Question / Help What is cef-bootstrap.exe and why does it hog up CPU Usage?

[drewlinskii]

For the last couple of weeks, I've been taking random performance hits while streaming, and noticed something called cef-bootstrap.exe, and it would be taking up about 25%+ CPU usage when streaming, causing FPS Drops and very slow PC speeds. I didn't know what it was, so I took the chance and ended the task. Luckily nothing happened, but everything went back to normal.

And just now, I realized that cef-bootstrap.exe comes up everytime I open OBS.

So what is cef-bootsrap.exe and what purpose does it serve, if I can just end the task and have nothing happen?

 

[H4ndy]

It's the built-in Browser Source of OBS. Remove website sources or do not use it for CPU intensive websites.