Mpv/other video players only opening a small amount of windows, slowing down pc, not using resources

Archenides · 14 October 2025 14:54

Hi,
I’ve switched to Manjaro a nondescript while ago and started using it without any real problems since now. One evening, I’ve felt a little bit nostalgic and started browsing my video folder and opened videos I wanted to rewatch or put in other folders as reminder and let them stay open.
After about six or seven open mpv windows new windows didn’t open, instead they either closed as soon as opened or loaded for 2-3 seconds and didn’t open. Also Dolphin started to “lag” or not really react anymore for a while. I also got the feeling my pc started to slow down, after it started sleeping due to inactivity and started up again I was greeted with a blackscreen but could still use the mouse.

Neither my VRAM nor my RAM nor CPU were at full workload capacity, with my cpu being at 13 percent, vram at like 4gb and ram at like 10gb with all other background and standard applications running.
I’ve checked in Windows for safe measure and there I could open like 40 videos simultaneously no sweat, and also I’ve switched mpv to other players with multiple video opening capabilities on both OSes and the outcome was the same.

I’m using KDE Plasma, NVIDIA graphics with open source drivers (even when switching to proprietary drivers the problem persists) with an AMD cpu that definitely works with all other components and is powerful enough.

What causes this problem? What is the fix? I feel like my system integrity is significantly lowered while it persists and I am a bit hesitant to start working on rendering and other things.

soundofthunder · 14 October 2025 15:08

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Archenides · 14 October 2025 16:02

System:
Kernel: 6.12.48-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=f4726b27-a35e-4f6f-bc36-8fbc5bbb5dc4 rw quiet splash
resume=UUID=59941151-1c18-449b-8fb7-9de71d18626f udev.log_priority=3
ipv6.disable=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.18.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C91 v: 1.0
serial: 
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG B550 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (MS-7C91) v: 1.0
serial:  uuid:  BIOS: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 2.60 date: 10/10/2023
Memory:
System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 62.72 GiB used: 9.72 GiB (15.5%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill part-no: F4-3200C16-16GVK
serial: N/A
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill part-no: F4-3200C16-16GVK
serial: N/A
Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
part-no: F4-4266C19-16GTZR serial: N/A
Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
part-no: F4-4266C19-16GTZR serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA20102E
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3599 min/max: 550/4851 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3599 2: 3599 3: 3599
4: 3599 5: 3599 6: 3599 7: 3599 8: 3599 9: 3599 10: 3599 11: 3599 12: 3599
13: 3599 14: 3599 15: 3599 16: 3599 bogomips: 121660
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms
extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt
ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni
popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep
sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip
user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and \__user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 \[GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A\] driver: nvidia
v: 580.82.09 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-08; EOL\~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2 empty: DP-1, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, Unknown-2
bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e07 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: 
built: 2021 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 114% (1.15) to: 2226x1252
dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.686 y: 0.310 green: x: 0.263
y: 0.671 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.055 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9
modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1080, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x480,
640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.82.09
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 10.74 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti driver: nvidia v: 580.82.09 device-ID: 10de:1e07
surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
...
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f7
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 08bb:2902 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.48-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.48 TiB used: 2.33 TiB (42.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Seagate model: ZP1000GM30073
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: SU6SX020 temp: 30.9 C
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 model: PCIe SSD size: 953.87 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: T0828A3 temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: HDWT140 size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD
    rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: FP1S scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 862.52 GiB size: 847.91 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 182.02 GiB (21.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: N/A uuid: f4726b27-a35e-4f6f-bc36-8fbc5bbb5dc4
  ID-2: /media/Belligerence raw-size: 3.64 TiB size: 3.64 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.59 TiB (43.7%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
    label: Belligerence uuid: 40D07CDDD07CDA9C
  ID-3: /media/Compliance raw-size: 953.24 GiB size: 953.24 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 579.85 GiB (60.8%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:6
    label: Compliance uuid: 7C20A4BB20A47DB0
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: lzo max-pool: 60%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 68.99 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: swap
    uuid: 59941151-1c18-449b-8fb7-9de71d18626f
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 40 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 5
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
    dev: /dev/zram0
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:4 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 40A3-2D11
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:5 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-3: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:7 size: 524 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: E2B6C465B6C43C33
  ID-4: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5:3 info: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec
    type: audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 08bb:2902 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-6:4 info: Micro Star MSI GM08 OpticalMouse
    type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 0db0:0d08 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 1-8:5 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c91 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-9:6 info: MediaTek Wireless_Device type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0e8d:0608 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-3:2 info: Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
    type: keyboard,HID driver: usbfs interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1b1c:1b49 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.5 C mobo: 30.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 1677 pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 tools: apt,apt-get pm: pacman pkgs: 1622
    libs: 374 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 55
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 328
  1: cpu: 19.2% command: midori pid: 2924 mem: 747.2 MiB (1.1%)
  2: cpu: 8.6% command: midori pid: 3086 mem: 309.7 MiB (0.4%)
  3: cpu: 6.2% command: kwin_wayland pid: 915 mem: 303.1 MiB (0.4%)
  4: cpu: 1.5% command: midori pid: 3126 mem: 249.7 MiB (0.3%)
  5: cpu: 1.2% command: ckb-next pid: 1268 mem: 100.3 MiB (0.1%)
  Memory top: 5 of 328
  1: mem: 747.2 MiB (1.1%) command: midori pid: 2924 cpu: 19.2%
  2: mem: 459.8 MiB (0.7%) command: plasmashell pid: 1069 cpu: 0.2%
  3: mem: 309.7 MiB (0.4%) command: midori pid: 3086 cpu: 8.6%
  4: mem: 303.1 MiB (0.4%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 915 cpu: 6.2%
  5: mem: 249.7 MiB (0.3%) command: midori pid: 3126 cpu: 1.5%
Info:
  Processes: 328 Power: uptime: 18m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 25.06 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: yakuake
    inxi: 3.3.39

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soundofthunder · 15 October 2025 01:49

While I will not argue the wisdom of opening forty concurrent video files; I will note that Windows has the benefit of having swap (in the form of pagefile.sys, hiberfil.sys and swapfile.sys).

Is your swap activated?
Consider utilising zswap

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Archenides · 15 October 2025 15:10

Yes, both Swap and ZSwap are activated but that does not change anything really.
I created a swap partition when creating my session because I wanted the hibernation feature.
Furthermore I use zswap and it is activated, when I type in

cat /sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled

it gives me a positive boolean value “y”. I also tried using zram OR zswap, greatly preferring zswap,

I know it is a lackadaisical thing to do that normally and I understand your point. But I’m sure you understand the heart of the question is how to maximize possible processing power and usage and normally something like this should not happen when not a single resource is fully depleted.
I just want to use what I have and be sure it can go to it’s limits. Manjaro has been kinder to me in it’s few months of use than Windows and other OSes over the years ever had been and I want to cherish that, even when a problem arises I’d want to fix that.

soundofthunder · 15 October 2025 16:02

I see now plenty of space allocated for swap, and plenty available for the dynamic file to grow as needed in /.

Yes, it’s far superior – the best of both worlds – I’d use it myself if I found the need to.

I wonder if there might be an updated BIOS that solves anything related; it may be worth checking the manufacturer web site.

I presume you have searched the forum for anything useful; that said, after doing so myself, I discovered nothing seemingly related. Plus, there is no mention of anything similar in Known Issues and Solutions.

Changing the topic title could be helpful – something more specific to hopefully attract those interested.

Perhaps someone else has a similar issue;
in the meantime one can only wait and see.

Regards.