Hello, I am having issues with videos with brave. This involves Twitch and youtube that i know of. What happens is the video starts to lag, almost like buffering. I have 1Gb internet. And the issue dissapears on other browsers. So i the issue is probably on brave’s side. I first created a new profil…

Try in private window mode, no extensions. Also confirm it’s using the 1060 for GPU acceleration (in the windows settings)

I tried using private window with no extensions, but it does the same thing :(. I checked the windows setting of harware acceleration. It wasn’t activated, I turned it on but it continues to lag.

Totally agree with everything you said @morcelar Exactly the same problem here, lagging on Youtube and Twitch (a bit more on Twitch) ! I have a big config, 32 gigs ram, AMD 3800X, 5700XT, SSD m.2. And a great internet connection. No lags on Edge for example…

I checked the stats, but it kept the connection speed at around 800Mb/s and the buffer health always high. But for some reason the video lags when i have another window of twitch open on the other monitor.

Yeah, that was the first browser i tried with the extensions i had on brave, and it ran the videos and the streams with no problem.

Same here, it’s usually when I have two Twitch tabs that I display in parallel on my screen. It starts to bug very quickly when I do, and it even freezes the image sometimes. I did the same tests for several hours with Edge and there is no problem.

This also happens to me but it’s with other streaming services as well, such as live streams on Paramount+ and ESPN+. I’ve done the hardware acceleration on and off, change the quality and private browser BS with the same result every time, I have a 1660ti with a 10th gen i7. Also, the problem goes …

Like all threads involving this issue, its simply brushed of and not resolved. At least feedback would be nice. :confused:

Ive noticed this same issue right around the time of your post, twitch and youtube as well. I can pause one and the other will start to play normally. Changing stream quality doesn’t matter, definitely not my internet or extensions, I’m not buying these excuses. In fact I can start chrome with the …

Video and Streams keep lagging on brave

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fanboynz October 26, 2021, 10:19am 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpM_zKGE4o Right click, stats for nerds. (switch between 720p and 1080p)

Monitor Connection speed, buffer health. Also use ethernet, and not wifi,

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