New
#11
That is how YouTube works. Try this with FF to watch your videos.
Firefox Struggling to Play Streaming Video, Stuttering
-
-
New #12
So I Guess We're Done?
Maybe I introduced too many issues to my issue. Maybe I'm in the wrong forum. Or is everyone taking a couple days R n R?
Anyway, I do appreciate the ideas. Looking forward to more.
-
New #13
I tried the new private window option, with no luck. I saw an ad, a fraction of a second of the video, a second ad, then the video with bad stuttering.
-
New #14
Suggest: Backup Firefox Profile elements to include bookmarks, addons and extensions then fresh install it. Fresh install means full removal of program and profile data (other than backed up profile data)
Backup, Remove and Clean Install:
a problem with firefox - Page 2 - Windows 7 Help Forums
Clean install Flash player:
Can't Watch Online Video or any Flash pages - Windows 7 Help Forums
However before going to all that trouble you could consider grabbing a copy of Cyberfox Portable:
Cyberfox Portable Edition - Browse Files at SourceForge.net
It uses it's own profile so run it and see if you get exactly the same problem watching videos. If you get the same problem then you can most likely rule out a problem with Firefox. However if videos play fine in Cyberfox then do the fresh install of Firefox.
-
New #15
I copied my profile info as suggested, and did a clean fresh install of Firefox. The problem persisted. I downloaded Chrome which worked fine.
However, before we automatically blame Firefox, embedded videos in Facebook have a similar problem--a problem which started at the same time. The only difference is that Firefox YouTube videos stutter, and during the stall period display a black screen instead of a frozen frame of the video. The Facebook videos simply display a frozen frame. The number of stutters and duration of each seems about the same however.
-
New #16
Did you try Cyberfox and get the same problem?
Try setting these options. Screenshot is from Cyberfox with old style preferences enabled so it might look different in Firefox.
Also check your pagefile. If you haven't deliberately changed settings set it to "System Managed"
Start > Run then type sysdm.cpl press Enter. Advanced Tab > Performace > Settings > Advance Tab > Virtual Memory > Change
Ignore my settings and use the settings in Red. You would need a reboot for settings to take effect.
Other than that -it could be a problem with your graphics driver but I'm not expert on updating graphics drivers. Perhaps you could check for updates?
Also it might be worth changing DNS.
-
Quote
Related Discussions