#1 2016-01-17 11:47:12

Vytautas

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Power saving on notebooks. Hardware video acceleration

Could you please share what is the best light software combination of powersavvy web browser, videoplayer and other software for Bunsenlabs?

Currently I am using TLP and Opera (with Turbo enabled) on Thinkpad x220 with Intel HD3000 GPU. Is it possible to use GPU to save a substantial amount of power when on battery?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Power saving on notebooks. Hardware video acceleration

Is it possible to use GPU to save a substantial amount of power when on battery?

No.

Hardware acceleration in web browsers is a myth.

Try youtube-dl instead.

EDIT: Wait, I'm wrong

See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 4#p1586644 & https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=954

EDIT2: You could try libgstreamer-vaapi but I'm not sure.

I think @nobody knows about this stuff anyway.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2016-01-17 11:53:51)

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Vytautas

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Re: Power saving on notebooks. Hardware video acceleration

[COMPARISON] VIDEO versus CPU on Intel with VAAPI
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=183582