Description of the issue:
I noticed today that when reproducing a YouTube video, the hardware acceleration is not used anymore (Task Manager > Performance > GPU > Video decode). The Video decode graph is at 0 and it uses a lot of CPU. I’ve tried to disable hardware acceleration, restart the browser, enable it again, restarting again and nothing, it doesn’t use the GPU to decode the video. Then I tried Microsoft Edge and it works just fine, using just a bit of CPU and mostly GPU when playing a YT video. Since the browser updated one or two days ago, I guess it has to do something with it.
Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
Just go to YouTube and play a 1080p video. Check if in Task Manager, the computer is using the GPU to decode it.
Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
The computer uses high CPU and no GPU when reproducing a YT 1080p video
Expected result:
It should use just a bit of CPU and mostly GPU to decode the video.
Reproduces how often:
Always
Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Windows 11 Pro 23H2, OS build: 22631.4169
Brave: Version 1.70.119 Chromium: 129.0.6668.70 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Additional Information:
The computer I’m testing this is a laptop with a Intel i7-8550U and Integrated UHD Graphics 620. As I said, it worked just fine before and it still works fine on MS Edge.