All,
Just finished a Ryzen 5 2400G build and I’m having problems with video playback online. I’m running Mint 18.3 and the computer freezes when I play anything on Youtube, Bitchute, etc. Sometimes I can get pretty far into a video (last night I got 45mins into an hour long video) and other times I can’t get 2 mins into a 5 min video. Video quality doesn’t affect the problem in any way (that I’ve been able to notice).
Video players (xplayer, vlc) haven’t had a problem as of yet (I can watch a full length video without a stoppage).
However, Linux Mint 18.3 in a live usage has absolutely no problems with any videos at all qualities (Youtube 1080p). I’ve attempted Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora 27(?) live but they won’t download the codecs needed in the live environment.
Most of the information I’ve found relates to Windows 10 gaming … only Phoronix has anything meaningful (that I’ve found) about Linux but again, it’s mostly regarding benchmarks and gaming. I don’t play any games, I just want the thing to work. I’m willing to adjust things but my competence is low (yes, I’m a normie).
Specs are Ryzen 5 2400G, single 8G stick of G.Skill 2400 memory, ASRock x370 Killer SLI/ac mobo. BIOS is the latest available, kernel updated to 4.15.10. The only proprietary driver Mint is using is the amd64-microcode (which I can disable). The memory is NOT on the QVL but since Mint live has no problems I’m thinking that’s not a problem.
This link (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1007350/what-is-needed-to-use-raven-ridge-ryzen-5-2400g) has the most info I’ve found but though I’m willing to update the kernel and the binaries, I really don’t know what I’m doing (this reminds me of the ndiswrapper days trying to get wifi working on Ubuntu 7!).
I’m not expecting anyone to hold my hand, I’d just like someone to perhaps point me toward some information that might help me get this fixed that’s , if not geared to a normie, at least not a master race conversation!
Thanks in advance …
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