# Videos/Streams keep Lagging, stuttering, & stuck loading **URL:** \ **Category:** Desktop Support\ **Tags:** windows, performance\ **Created:** [February 18, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630 "2026-02-18T04:38:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/1 "2026-02-18T04:38:30Z")
**Description of the issue: My Youtube Videos & Twitch Streams keep Lagging, stuttering, & stuck loading for whatever reason** **How can this issue be reproduced?** 1. Have multiple Youtube or twitch streams playing on one or 2 monitors 2. Wait until the browser can’t handle 2/3 videos for some reason. 3. **Expected result: Lagging, stuttering, & stuck loading** **Brave Version( check `About Brave`):**[Brave 1.87.188 (Official Build) (64-bit)](https://brave.com/latest/) **Additional Information: This has been an issue for me for the past 6 months. I used to use OpenGL (This wasn’t a problem with OpenGL) for the graphics backend until it was removed because it caused peoples browser to turn transparent (including me). I really really like brave but I’m at a point were i cant figure out if its some setting in my system that is causing this or if the browser is just struggling to load multiple video/stream instances. This also has been an issue for other people as I’ve seen around the community. some being fixed by either turning OFF Hardware ex or turning ON but this doesn’t work for me (currently have Hardware ex ON). Please help i don’t want to switch to another browser.** GPU: 4090 CPU Ryzen 7800X3D ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/2 "2026-02-18T04:45:06Z")
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**Author:** ![289wk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/439d5e/32.png) [@289wk](https://community.brave.app/u/289wk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/3 "2026-02-18T10:59:18Z")
@Popdupe Go to Perplexity.ai (‘[https://www.perplexity.ai](https://www.perplexity.ai)’) and ask: > What might you know about Chromium “compositing layers” textures and rendering tasks to GPU, that lead to higher RAM usage by Chromium tabs and the Windows Operating System’s Desktop Window Manager - showing in the Brave Browser Task Manager and Windows OS Task Manager? > **Result:** > > Chromium’s compositing system builds GPU-backed layers, tiles them into textures, and hands those textures to the GPU and then to Windows’ Desktop Window Manager (DWM); this pipeline is what inflates both per‑tab memory usage and DWM usage in task managers. > > ### How layers become GPU textures > > Chromium promotes certain render layers (e.g., with transforms, opacity, videos, animated elements) into compositing layers that are backed by their own surfaces instead of a single big page bitmap. > > These surfaces are divided into tiles, rasterized, and uploaded as textures by the compositor/GPU threads, so a single tab can easily maintain dozens or hundreds of textures in memory for smooth scrolling and animation.developer. > > To manage this, Chromium’s GPU memory manager assigns each tab (layer tree) a memory budget and prioritizes tiles near the viewport or on animating layers, keeping them resident while evicting others.chromium. > > Even when a tile is evicted from GPU memory, there may still be shared-memory backing in system RAM, so memory appears “used” in both the renderer process and the GPU process. > > ### Why Brave’s tab RAM usage goes up > > Brave uses Chromium’s RenderingNG, so each tab’s renderer process allocates shared bitmaps or GPU resources for its layer tiles, plus bookkeeping data structures for the compositor. > > Brave’s task manager then attributes a slice of that shared memory and tile/cache usage to each tab, so tabs with long, complex, or animated pages show noticeably higher RAM even if you only see “a web page.” > > Because tiles are cached to avoid re‑rasterizing when you scroll back or animate again, memory usage tends to grow as you interact with a page, then only gradually shrink as the cache evicts unused tiles. > > GPU paths that use “one‑copy” or “GPU” tile modes lean more on GPU memory, but they still rely on staging/shared memory in the renderer or GPU process, which shows up as additional RAM in task managers. > > ### Why DWM’s memory usage goes up > > On Windows, Chromium’s compositor ultimately submits swap chains or composition surfaces to DWM (`dwm.exe`), which is the system compositor that renders the desktop. > > Each visible browser window (and sometimes each tab in special cases like separate windows) results in one or more surfaces that DWM must keep in GPU memory (and some system RAM) to composite the final screen image with effects like transparency and scaling. > > When Chromium uses many GPU-backed layers and textures, the resulting backbuffers and intermediate surfaces have to be handled by DWM, so DWM’s GPU and memory usage grows with the number and size of windows, their resolution, and the complexity of their contents. > > From your perspective, that means the same underlying textures and surfaces are “counted” in three places: the tab/renderer, the shared GPU process, and DWM, which makes overall memory usage look larger than a single in‑process software renderer would.chromium. > > ### Why