How to make YouTube 8K video play with built-in graphics on a computer that can't play?
Is there anyone who can't play 8K YouTube videos or is it too slow? This is a case where 8K video is played with an old graphic card that does not support VP9 codec, and the GPU is in an idle state and the CPU is 100% used. Of course, the CPU cannot handle 8K images, so the frame of image material is very low.
Also, if you play 8K video, it won't play unless it's a very high-performance CPU, and even if it's played, it consumes a lot of power. The fever is also very high.
Then, what should we do in this case?
Play 8K YouTube videos using built-in graphics cards.
If CPU's built-in graphics support VP9 codecs, there is a way to activate built-in graphics at the same time and use them for video acceleration.
First of all, we need to check whether the GPU of the built-in graphic supports VP9 codec.
How to check the codec supported by GPU on my computer.
You can check the codec list supported by my GPU model name on the site below.
(MPEG2, H.264, HEVC, HEVC 10bit, VP9 Profile0, VP9 10bit Profile2, AV1 Profile0)
AMD Page:
https://bluesky-soft.com/en/dxvac/deviceInfo/decoder/amd.html
Intel Page:
https://bluesky-soft.com/en/dxvac/deviceInfo/decoder/intel.html
NVIDIA Page:
https://bluesky-soft.com/en/dxvac/deviceInfo/decoder/nvidia.html
NVIDIA Page 2:
https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-decode-gpu-support-matrix
How to activate GPU of built-in graphics.
It is said that the support has been confirmed above, and now you need to activate the built-in graphic GPU to be used when playing YouTube. If you're using external graphics on your computer, internal graphics are automatically disabled, and you have to start by activating them first.
1. Reboot the computer, enter the bios, find the option to use built-in graphics simultaneously, and turn it on.
Based on asus/asrock, it's an option that says igpu.
Save the changed options and boot to the window.
2. When the window is turned on, turn on the 'Device Manager' to check if the built-in graphic driver is installed.
It is possible that the driver is not installed because you have never used built-in graphics, but it is recognized on its own when the "device manager" presses the driver install button.
3. Enter Graphic Settings in the Window Settings menu.
(System - Display - Graphic settings)
Press the 'Search' button here, and select the program (web browser, chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.) to use built-in graphics.
4. When you open the options for each program in this way, you will see a screen to choose which GPU to use, and select 'Internal Graphics (Power Saving).
5. Check if the hardware acceleration option is turned on in the program, and play YouTube 8K again to complete it.
After that, if you go into the "System Management" menu, you can see that CPU usage is very low and internal GPU usage is high. This is the result we want.
If it doesn't seem to work out the way you want, try rebooting the computer again.
Additional suggestions when using built-in graphics GPU.
While installing Intel's built-in graphic driver, it was installed together.
After running "Intel Graphics Control Center," turn off all calibration options in the "Video" tab.
(standard color correction, skin tone improvement, noise reduction, contrast improvement, film mode detection)
Basically, all options will be on, so it's better to create a new video profile and turn it off.
There are opinions that if these options are left on, the image quality will be rather bad because the video will be different from the original, and above all, GPU resources will be used more in situations where they are used.