I just got a new Lenovo Chromebook Duet and I'm having problems with Stadia. It does not support VP9, but does have H264 Hardware Decoding. When I play a game on Stadia, it usually starts with the ha...
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I just got a new Lenovo Chromebook Duet and I'm having problems with Stadia. It does not support VP9, but does have H264 Hardware Decoding. When I play a game on Stadia, it usually starts with the hardware H264 and after a few seconds switches to software H264. When in software mode it is super choppy and laggy and also 720p and low quality. But sometimes randomly it *will* start in hardware mode and everything will be perfect at 1080p 60 fps. Note, it seems to be game dependent. For example, Cyberpunk 2077 and GRID will always use hardware H264 and are always smooth and responsive. I am having the most problems with Metro Exodus, about 90% of the time it is in software mode. Also Panzer Dragoon Remake is about a 50/50 chance. I can see this because I use Stadia Enhanced at it shows me the codec on the overlay. Also, there is no problem with my internet. I get around 250Mbps on a speed test, and my Google TV Chromecast works 100% no problems on the same network. It seems to be something unique to ChromeOS and Stadia, or at least unique to the Lenovo Duet Chromebook. Can anyone help?