Disable hardware acceleration in a browser

For Windows Users - while using Hubilo Broadcasting System, if you face any issue with video discoloration or any audio issue. Please disable hardware acceleration in your browser and this would help in resolving the issue.

Share these steps with your speakers/panelist using the windows system, once they will disable hardware acceleration on their browser, they would have to relaunch their browser & this issue will be resolved.

Hardware acceleration can be useful for offloading tasks to different hardware devices that the CPU would otherwise handle, thus, improving performance. However, not all pages and sites are well optimized to support hardware acceleration, and using this feature may actually slow down your computer.

Follow these steps to enable or disable hardware acceleration in Google Chrome.

1. Open Google Chrome.

2. Click the Chrome menu icon in the upper-right corner.

3. Select Settings from the drop-down menu.

4. In the menu on the left side of the window, expand the 'Advanced' menu.

5. Click System.

6. In the middle of the window, under System, click the toggle switch next to Use hardware acceleration when available to enable or disable hardware acceleration.

7. Once you've made your change, click the 'Relaunch' button.

Follow these steps to enable or disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

1. Open Firefox.

2. Click the menu icon.

3. Select Options from the drop-down menu.

4. On the left side of the window, make sure the General tab is selected.

5. In the middle section of the window, scroll down to the Performance section, and click the box next to Use recommended performance settings so it's unchecked.

6. After unchecking the box, additional options are displayed. Click the check box next to Use hardware acceleration when available to toggle hardware acceleration on or off.

Follow these steps to enable or disable hardware acceleration in Microsoft Edge.

1. Open Microsoft Edge.

2. In the upper-right corner of the window, click the Microsoft Edge menu icon.

3. Select Settings from the drop-down menu.

4. On the left side of the window, under the Settings section, click the System selector.

5. Under System, click the toggle switch next to Use hardware acceleration when available to enable or disable hardware acceleration.

6. When you've made your selection, click the 'Restart' button.