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It doesn't happen always, when playing 1080p videos from FreeTube. Sometimes, it even happens when watching 240p videos (but it takes more time to happen).

Although, it always happens when watching to high quality Discord screen sharing.

I'm not necessarily looking for a solution, because there might be none. I need to know how I can debug this.

what I have already

  • switching from video window to terminal (alt + tab), makes CPU load drop about 50%;
  • when I use htop command, it shows that the villain is Firefox, sometimes (even though Firefox is just there, with only about:blank opened);
  • I've just installed psensor and set an alarm, so I know if this is related to CPU temperature. I'll let you know about possible outcomes.

what do I do to investigate this further, guys? I never faced this problem on Windows, using this laptop. Being able to share my screen on Discord is very important!

more informations

I've got 4GB RAM.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.10
Release:    20.10
Codename:   groovy

Architecture:                    x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                  32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:                      Little Endian
Address sizes:                   36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
CPU(s):                          2
On-line CPU(s) list:             0,1
Thread(s) per core:              1
Core(s) per socket:              2
Socket(s):                       1
NUMA node(s):                    1
Vendor ID:                       GenuineIntel
CPU family:                      6
Model:                           37
Model name:                      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 560  @ 2.67GHz
Stepping:                        5
CPU MHz:                         2659.929
BogoMIPS:                        5319.85
Virtualization:                  VT-x
L1d cache:                       64 KiB
L1i cache:                       64 KiB
L2 cache:                        512 KiB
L3 cache:                        3 MiB
NUMA node0 CPU(s):               0,1
Vulnerability Itlb multihit:     KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled

lspci | grep VGA:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Question Updates

I ran this command, as requested: $ sudo apt install -y vainfo

libva info: VA-API version 1.8.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_8
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 1
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_6
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.8 (libva 2.8.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile - 2.4.0
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
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You should extend your question and provide the graphics card you use.

lspci | grep VGA

It is possible that you don't have proper graphics drivers installed, therefore hardware video acceleration doesn't work and your CPU has to do all this job itself.

CPU/GPU load also depends on which video codecs are used. I see that Discord supports hardware acceleration and uses H.264 video codec.

Also, make sure your power setting daemon (if you have one) does not limit your GPU/CPU power.

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