this is a deliberate trade‑off > > All of this extra memory exists to make rendering smooth: cached tiles and textures let the compositor redraw frames while the main thread runs JavaScript, and let DWM animate windows and the desktop without re‑painting everything each frame. > > The Chromium team tunes budgets and eviction heuristics (distance from viewport, animation state, recency) to keep memory within bounds, but the design fundamentally trades higher RAM/VRAM usage for responsiveness and lower CPU cost on modern GPUs. Also asked: > Was OpenGL replaced on Windows OS machines? > **Result:** > > No. On Windows, OpenGL has not been “replaced” in the same way Metal has effectively replaced OpenGL on Apple platforms. > > - Windows still supports OpenGL via the long‑standing Installable Client Driver (ICD) model, where GPU vendors ship OpenGL drivers that apps can use directly. Direct3D (part of DirectX) is Microsoft’s preferred and most actively advanced 3D API, especially for games, but it exists alongside OpenGL, not as a hard replacement.learn. > - If a proper vendor OpenGL driver is installed, OpenGL calls are hardware‑accelerated; if not, Windows can fall back to an old software OpenGL 1.1 implementation, which is slow but still present.​ > - Modern engines targeting Windows almost always use Direct3D (or a cross‑platform abstraction over Direct3D/Vulkan/Metal/etc.), so in practice OpenGL’s importance has declined, but it remains available and functional on Windows rather than being deprecated by the OS. Also asked a modified version of my first: > What might you know about Chromium “compositing layers” textures and rendering tasks to GPU, **that lead to lagging, stuttering, and higher RAM usage** by Chromium tabs and the Windows Operating System’s Desktop Window Manager - showing in the Brave Browser Task Manager and Windows OS Task Manager? > **Result:** > > Chromium-based browsers like Brave use GPU-accelerated compositing to offload rendering tasks from the CPU to the GPU, which can sometimes cause lagging, stuttering, and elevated RAM usage visible in Brave’s Task Manager and Windows Task Manager (including DWM spikes). > > ### Compositing Layers Basics > > Compositing layers break web page elements (like RenderLayers) into separate GraphicsLayers, each potentially backed by a texture for efficient GPU blending and transforms (e.g., scrolls, animations). This promotes parallelism between CPU and GPU but promotes layer “explosion” if many overlapping elements qualify, leading to excessive textures. > > ### Textures and GPU Tasks > > Textures store rasterized content (from software bitmaps or direct GL/WebGL) in VRAM; uploads from CPU to GPU via async workers can bottleneck on memory bandwidth, especially with tiling (splitting layers into tiles for partial rasterization). Infinite or inefficient uploads during scrolls exacerbate GPU/CPU contention, OOM errors, or stuttering if VRAM fills. > > ### Performance Issues > > - High tab counts amplify processes (one per renderer/plugin/extension), inflating RAM as each manages its layer tree and textures. > - DWM (Desktop Window Manager) spikes occur when compositing browser UI with content layers, copying large viewports frame-by-frame. > - Stuttering ties to rasterization delays, texture copies, or driver issues (e.g., D3D11 vs. OpenGL), worsened by HDR or background tabs. > > ### Mitigation Steps > > - Disable hardware acceleration (`brave://settings/system`) to force software rendering, reducing GPU/DWM load but increasing CPU use. > - Tweak flags like `brave://flags` search for `override-software-rendering-list` or limit layers. > - Close unused tabs/profiles; monitor Brave Task Manager for high GPU tasks in specific renderers. > - Reference: [brave](https://community.brave.app/t/gpu-process-and-browser-process-eating-cpu/616098)​ Adding . . . > **How VRAM / resource competition plays into it:** > > Several layers are competing over GPU _policy_ and _scheduling_: > > - **Browser layer (Brave/Chromium):** decides which GPU features to use (Skia, ANGLE backend, Vulkan/D3D, rasterization paths) and how aggressively to utilize the GPU. > - **Driver layer (Nvidia/AMD/Intel):** applies profiles, frame caps, power management, and prioritization rules that may treat Brave as a game and apply VRAM and frame‑rate policies tuned for full‑screen 3D workloads. > [github](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23254) > - **OS layer (Windows / Game Mode / Graphics Settings):** decides which GPU “owns” Brave and whether it should be throttled or prioritized compared with background tasks. > [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1beb4r1/why_does_hardware_acceleration_cause_problems_in/) > > When any of those three layers makes a bad assumption (for example, “this app is a 3D game, cap its framerate and run it on the dGPU”) you can see: > > - UI lag when hardware acceleration is on. > - Hardware acceleration disabling itself partway through (e.g., after visiting YouTube) and dumping load back to the CPU. [github](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/44720) > - Very different behavior between Brave and Chrome on the same machine, even though both are Chromium‑based. > [github](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/36667) ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/4 "2026-02-18T18:46:14Z")
