Youtube becomes 'slower' over time

[stu-carter]

What happened?

Hi,

After about 12 hours, youtube videos start to exhibit signs of stuttering, dropped frames and becomes very slow to seek to a point in the video. e.g. when seeking, you see the spinning circle for 1 to 2 seconds. After restarting waterfox, the issue is not present.

It's hard to definitively say when this happens, but typically I've had waterfox open for at least 6 hours (not watching youtube all the time). If I launch chrome or edge, the issue is not reproducible, so it is not Windows 11 or my internet connection.

I have not noticed this since the recent upgrade to G6.0.5 - my viewing/browsing habits have not really changed since the upgrade.

Is there anything I can do to help troubleshooting?

Thanks.

Reproducible?

• [ ] I have checked that this issue cannot be reproduced on Mozilla Firefox.

Version

G6

What platform are you seeing the problem on?

Windows

Relevant log output

No response

[technikker]

Perhaps related to this issue (see my reply for potential solution)?

https://github.com/WaterfoxCo/Waterfox/issues/3272

[ioc2e3]

Unless Google ( stops messing around ) ...

Otherwise the problem will appear again and again ...