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Posted by RandomGirl on Jul-25-2008 04:43:

Firefox seems to hate YouTube

Anytime I open up a video on YouTube, it plays to the 2 second mark, and then freezes. I can play the videos no problem with Internet Explorer, but Firefox hates me.

I recently updated Firefox, which is when I discovered this issue.

Anyone else having this problem? How do I fix it?

/frustrated

Oh, and if this is a repost, sorry.

Posted by aNYthing on Jul-25-2008 04:48:

Re: Firefox seems to hate YouTube

quote:
Originally posted by Theresa
Anytime I open up a video on YouTube, it plays to the 2 second mark, and then freezes. I can play the videos no problem with Internet Explorer, but Firefox hates me.

I recently updated Firefox, which is when I discovered this issue.

Anyone else having this problem? How do I fix it?

/frustrated

Oh, and if this is a repost, sorry.

Find DOS floppy. Run FDISK /MBR. It fixes everything...

Posted by shaw on Jul-25-2008 04:49:

I WOULD DELTREE WITH ALL OF THIS HARD DRIVES

Posted by nchs09 on Jul-25-2008 04:53:

siwtch to firefox 2?

Posted by PatMcGroin on Jul-25-2008 04:54:

woah... glad im not the only one with this problem... usually it happens to me though if ive been running hdmi output with some crazy hd video content and changed my speaker output from the laptop speakers to the tv and back and forth... so i always kinda thought it was that that was fucking everything up but now i guess not.

but it doesnt always do it for me... only sometimes, usually when my my laptops been on for quite some time.

also firefox has also been "not responding" quite frequently... itll be "not responding" for a minute then come back all of a sudden... quite annoying when i just hit "reply" on ta and it does that... theres no need.

maybe i should update to firefox 3... currently running firefox 2.0.0.16 on vista :/

edit: and its not just youtube... all online video thingys do the same shit... 2 seconds, freeze, and then itll literally take 3-5 seconds to play one more second of the video.

Posted by jdat on Jul-25-2008 04:59:

same here both on mac os 10.5 and windows Xp

I find that it seems to happen when there are a lot of windows opened but haven't fully figured that one out.

And I've had this happen on flock on windows xp, and opera on mac

Posted by montana on Jul-25-2008 05:02:

for me, this only happens if i have another tab/window open that has an imbedded youtube clip in

Posted by Swamper on Jul-25-2008 05:03:

Same here... started happening with Firefox 3 once I had lots of windows open.. they fixed the memory leaks but it seems this issue keeps happening -- if I quit out of firefox and reload it then I have no issues.

It just gets annoying to jump into IE whenever I need to watch a youtube video quick and I don't feel like quitting Firefox and saving current window state/reloading firefox/reloading all windows/tabs.

Posted by jdat on Jul-25-2008 05:05:

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-vie..._parentId=47141

did a bit of googling

here they seem to share the idea of either downgrading Flash or upgrading to the most recent, and something about disabling java.

Posted by PatMcGroin on Jul-25-2008 05:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Swamper
Same here... started happening with Firefox 3 once I had lots of windows open.. they fixed the memory leaks but it seems this issue keeps happening -- if I quit out of firefox and reload it then I have no issues.

It just gets annoying to jump into IE whenever I need to watch a youtube video quick and I don't feel like quitting Firefox and saving current window state/reloading firefox/reloading all windows/tabs.

if i close firefox and reopen it itll still happen to me... the only thing that fixes it is a reboot of my laptop.

Posted by mndeg on Jul-25-2008 05:16:

tools -> clear private data
restart firefox

Posted by Fpcookie on Jul-25-2008 05:41:

was happening to me too. i rolled back to ff2

Posted by Axer on Jul-25-2008 05:42:

Get youtube on cable.

Posted by Cetra� on Jul-25-2008 05:43:

I used to have lots of issues with Quicktime stuff. I guess I'd first get the latest version of firefox if you haven't, then probably get the newest version of flash.

Posted by Krypton on Jul-25-2008 06:36:

Firefox is working for me??

Posted by Ian on Jul-25-2008 08:44:

ff3 seems buggy as fuck. I've lost all my bookmarks twice, had instances where websites just won't load and it's annoying as hell, however it updated slightly a day or so ago & so far, touch wood, seems a tad better.

Posted by Sushipunk on Jul-25-2008 08:48:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
ff3 seems buggy as fuck. I've lost all my bookmarks twice, had instances where websites just won't load and it's annoying as hell, however it updated slightly a day or so ago & so far, touch wood, seems a tad better.

Yeah, this is why I haven't updated yet.

Plus, I can't stand to lose my pretty blue ice theme

Posted by Ian on Jul-25-2008 09:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Yeah, this is why I haven't updated yet.

Plus, I can't stand to lose my pretty blue ice theme

mine automatically updated to 3 piece of poo.

Posted by Sushipunk on Jul-25-2008 09:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
mine automatically updated to 3 piece of poo.

It can't automatically do it for you.

Tell the truth Ian. You just clicked "Yes Yes Yes" when a Firefox popup came in, didn't you

Posted by Darkarbiter on Jul-25-2008 10:48:

I've had the same problem once a month for a couple of restarts ever since ff2. So its not exactly a 3 only issue.

Posted by Trance Nutter on Jul-25-2008 10:58:

I have no idea what firefox I have.

But it works so I'm not concerned.

Posted by tubularbills on Jul-25-2008 11:39:

Posted by gehzumteufel on Jul-25-2008 16:04:

FF3 has a problem with Flash 9. Flash 10 beta addresses this issue.

Posted by Thunder5 on Jul-25-2008 16:06:

I have no problemos at all with FF3..

Maybe, just maybe, it is you?

Posted by gehzumteufel on Jul-25-2008 16:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Thunder5
I have no problemos at all with FF3..

Maybe, just maybe, it is you?

Nah, I have the problem at home and at work.