High CPU Usage

[ahm786]

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Hi,

I've been using youtube-dl for a while. One thing that I've noticed is that whenever I execute it either via command line or a python script, the CPU usage spikes to 90-100%. I check the CPU usage via 'htop' command. If I execute multiple instances of the script, then it freezes the server.

This happens with all videos, whether it be YouTube, Instagram, DailyMotion, or any other platform. The CPU usage always goes to around 90-100% before it drops to 0% once the script finishes executing.

Any way to fix this issue? Or why it's happening?

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