Why is BBC iPlayer Downloads causing high CPU usage on my computer?
While I was investigating another BBC iPlayer problem, I noticed that I was also experiecing this one .....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/i.../ipd-cpu-usage
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*** November 2019 ***
We're aware that, for some users, the BBC iPlayer Downloads application is causing higher than normal CPU usage during the downloading process.
We're working on making some changes to the application to resolve this, but in the meantime, we suggest these steps:
1. Open the Task Manager
2. Kill all "BBCiPlayerDownloads" and "BBC iPlayer Downloads" processes
3. Relaunch the app
If you're not sure how to follow steps 1 and 2, just switch off your computer, restart it, then relaunch the BBC iPlayer Downloads application.
We'll update this page with any further information.
CPU usage had shot up to 100% .....