Youtube slow loading and freezing randomly

LordofSadFace

This is something that started to happen since yesterday. For some reason, randomly while browsing Youtube, the video loads and plays like normal, but everything else freeze in such a way i cant even interact with the video, and i can, its with such a delay that it takes like almost a minute to, lets say, pause the video. I havent added any other plugin that i didnt had before nor anything alike, this just started to happen since yesterday, already cleared the Cache and Cookies and no result, so i could use the help, please and thank you.

Riume

Hello!
Here are some more solutions you can try:

Update the Browser: Make sure Vivaldi is updated to the latest version.
Disable Extensions: Disable all extensions and test YouTube again. One of your extensions might be causing the issue.
Create a New Profile: Try creating a new user profile in Vivaldi. This can help determine if the problem is with your current profile.

Good day.

DoctorG

@LordofSadFace Welcome in our Vivaldi Community

Some useful links for you:

Help on Vivaldi Mail (mail client for use with calendars, feeds, mails)
Help on Vivaldi Calendar (the part of Vivaldi Mail client)
User Reputation to use Vivaldi mail account

Do not hesitate to ask, we are a community to help users.

Enjoy browsing with Vivaldi.

DoctorG

@LordofSadFace Could be hardware acceleration issue, depends on which GPUs and drivers you have on your PC.

In Settings → Webpages → tick Use of Hardware Accleeration
Restart Vivaldi

If that does not help, open page vivaldi://gpu , use Download report to file and post content here with </> button as code block.

Sometimes Vivadi Ad/Tracker Blocker with its block lists can cause this as Youtube dislikes such blocker and slows down videos.

fredrikfreij

I always have 3 windows open. In one of them youtube is unwatchable. Unusuable, i have to remember that and do the same search query in the "working" window. Because the other one is unreachable, except that i can close tabs with big delay.

Would love for an easier feedback/report problem process because the one right now is not helping and blocking you from receiving feedback.

DoctorG

@fredrikfreij Could be missing Use of Hardware Acceleration. Check Settings → Webpages.

Or a installed extension slowing down.
Or Youtube is detecting ad/tracker blocker ans slowing down.

fredrikfreij

Ok i have hardware acceleration on and everything else under "webpages".

I use Youtube Premium so i hoped they wont bug me for ad blockers but thats a possibility for sure.

But this problems started after a recent vivaldi update. Youtube could of course have started going harder on ad blockers in the same time but i dont know.

The weird thing is that its allways the same window, never the other ones.

mib2berlin

@fredrikfreij
Hi, about how many windows and tabs we are talking about?
Do you have the ad blocker enabled on YT, and if yes why?
I have Premium Lite and I use an ad blocker but not on the YT pages, I don`t get any ad's there.
The last update was only a security update, nothing else change.

Cheers, mib

rille111

Same here, and I have

3 Windows open, different workspaces
750 tabs in 10 workspaces.
Around 100 tabs are on Youtube.com

As soon as I switch into one YT tab or have some open, the browser freezes, gets stuck, crashes and acts weird. It's sad because I love the browser and became dependent on it.

Win 11 Pro
Premium YT
Built in Ad blocker
1pass, and some minor extensions - no difference when disabled
4090 RTX
128gb RAM
Core i9 24 Cores, 32 logical

Vivaldi:

Hardware acc : yes to everything
Vertical tab stacks
Mail n stuff are off
Hibernation does minimal effect