IpadOS Youtube - Video reloads after +/- 5 sec of watching

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Description of the issue: Every time I open up a youtube video the page will load, the video starts playing and then 5 seconds in, the video suddenly pauses for an instant, reloads in the player, and then continues playing completely normal till the end.

This issue is extremely frustrating and really adds up over time. What i don’t understand is this behaviour does not happen on my iphone. Both my phone and ipad are running the latest Ios/Ipados versions.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Navigate to youtube homepage

  2. Select a video

  3. Once video page loads, just wait and it will happen more or less 5 seconds in

Expected result: Video should load once at the beginning and continue uninterrupted.

Brave Version( check About Brave): Version 1.81 (134)

Mobile Device details: Ipad Air M3, brand new

Additional Information: No this is not a network issue, I have 1gig home wifi and this bug does not occur on my phone or desktop.

Entering into fullscreen mode before the reload happens doesn’t fix it, it actually make things worse as the site essentially breaks.

Tried tweaking the “Media” settings with no success.

Best description would be the screen capture video I took but cannot upload because its more than 10mb

What about Shields settings?

Private tab?


Basically wondering if it’s Shields or one of the content filters making a difference.

And if not that, if it might be something in cookies. Of which private tab is the easiest test to see if it works well there or has the same problem.

I justed tested without shields, in private window & both at the same time: still not fixed :///

I also tried deleting the app and reinstalling, no success. Looks like the Ipad version of brave has something fishy in it.

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