Multiple reports that you will crash when you watch YouTube HDR videos on the new MacBook Pro

Users of the new 14 -inch and 16 -inch MacBook Pro (M1 PRO and M1 MAX -equipped models) have reported several reports that the kernel will crash when you play YouTube HDR videos.

These reports are posted on the Macrumor reader forum.The symptoms are MacOS Monterey 12.0.After watching the HDR YouTube videos in Safari in 1 and scrolling the comments, a kernel error occurs and the Mac shuts down and restarts.It is also stated that an error occurs even if the full -screen mode is completed after watching YouTube on the full screen.

These symptoms have been confirmed mainly with a model equipped with RAM 16GB, but there is no guarantee that it will not occur with a 32GB/64GB model.It also seems to occur after watching some YouTube videos, and have posted that multiple users have been able to reproduce them.

Furthermore, Macrumors reader SAM.According to Mr. B1, "I have the same error in Safari/Chrome with 4K HDR YouTube playback on Safari/Chrome. At first I thought it was a bug for Chrome, but I also crashed in Safari. I am monterey 12..0.I use 1, 16 inch M1 MAX and 32GB RAM. "

Some MacBook Pro users speculate that AV1 (highly compressed video codecs, which are also adopted in the Android version of Netflix apps).However, it is not clear at the time of writing about what kind of problem it is or whether it can be modified with a software update.

Not all new MacBook Pro caused this problem, but Macrumors states that it has succeeded in reproduction on its own test, and it seems that it is no wonder that it happens on any individual.

On the other hand, MacOS Monterey 12.In the 1 beta version, some users report that performance has improved after the update, so this problem may have been corrected.

The other day, "Intel Mac is a paperweight with the MacOS MONTEREY update" (Apple has been corrected), but I want to wait for the official response in the future.

Source: Macrumors, Macrumors Forum