Video memory leak in chrome

@deansatch

I don't know if this is your problem, but I came across something similar when streaming video from another site. It was because I had Chrome developer tools open, which was logging a lot of data until finally my system ran out of memory. Closing developer tools solved the issue.

So, make sure you don't have developer tools open :)

Although 3 minutes of playback doesn't sound like it may be the problem.. for me, it took about 2 hours before it exhausted all available memory.

Was that dev tools open in the same tab as the video or just another tab. I most likely have it open on another tab but not in laracasts

@deansatch I'd reckon it was only a problem with the tools open in the same tab.. but who knows, there might be a bug in your version of Chrome . One way to find out is to close it everywhere and try viewing a long video and see what happens.

My fans speed up to maximum when watching them on my laptop. On my desktop it works flawlessly.

Yeah I watch videos on loads of other sites but this one just kills my laptop. To the point where I have to slowly position my mouse over the close tab button and click it then come back 5 minutes later to see if the tab is gone and I can take back control

When watching on my MacBook Pro I have to download every video and then watch it. It is very annoying cause I have to remember to check on Laracasts that I've watched that video.

I'm also having issues with https://tailwindui.com site where it spins up the fans to the max. Not sure why, but I think that those are only two websites that do not work properly on my laptop.

Same issues in incognito mode?

@sinnbeck for me, yes. Incognito does not help. Not related to any extensions. Even on new install. Safari is a bit better, but still very high CPU usage.