Video freezes after 4 seconds on all sites

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Description of the issue: videos on all websites (bluesky, archive.org, etc.) freeze after 4 seconds. I searched for similar questions but didn’t see any.

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu): Windows 11, Brave 1.86.148

Additional Information: my question is not related to Youtube. I watch youtube using Chrome browser.

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One more detail: I turned on autoplay and on Bluesky, the videos play fine, no freezing UNTIL I turn off the mute. Once I turn off the mute to listen to it, the video freezes after 4 seconds. Wierd…

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@MRoberts,
When you say “all sites”, does this include more typical video streaming sites/platforms like Youtube, Netflix, Vimeo, etc. rather than sites that have embedded videos?

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On youtube, some videos play fine, mostly recent ones, but none of the movies for example play at all – “your browser can’t play this video”. Similar with paramount+, some things play without a problem but majority don’t at all. I’m assuming some things, like streaming, I will have to use Chrome (maybe I’m wrong) but Brave is my main browser so need it to work on sites like bluesky and archive which I use a lot. Thanks!

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Can you share exact links for videos on the sites where you see this issue so that we can test them on our end? One from Youtube, bluesky and archive would be ideal.

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Youtube:

Bluesky and archive seem to be working fine now, no freezing at all.

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@MRoberts that Youtube video is working for me as expected – can you try opening it in a private browsing window and tell me if you get the same results?

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https://old.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1qwsxn4/brave_just_freezes_does_not_load_or_is_plainly/ Same post?

Is HW Acceleration enabled? also test with YT Ambient mode disabled

Would be my guess

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Youtube videos playing fine now. On both private and regular window.

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