Found it!!! A long time ago I installed an app called indicator-multiload that runs in the top right of the menu bar. I happened to turn it off and the video started running better. I have now uninstalled it and videos are playing normally again.
I'm not sure the process, but this bug can be closed! Thank you so much for your help, Travis Keenan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877735 Title: Video playback is choppy [Haswell 1080p] Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After upgrade from 19.10 to 20.04 video playback is choppy ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-7626.30~1588169883~20.04~bbe668a~dev-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-7626-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat May 9 06:43:40 2020 DistUpgraded: 2020-05-08 18:55:15,812 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8)) DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0412] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [1043:8534] MachineType: System76, Inc. Wild Dog Performance ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-7626-generic root=UUID=6ce8ac8b-f6ef-47b4-9428-b35e00870dfa ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-08 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/20/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0806 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: H87-PLUS dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: System76, Inc. dmi.chassis.version: wilp10 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0806:bd01/20/2014:svnSystem76,Inc.:pnWildDogPerformance:pvrwilp10:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH87-PLUS:rvrRevX.0x:cvnSystem76,Inc.:ct3:cvrwilp10: dmi.product.family: ASUS MB dmi.product.name: Wild Dog Performance dmi.product.sku: All dmi.product.version: wilp10 dmi.sys.vendor: System76, Inc. modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo service apport start force_start=1 enabled=0 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2014-05-27T19:28:01.524954 version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.14.1+20.04.20200211-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 xserver.bootTime: Thu Nov 9 16:56:44 2017 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1.3 xserver.video_driver: modeset To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1877735/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
