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Anyone else having issues with the video editor crashing on Chrome?

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Hey folks,

I've been trying out Synthesia for some technical tutorial videos, and I keep hitting a frustrating roadblock: the web-based video editor seems to crash pretty consistently for me in Chrome. I'm wondering if this is a widespread issue or if it's something specific to my setup.

My environment:
* Chrome `124.0.6367.207` (Official Build) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
* Hardware: 32GB RAM, Ryzen 9, NVIDIA RTX 3080 (driver 535)
* I typically have a decent number of tabs open (developer habits), but nothing crazy.

The crash pattern is usually:
- After about 10-15 minutes of editing (trimming clips, adjusting text).
- The tab becomes completely unresponsive, then Chrome shows the "Aw, Snap!" page.
- No obvious memory spike visible in `htop` before the crash.
- Console doesn't show any glaring JS errors before it dies.

I've tried the standard stuff: clearing cache/cookies, disabling extensions (uBlock Origin, Dark Reader), running with `--disable-gpu` (which makes it sluggish but still crashes). It feels like it might be a memory leak or a handle accumulation issue in the web app.

Has anyone else run into this? Any workarounds found, or is the Safari/Firefox experience more stable? I'm curious if there are any known resource constraints with the editor when dealing with longer projects.


System calls per second matter.


   
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