Thanks for this info. I’ve gone into the **NVIDIA control panel** –\> **Program Settings** –\> **Brave(brave.exe)** & turned **OFF** **Background Application Max Frame Rate**. This setting was on **Use Global Setting (OFF)** but I switched it to **just OFF.** Also I have **Hardware ex ON**. So far everything is running smoothly with no lag, stutter or stuck in loading. I’ll get back to this post if things are still running good or if issues still persist. ---
**Author:** ![MasterLink](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/masterlink/32/204132_2.png) [@MasterLink](https://community.brave.app/u/MasterLink)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/5 "2026-02-18T19:08:27Z")
By chance, was the issue similar to this? > > > \### Description > > Note that much of this report is copied directly from a user's …report on Community. The user left a very detailed report and it does not make sense to reword a ton of it. I would like to note that the issue does not seem to be extension related and likely has to do with graphics processing in general (graphics accel = disabled not a solution here). > > \> While watching YouTube, at any random moment if at least it seems two windows are open, Brave’s UI will lock up, and the video will be frozen, but the audio continues to play for around 5 seconds, before that too locks up. > \> > \> It seems to be specific to YouTube only (and it’s hard to tell if it’s YouTube’s anti-adblock war causing this, or not. Being with how random it is, I haven’t found any known ways to intentionally cause it to occur). > > Video of behavior: > > https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3446146f-2c23-4b43-bd4f-5c1d14f9e3cf > > \### Steps to reproduce > > \> Have YouTube playing throughout the day on one window, and work in another window (it can be any website it seems, though ChatGPT and YouTube appear to be a combo that causes it to happen a bit more often). Eventually at some point (it may happen, it may not, sometimes it happens in a few hours, sometimes shorter), the UI freezes, but not the title bar (this is important for the workaround). > > \### Actual result > > UI freezes, you can’t interact with the bookmark bar, you can’t click the hamburger menu, you can’t scroll on websites. > > \### Expected result > > To continue playing video, not get stuck with a frozen UI. > > > > \### Reproduces how often > > Easily reproduced > > \### Brave version (brave://version info) > > 1.84.141 > > \### Channel information > > \- \[x\] release (stable) > \- \[\] beta > \- \[\] nightly > > \### Reproducibility > > \- \[\] with Brave Shields disabled > \- \[\] with Brave Rewards disabled > \- \[\] in the latest version of Chrome > > \### Miscellaneous information > > Additional reports: > https://community.brave.app/t/brave-ui-freezes-while-watching-youtube-videos-at-random-intervals/625327/4?u=mattches > https://www.reddit.com/r/brave\_browser/comments/1j60lgb/brave\_graphics\_freeze\_windows\_11/ > https://community.brave.app/t/brave-lags-freezes-when-the-window-loses-focus/646261/2 > > cc @bsclifton I was one of the first to report it, and I have a Radeon, but it seems Nvidia users were having similar issues too, and moving a window would “unfreeze” whatever got frozen. Just curious if this might be what you ran into. Two of the video examples in that post are actually mine, and demonstrate the issue quite well, and how dragging a window un-freezes it. IF it’s the same, do let us know. If it’s not the same, also do let us know. 😅 I’m just a user trying to help eradicate this compositor freezing issue, as I still have it half a year later. (When Chromium doesn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/6 "2026-02-19T01:00:50Z")
Even if i moved the browser like in the videos, It wouldn’t stop the lag/stuttering. So far currently I’m not having any issues, only like a small pause then it continues working fine. Still going to give it a couple of hours or one day to see if the issues come back. I’m surprised with the amount of reports, they haven’t put much attention to something so crucial to a browser experience. Especially for the amount of time this has been an issues with people. It’s just really annoying. ---
**Author:** ![MasterLink](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/masterlink/32/204132_2.png) [@MasterLink](https://community.brave.app/u/MasterLink)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/7 "2026-02-19T01:19:33Z")
Honestly it sounds like your issue may be network related. Can you go to [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net), and not just look at the speed result, but the ping/jitter? I no longer think you’re running into a browser stutter/freeze, but buffering perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/8 "2026-02-19T01:33:34Z")
No its not a network issue. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/9/c/9cd01336edc65809ee6cfc355b92e47f358e58f4.png) Also the Stuttering, Lag & Screen Loading for videos/Stream are back. I’ve tested this on other browsers with no video/stream issues accruing. ---
**Author:** ![Saoiray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/saoiray/32/212354_2.png) [@Saoiray](https://community.brave.app/u/Saoiray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/9 "2026-02-19T01:55:32Z")
> [@Popdupe](#): > > I’m surprised with the amount of reports, they haven’t put much attention to something so crucial to a browser experience @Popdupe issue has generally been with graphics card settings and other external influence. Average person isn’t having issues and it’s just a matter of getting settings into play. The big challenge and headache is that graphics cards will make sure they are preset to work with the older and more well known browsers: Edge, Firefox, Chrome, and/or Safari. This is where some see renaming Brave to `chrome.exe` suddenly has it work perfectly or just manually making some of the adjustments, such as **Background Application Max Frame Rate** or **Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA)** ends any issue. ## My perspective: As I have been trying to kind of monitor people having issues, it’s always seemed to be from different causes and solutions. I’ve not seen enough that can be replicated to where there could really be much developer action taken. If I have seen anything in common, it would be what I mentioned earlier which is that the graphics cards are intentionally changing their performance. Beyond that, was the small hiccup from where Chromium changed the OpenGL backend, which hurt anyone who had manually changed the flag to be something else. Though this is more or less impacting people who are deviating away from default settings. ---
**Author:** ![Saoiray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/saoiray/32/212354_2.png) [@Saoiray](https://community.brave.app/u/Saoiray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/10 "2026-02-19T02:11:51Z")
> [@Popdupe](#): > > Have multiple Youtube or twitch streams playing on one or 2 monitors Btw, also want to confirm, does it happen if just using one monitor or primarily needs 2+ monitors? ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/11 "2026-02-19T03:04:17Z")
Ah that makes sense. Yea I’ve seen instances of people renaming brave.exe to chrome.exe & it would work but then change back when restarting. Also for the NVIDIA panel settings, I’m guessing you would set these on OFF. I currently have **BAMFR OFF** as per suggestion from @289wk , not MFAA currently. ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/12 "2026-02-19T03:09:12Z")
I’ve tested it on 1 individual monitor & still it persist with the issue. It only stops until i close out of one of the videos or streams playing. Like if its struggling to prosses the video for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/13 "2026-02-19T03:37:36Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/0/c/0ccea5e38c8b879d7bbeb9dd8382a10d71a0ed0a.png) Here’s more info if this correlates to anything else going on ---
**Author:** ![Saoiray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/saoiray/32/212354_2.png) [@Saoiray](https://community.brave.app/u/Saoiray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/14 "2026-02-19T03:41:56Z")
> [@Popdupe](#): > > I’m guessing you would set these on OFF. Indeed. Perhaps I should provide links to all of these, but meh. These aren’t all related specifically to your issue, but at least is to paint something of a picture. I just had some posts with a bunch of links before so they were easier to find, hence why much of it is from like 2023 or so. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/7/e/7e908dbed85d62c56a855a0de53b26bdb38e0434.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/e/1/e1995f1d2ebb909debb82988fd9a7df207311f55.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/5/6/567a911a905a5a4fe6665afacf41eb870ae5e8ba.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/b/2/b2aeae931456d9fdedb93e9e2a308dc66543b435.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/c/1/c13b4cab1b405104b9410b677462b3117f36e098.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/6/9/6933892e20b641426b09f8785edbe9e884640143.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/5/8/58daea6da28a2e1513950f1e2f2fae03f1704999.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/f/0/f08cdd2f7e9d14cb6ea4bdcfb4c504daa6f53bff.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/5/f/5f2c1f8125ffae694ba2207bf7018a90615692ea.png) ---
**Author:** ![Saoiray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/saoiray/32/212354_2.png) [@Saoiray](https://community.brave.app/u/Saoiray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/15 "2026-02-19T03:46:23Z")
> [@Popdupe](#): > > I’ve tested it on 1 individual monitor & still it persist with the issue. I was just trying to think if I should do a screen recording of how things work on my end, at least to show where can’t necessarily replicate. But then also wondering if need to really look at specific videos or circumstances in order to try to replicate directly. But I’ve opened and run several YouTube and Twitch videos running in multiple windows. I’ve done with them playing in the background or even doing side by side. I never really had them lag, stutter, or anything of the sort. Closest is maybe when it autoplays to next video and might hit YouTube’s adblock thing where it pretends there’s connection issues for a second and then plays the video. ---
