Thanks for the bug report. VLC and Mplayer do not enable hardware acceleration by default that I know of. So high CPU is expected. Please try using 'mpv' for the most performant experience.
If I have missed anything then please state it here in this bug instead of providing external links. ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => ubuntu ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927841 Title: Video Driver bug Status in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Bug in reference to following thread: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2461782&s=9ad35211215b73d6cbf67fb92aba2f3d High CPU usage when playing video. Perhaps video driver is broken. Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-71.79-generic 5.4.101 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-71-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Sat May 8 22:45:38 2021 DistUpgraded: 2021-01-20 18:40:35,770 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py' DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.4.0-70-generic, x86_64: installed bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.4.0-71-generic, x86_64: installed bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.4.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia, 460.73.01, 5.4.0-71-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia, 460.73.01, 5.4.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF108GLM [NVS 5200M] [10de:0dfc] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell GF108GLM [NVS 5200M] [1028:0534] InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-11-28 (527 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6430 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-71-generic root=UUID=30308586-4789-4d6a-a187-d4dcd1088e96 ro SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2021-01-20 (108 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A12 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd05/20/2013:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6430:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6430 dmi.product.sku: Latitude E6430 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo service apport start force_start=1 enabled=0 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2019-11-30T18:10:00.991898 version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.102-1ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1927841/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp