Embedded 720p Video (complete CPU overload)

[den]

Steps to reproduce

1. Emblem the 15 minute - 1080p mp4 video [[Video.mp4]]
2. Open the video

Expected result

1. Video will play smoothly
2. CPU under 10%

Actual result

1. Video is stoping then playing
2. CPU is about 95%
3. All other windows, apps freezes
4. In need to force kill the Obsidian, cannot even go back from video

Environment

• Operating system: Mac OS Big sur

• Obsidian version: 0.9.22

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Additional information

[WhiteNoise]

Is this video available somewhere so we can try to reproduce the problem?

[den]

The video is just simple download from youtube in HD quality.

The video is just 7:30 minutes and 110MB big.

[den]

What I suggest is download any 10 minutes video from youtube, in several resolutions:

• 720, 1080, 2K, 4K and test the CPU and RAM utilization.

[WhiteNoise]

I tried. I haven’t been able to repro your problem. We will see if some other user can help us pinpoint the issue

[datum]

@den, are you running this in a VM? Or on non-Mac hardware? I’m wondering if Obsidian can’t rely on the graphics processor.

[WhiteNoise]

I agree with @datum. When I play videos in Obs, it’s the GPU that does the work. I wonder if you have some codec problem or an older computer/gpu or a mix of those. I wonder what happens when you try to play those videos directly in chrome (by opening the files in chrome not through youtube)

[den]

No it is native Macbook 12". Fresh clean installation of newest Mac OS Big sur.
I need to stress that video is downloaded from youtube, not playing it thru iFrame.

[den]

Another test… same video is playing in Obsidian

Stats when video playing in Obsidian:

Stats when video playing in Opera:

Stats when video playing in VLC: