Iphone 7 plus shows black screen when any video is played

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Description of the issue:
When a video is played through the browser you can hear the audio of the video but no image is displayed. You only see a black screen.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Use an iPhone 7 Plus
  2. Open the brave browser
  3. Go to youtube and try to play a video.

Expected result:
You will be able to hear the audio of the video but the video itself will just be a black screen.

Brave Version( check About Brave):
1.35.1

Mobile Device details
ios 15.3.1

Additional Information:

  • Using the youtube app directly does not cause this issue.
  • This issue occurs on Brave, Chrome, and Safari browsers however safari has a fix. Going to Safari advance settings → Experimental Features and disabling “GPU: Process: Media” fixes the issue for the safari browser.
  • The issue started on IOS 15

https://community.brave.com/search?q=youtube%20black%20screen%20order:latest

We can only hope Apple exports this fix for third party browsers soon.
We can’t do much at the moment unfortunately.

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