Youtube and other online videos freeze up after 2 seconds?

motivez · 06-29-2008, 11:23 AM

Been having this problem for like, a month and it's been a huge freaking hassle

Finally found a solution:

Downloaded this uninstaller program: Revo Uninstaller - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com and removed the version of Flash I had installed

And then I installed the Flash 10 beta from here: Flash Player - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com

And it's been fixed. Not sure if any of you guys have been having the same problem, but if so, there's a solution that worked for me.

6SpeedTA95 · 06-29-2008, 12:35 PM

I was having the same issue, my flash updated yesterday seems to have fixed the problem! It was causing major problems with other programs too. My IM client crashed everytime I had to pull soemthing up that used flash. It would force me to reboot and then I couldn't view anything requiring flash. Video's as you stated would stutter and lock up. What I found on my machine is whenever I'd load anything with flash my proc usage would go thorugh the roof. Probably what caused videos and such to stutter.

kinggovernor · 06-29-2008, 01:34 PM

thanks, I have been having that problem as well

motivez · 06-29-2008, 04:36 PM

Revo Uninstaller isn't needed, but it has a registry cleaner built in and seems like an overall good program

I'm still having an issue where if I close a tab while a video is playing, Firefox locks up.. which is also annoying, haven't figured out how to stop that yet though

Thomas Crown · 07-04-2008, 06:56 PM

I have this problem all the time. It seemed to happen more often if I had a lot of tabs open (I usually have 8 at minimum). If I closed FF and restarted it, it would sometimes go back to normal. Other times I'd have to reboot.

I just upgraded to FF3 and installed new flash player, so we'll see what happens.

Stylerod · 07-05-2008, 01:19 PM

I was having a strange problem where about 80% of the Youtube vids I would try to watch would say "Video no longer available". I could be on OT and people would be actively taking about it for hours and I would not be able to view it. It seems that FF3 may have resolved it though.

Might do that uninstall and reinstall of Flash anyway though.