Youtube problem

[TW]Fox · 19 Jul 2008 at 14:26

Hi guys,

One of my machines won't view Youtube videos properly. They play but there is a ridiculous amount of bufferng - you are lucky if you get 3 seconds of playback before it pauses, buffers, then plays again.

This would point to internet issues. But...

None of the other machines on the network this machine is on, and thus the same internet connection, have any problems. I've even tried swapping the machine from Wireless to Wired directly into the router yet the problem still occurs.

Any ideas?

Craig321 · 19 Jul 2008 at 14:30

Have you tested download speeds other than Youtube?

Check what speed downloads go at compared to the other computers on the network.

[TW]Fox · 19 Jul 2008 at 14:35

Yup, download speeds are all fine and normal. It appears to be just youtube.

Craig321 · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:12

Strange, I trust you have tested in another browser?

Also, does the PC have it's own firewall? If it does try turning that off to test.

james.miller · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:17

my pc has always done this intermittently!

it turns out that its firefox. why i dont know but whenever it does it, i can play the same video in explorer just fine.

m4cc45 · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:17

Some suggestions below:

Cleared internet cache?
Full Windows Update / Service Packed?
Spyware/Adware/Virus scanned?

M.

Dingleberry88 · 19 Jul 2008 at 16:45

Get a Mondeo.

benjo · 19 Jul 2008 at 16:47

Is it just Youtube? Have you tried streaming flash videos anywhere else? If it's the same on other websites then i guess you could try re-installing flash.

[TW]Fox · 19 Jul 2008 at 21:38

It's just Youtube. Windows/Flash/Everything fully updated..

tolien · 19 Jul 2008 at 21:48

james.miller said:
it turns out that its firefox. why i dont know but whenever it does it, i can play the same video in explorer just fine.

IE and Firefox use different Flash plugins though - a better test would be to try Opera (which uses the same plugin as Fx).

swinnie · 20 Jul 2008 at 22:10

[TW]Fox;12121072 said:
Hi guys,

One of my machines won't view Youtube videos properly. They play but there is a ridiculous amount of bufferng - you are lucky if you get 3 seconds of playback before it pauses, buffers, then plays again.

This would point to internet issues. But...

None of the other machines on the network this machine is on, and thus the same internet connection, have any problems. I've even tried swapping the machine from Wireless to Wired directly into the router yet the problem still occurs.

Any ideas?

I have the same problem.

I am going to try Opera though. Internet Exploder seems to play the videos properly.

Gaijin · 20 Jul 2008 at 22:16

Might not be relevant, but I had major issues with streamed videos not playing. My problem was that flash was screwed up. Reverting to an older version resolved for me.