I have a problem, when I watch YouTube Brave uses a very large percentage of my processor which is not good (on other sites this is not a problem). this is not the case on another browser. The “use hardware acceleration when available” is disabled, I don’t know what could be causing all this. so ba…

@sami , Can you please fill out the rest of the information in the template so we can better assess your situation?

@Mattches could you maybe ask what you want to know because i don’t really know what you mean with template

@Mattches ou mean template as in text box?

@sami , I was referring to these templates: [image] Support Templates Reference Community Resources How to check iOS and Brave versions To check your iOS version, go to the Settings app, General, About. Here are some screenshots of my iPhone’s install to illustrate (click…

@Mattches so I use Brave on windows as you probably already know, this is the version i’m using brave [image]

@sami , You’re likely running into this issue here: [image] Megathread: For users seeing high CPU spikes/usage Desktop Support I have a decent pc, so I didn’t notice the irregularity until I looked in task manager, but whatever the brave process is that’s abnormally demand…

@Mattches yes exactly that but do you have any idea what is causing this and/or how to fix it

@sami , Please continue to check for updates in that thread for information that can help you resolve the issue: [image] Megathread: For users seeing high CPU spikes/usage Desktop Support For any users still encountering this issue: We apologize for the inconvenience and …

@Mattches it doesn’t quite work for me i’m still getting high CPU usage but I’ve read that you believe you’ve found the issue and you should have a new version with the fix. I’m going to wait patiently on that. there was just one other thing when I’m watching YouTube and “auto-play” is turned on o…

@sami , Have you tried clearing the cache for Youtube?

Processor overuse (YouTube)

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Mattches March 22, 2020, 8:01pm 7

@sami,
You’re likely running into this issue here:

Topic		Replies	Views
Excessive CPU usage when using YouTube or any video website Desktop Support macos	2	802	June 23, 2020
CPU usage spikes when watching YouTube Browser Support macos	4	3411	May 20, 2020
High CPU usage while playing Youtube, completely cripples playback Desktop Support macos	12	4786	October 16, 2021
High CPU usage in Brave when watching youtube videos Desktop Support windows	27	12630	September 21, 2021
CPU/GPU spikes when watching YouTube videos Desktop Support performance , windows	1	367	August 22, 2024
Sorry but back to Firefox I go Desktop Support windows	8	808	March 18, 2020
Insanely high CPU usage Desktop Support windows	11	10404	April 20, 2020
High CPU Usage while using Desktop Support macos	8	10789	November 17, 2020

Processor overuse (YouTube)

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