**Author:** ![Saoiray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/saoiray/32/212354_2.png) [@Saoiray](https://community.brave.app/u/Saoiray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/16 "2026-02-19T04:24:05Z")
Also @MasterLink and @Popdupe for what it’s worth, wanted to reference reports on similar behavior even for other browsers and all. And been going on for a long time. > > > \### Captchas > > \- \[x\] I have read the instructions. > \- \[x\] I have searched existing… issues and avoided creating duplicates. > \- \[x\] I am not filing an enhancement request. > > \### What happened? > > When I alt-tab with twitch open the video stream freeze but the audio keep going > > \### Reproducible? > > \- \[x\] I have checked that this issue cannot be reproduced on Mozilla Firefox. > > \### Version > > 1.7.2b > > \### What platform are you seeing the problem on? > > Windows > > \### Relevant log output if applicable > > \`\`\`shell > > \`\`\` > **[Twitch tab stutters everytime I change to another tab | Firefox Support Forum...](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1224759)** > **[Twitch freezes when switching tabs. - Google Chrome Community](https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/9480806/twitch-freezes-when-switching-tabs?hl=en)** > **[Switching tabs to and from a tab with a video freezes my Vivaldi](https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/85538/switching-tabs-to-and-from-a-tab-with-a-video-freezes-my-vivaldi)** > > Hello, Recently my browser started freezing often when playing videos. After a while, I noticed it froze precisely when I switch tabs to or from a video that... > **[Freezes on Twitch](https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/freezes-on-twitch/15168)** > > Hello, I have a very peculiar problem on Ubuntu MATE 17.10. It already happened on 17.04 and does too on my laptop with UM 16.04. When I watch a stream or video on Twitch (from the website), it works fine. But if I open a new tab in the browser... > **[switching tabs, or watching youtube, causes high disc usage and chrome freezes...](https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/362799926/switching-tabs-or-watching-youtube-causes-high-disc-usage-and-chrome-freezes?hl=en)** > **[Tabs freezing when trying to move them into new window. - Google Chrome...](https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/139100206/tabs-freezing-when-trying-to-move-them-into-new-window?hl=en)** [https://linustechtips.com/topic/694283-stuttering-youtube-with-chrome-when-switching-tabs/](https://linustechtips.com/topic/694283-stuttering-youtube-with-chrome-when-switching-tabs/) ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/17 "2026-02-19T04:25:12Z")
Thank you for this. I’ve turned off **MFAA** & **BAMFR**. again so far no issues with video/stream but I’m going to give it a while to see if the issue comes back. ---
**Author:** ![MasterLink](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/masterlink/32/204132_2.png) [@MasterLink](https://community.brave.app/u/MasterLink)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/18 "2026-02-19T04:38:22Z")
> [@Popdupe](#): > > No its not a network issue. Definitely not, most buffering issues are the ping jitters since you have a good download pipe, and your jitter is a mere 19ms, and with only a 31ms latency on download, that’s great. > [@Saoiray](#): > > Also @MasterLink and @Popdupe for what it’s worth, wanted to reference reports on similar behavior even for other browsers and all. And been going on for a long time. Gotcha. This is an entirely different quirk. Hopefully your recommendation works. If it doesn’t, I wonder if they enabled Skia Grahite in flags might work. For Radeon users such as myself, it’s almost required (we don’t get performance issues, but we get visual garbage like colored blocks on web pages randomly), but I would say there’s less microstuttering (so not full on lagging, but there _is_ micro stuttering if Graphite isn’t enabled for me). ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/0/103bf82c99d70f16b592ca150aa9ef04d40c877a.png) But I’d only try that if your suggestion doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Popdupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Popdupe](https://community.brave.app/u/Popdupe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/19 "2026-02-19T23:05:06Z")
Update: Issues are still happening unfortunately. Going to keep looking for a solution but man this sucks. Thank you @Saoiray @MasterLink for the info dump yesterday. I’ll report again if anything changes. ---
**Author:** ![nighty2k7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@nighty2k7](https://community.brave.app/u/nighty2k7)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630/20 "2026-02-22T06:41:39Z")
Was also freezing hard when trying to buffer and jump ahead in youtube. 1Gig connection. No issues in Edge, Chrome, Opera. Setting MaxFPS to “Off” in nvidia settings fixed it [Next page](https://community.brave.app/t/videos-streams-keep-lagging-stuttering-stuck-loading/649630.md?page=2)