Firefox is unbelievably slow when I'm watching youtube videos
Firefox is unbelievably slow when I'm watching youtube videos
I have about 25 extensions (almost all needed) and firefox lags like crazy, it's like I'm watching the videos at 10 fps. I download chrome to test it out and sure enough it runs as smooth as butter. Any help?
EDIT: It somehow fixed itself after I started using LibreWolf (with the same addons)
I'd start by disabling all add-ons and check if that helps. If not, there's something wrong with Firefox itself.
If disabling them fixed the issue, I'd continue with a binary search to see if there's a specific addon causing issues. I.e. enable only half the add-ons and re-check. Then continue enabling/disabling add-ons until you know which addon causes the issue.
That said, it could be the combined load, or a combination of add-ons, which is significantly harder to fix.
21Could be any number of things. Possibly a bad plug in or combination of plug-ins. Could be your new video card didn't jive with your installation of Firefox.
Run Firefox in safe mode and see if the performance improves. If it does, you likely have a plugin causing the issue. From there, disable all of them and reenable them one at a time to see if the problem comes back.
Disable and reenable hardware acceleration.
Disable ipv6 This is an issue I ran into earlier this year.
Clear cache and cookies
And last resort, Uninstall Firefox and all profiles and settings and reinstall a fresh copy. (after syncing your account, obviously)
19What are your 25 extensions?
11I found youtube videos unbearable as well and I found the culprit to be ambient mode in the video settings. I ended up adding a rule in ublock origin to delete the ambient mode stuff regardless of the setting just to make sure ambient mode is disabled in private windows etc.
9What was the rule you added? I turn ambient mode and in-line playback off but Google is constantly resetting those switches.
3I don't have access to my desktop computer at the moment but i believe it was this rule: https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/ykana1/how_do_i_disable_youtubes_ambient_mode_permanently/j9khxuh/
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@Yoru system specs? What add-ons are installed? What video res, 720, 1080, 4k?
8recently upgraded to an rx 6600 on a ryzen 5 5600 also 16 gigs of mem. here are the addons:
the video res is 1080p
2@Yoru Try clicking the gear in the menu bar, and turning off Ambient Mode. That lagged the crap out of my machine, but on a Intel iGPU.
The dark themes in Enhancer for Youtube also disable ambient mode.
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25 addons vs stock chrome, I wonder what the problem could be?
4the thing is it was running perfectly fine with 40+ addons, I guess it has smth to do with my new gpu? I'm outside rn I'll try the things the people recommend
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must be because of lack of hardware acceleration. whats the cpu?
3ryzen 5 5600
1whats ur gpu? try reinsinstalling the drivers using DDU.
also make sure hardware acceleration is enabled in the settings.
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I don't think this is a firefox-specific problem. I use FF on mac and PC and I've never had any issue with youtube. I have an m1 macbook air and a PC with a 4690k and a 1080, so lower spec than yours. 25 extensions running probably doesn't help, but it isn't just "firefox is slow".
2Try frontend alternatives like piped or invidious
2unfortunately youtube isn't the only culprit. Firefox just seems laggy in general, the affect is multiplied in youtube and indivious doesn't 1080p or 60 fps :/
2Does the same happen on a clean profile? (you can create a new one in about:profiles)
1On my machine it doesn't even run properly after fresh installation and new profile and not one single page opened.
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I only have four or five extensions and YouTube videos lag. It's Firefox. I'll still not switch to anything else, but I could imagine a clean Chrome without anything added and zero bookmarks purely as video platform.
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