It appears that the issue happens when scrolling in comments - is the video off-screen when this happens? If so, does it happen quickly after the video leaves the screen?
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M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro Owners Complain of Crashes Playing HDR YouTube Videos
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It appears that the issue happens when scrolling in comments - is the video off-screen when this happens? If so, does it happen quickly after the video leaves the screen?
I felt like I was missing out too, so just tried to replicate the bug on my Monterey intel 16” MBP. Even though my display is only 60hz (like every other M1 MBP in safari it seems), hard as I might try I just couldn’t. At least my whole house is warm now 🤣 Guess it just works.
It happens the very moment the video leaves the blurred area behind the menu bar when the last horizontal line of the video disappears.
Scrolling in the comments has nothing to do with it.
YEs, that is worthwhile trying and since I posted earlier I've also replicated the problem in SAFE MODE, but a Revive/Restore to replace everything directly is a good idea and I'll report back after trying. Thx for the inputHow about doing a Apple Configurator 2 (DFU) restore to factory settings by Apple Store staff? The FW/OS might need to be totally restored.
Revive or restore a Mac with Apple silicon using Apple Configurator 2
In rare circumstances, Apple computers become unresponsive and the chip’s firmware must be revived or restored.support.apple.com
none whatsoever. If you're asking about the 120hz refresh in safari - at times WHEN NOT continuously touching the trackpad to scroll you can tell it's not quite full 120hz. if you're fingers are continuously gliding on the trackpad while scrolling it does scroll at 120hz. other than that issue there is zero hard crashing/rebooting for my machine. Doesn't do this with any YouTube video (7 so far tested in 4k60pHDR). no crashing in google videos (paid HD content) and none in appleTV library (4K dolby vision content streamed).
Remember when Apple could do software? That was cool.
I remember a time when more people (like those above) tried to isolate/solve problems rather than post inane comments. That IS cool.
Hat tip to JamieLannister, Ancandis, and others for putting in the work!
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Yeah, it crashes when you go to full screen.
It has happened a few times with the Apple TV app as well.
It has happened a few times with the Apple TV app as well.
Now when I think about it, Apple TV app crashes on certain shows on Google Chromecast with Google TV device which people have mentioned it's related to HDR so whenever Apple fixes the Macbook issues hopefully it'll also fix the Chromecast issue.
Had this issue myself for the same video twice in a row. I sent a bug report to Apple.
Haven’t seen it since and I’ve watched dozens of videos
Haven’t seen it since and I’ve watched dozens of videos
Only reporting with apples official forums /feedback page or tools let's apple quietly sweep it under the rug.
Sounds like maybe it's something with dynamic resource management of some kind. This kinda stuff is pretty common when new OS software is launched alongside new generation hardware. It's really bizarre and stupid to me that Apple seems to insist on releasing a brand new OS when they release new hardware. Why not minimize the places where things can go wrong by running the new machines on a stable OS? New, new, new... Annoying and a waste of users' time. (Not to mention the fact that devs wouldn't have to get support for a new platform AND a new OS out the door.)
EDIT: Never mind.
Changing profiles seemed to mark an improvement, but it ultimately just took longer to crash. Could be a coincidence.
Changing profiles seemed to mark an improvement, but it ultimately just took longer to crash. Could be a coincidence.
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Maybe apple engineers are stoned off kale chips and suffering PTSD from staying in their homes for 18 months. We pay apple to fix these obnoxiously stupid bugs.
With that said… Relevant links:
Product Feedback
We would love to hear your comments about any of our hardware and software products. Send us your thoughts.www.apple.com
I’m not sure which product the spotlighted problem would be most relevant to. It would depend if users have the same experience in Web browsers other than Safari — then go MBP feedback.
Feedback - MacBook Pro
Apple wants to hear from you. Send us your comments and feedback about MacBook Pro.www.apple.com
I successfully repro'd in the 12.1 developer beta, and linked the permalink within this thread that contains the steps to repro. ?♂️
This is 99.9999999% a software issue and not hardware. In fact, I will eat my shorts if it’s a hardware issue.
"Maybe apple engineers are stoned off kale chips and suffering PTSD from staying in their homes for 18 months."
Nice burn. But sadly typical, here.
"We pay apple to fix these obnoxiously stupid bugs."
Well, not really. But this one of course will be fixed.
I've never written or helped write a computer OS, but I wouldn't be shocked if MacOS clocks in between 10 and 50 million lines of code (maybe someone here who worked on developing MacOS can weigh in with a better number). And after extensive beta testing it gets sent out into the wild where tens of millions of people, using different Macs with different settings, and different use scenarios, many obscure.
Perhaps you're expecting 100.0% perfection 100.0% of the time right out the door. Tell me where I can find such an OS to purchase?
What's really gratifying are the handful of people here up above who rather than resort to immature burns, instead are trying to isolate the issue and solve the problem. Much respect!
Tried to replicate too, and couldn't. As for the machine stuttering, I won't call it that. The scrolling seems to pause when you reach the end of the current comments list, while more comments are loaded.
Interesting. That behavior is far more than a stutter on iPads, at least on my 6th gen. The entire browser UI freezes for several seconds each time more comments need to load (using Firefox for iOS). It’s extremely irritating. I don’t know if it’s poor or attempted clever programming on Google’s part. Either way, it seems very inefficient.
On Chrome for macOS sometimes none of the comments load (fixed by a page refresh).
Despite how CPU intensive the MR forums can be, even the pages here don’t cause that behavior.