From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 3/31/2025 5:45 AM, Davey wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Thanks for the replies. I mostly don't understand them, they are way   
   > above my skill level. But I do remember recently finding that I had to   
   > turn off Hardware Acceleration for something, I believe concerning   
   > playback in some circumstances on VLC. The installation on this PC would   
   > not play a network stream, that played perfectly well on a different   
   > PC, (and on the previous 18.04 setup), and I believe it was turning off   
   > Hardware Acceleration that fixed it.  I think.   
   > Firefox did indeed open, I will see what happens next time I shut down   
   > and reboot.   
   > Re: CPU usage. I rarely watch videos on this machine, that's what the   
   > DVR is for.   
   >   
      
   Try the "vainfo" command and see what it says.   
      
   Your CPU might be a third generation (like an ivy Bridge).   
   And have an iGPU inside it.   
      
   inxi -F   
      
   can give you more info on your hardware.   
      
      Paul   
      
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