachy browser(with RFP disabled ofc since it causes frame drops even in windows, I know this bcs I run Librewolf in windows) but upon further investigation all browsers seem to have this issue… So far I tried (cachy browser, firefox, librewolf, brave, chromium, edge… you name it…)

I am running everything on latest updates.

Steps to replicate: install the distro, install and open any browser and test youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb3EKWsInQ) I usually test with this video…

Is there a way I can maybe fix this? I heard that people have a flawless experience with amd and intel using VAAPI. Can anyone confirm?? I am really curious. :thinking: Maybe this is an nvidia issue or whatever…

Although on another note… I tried playing the same video in mpv which resulted in a flawless experience which makes me think this is a browser issue with hardware acceleration?

But again as a linux noob… Idk nothing so myb there is a package I need to install or I need to change some setting? No linux youtuber I watch mention this issue…

Pc specs:
Ryzen 5 1600af
GTX 1650 Super
16GB 3200Mhz
B450M DS3H
240 GB WD SSD

Looking forward to your response :heart:
Thank you in advance.

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Hi,

Actually, some browser dont have VAAPI support with NVIDIA.
You can do following to get this in Firefox:
/etc/enviroment

with content:

NVD_BACKEND=direct
LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia
MOZ_DISABLE_RDD_SANDBOX=1

Also, for further firefox based instructions you can use following:

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Hello ptr,

Thanks for your response!

I looked at the github link and it seems kind of complicated to me as a linux noob…
Idk how to do it even…

Do you think people who have an amd gpu have a better experience? It is not a problem for me to buy an amd gpu if it will fix my issue.

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I have the same issue like @Merlin. I tried @ptr1337‘s config settings, but they didn’t do anything. The git repo seems quite complex to me. I would definitely try a clone + run a script/compile, but these instructions are discouraging for me. Especially, because I just had a boot issue that was solved by a fresh installation of cashyOS. See Why does my graphics driver break? - #19 by cscs

Is there another browser available without the issue? I tried to install

  • Ungoogled chromium via Hello cachyOS: compiled 4h and was at 30%. Then I went away and the compile stopped during suspend of my computer. My machine is a bit old for this.
  • Chromium via Hello cachyOS: It somehow cannot be clicked when started? Super weird. The buttons to close, minimise/maximise don’t look like the others in plasma. Is that caused by my failed installation above?
  • paru -S google-chrome: same issue like Chromium.

Given that the original post is over a year old: is there now an easier fix available? I cannot imagine that there is no easy way to watch YouTube on cachyOS with NVIDIA? Or is this again about my old GeForce 2 Ti?