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Video playback issues after the latest Chrome 108.0.5359.94 update

ru flag

After the latest Chrome 108.0.5359.94 update, some videos look like the image below during playback whereas some other videos play fine. In Chrome 107 all videos were playing fine.

I am using Xubuntu 22.04.1, the kernel version is 5.15.0-56 and the video adapter is Intel Iris XE Graphics.

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Update 1:
The problem remains even after the later 108.0.5359.98 update.

Update 2:
The problem is fixed after the newer 108.0.5359.124 update. They switched off Hardware accelerated Video Decoding. It's back to Software acceleration again.

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pk flag

I am seeing the same behavior after the latest chrome update on pop-os with kernel 6.0.6. When playing a YouTube video I am seeing the same issue, mostly when playing 1080p video layer. Manually selecting another layer (e.g. 720p) sometimes play correctly.

ru flag
Yes, exactly. I received two more Chrome updates but they didn't fix this. They patched other security issues. I have sent the issue to Google using Chrome's **Report Issue** menu option. Do you think you can send it too? More reports may speed up the fix. Who knows?!
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pk flag
Yes I also submitted the issue to Google.
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ph flag
This is not really an answer, should rather be a comment under OP's post.
user2276975 avatar
pk flag
@Vasilisa Agreed, but I couldn't add comment because of reputation check.
ru flag
*user2276975*, the new **108.0.5359.124** update plays the videos correctly but they're software accelerated now.
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us flag

I am on Lubuntu 18.04 with Chromium 110 on a very old laptop (2012), and this helped :

  • Install mesa-va-drivers

  • Open /usr/share/applications chromium-browser .desktop file (different name depending on distro language)

  • Change the exec line to :

    chromium-browser --use-gl=desktop

Now I can play Youtube 1080 60fps videos without stuttering.

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