I’ve been having a persistent issue with Brave Browser where all types of videos lag heavily. Whether it’s YouTube or any other video platform, I constantly get the loading spinner, and it’s making videos nearly unwatchable.
Specific symptoms:
On YouTube, the video frequently pauses to load.
Skipping forward/backward (by 5 seconds or more) triggers a very long loading time.
This happens with all video platforms, not just YouTube.
What I’ve already tried:
Opened Brave in private/incognito mode → same issue.
Disabled all extensions → no improvement.
Toggled hardware acceleration on and off → no change.
Videos play just fine in other browsers like Chrome, Firefox, etc., so it seems to be specific to Brave.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on what could be causing it or how to fix it?