Issues with youtube

[D53]

So I am running Mozilla and for some reason every time I go to youtube to watch a video my computer freezes and then it says that mozilla is not responding. A box pops up and tells me that the script is not working and asks if I want to continue or exit. Even when I exit the screen, my internet freezes up.

I am no were close to knowing anything about computers other then using them for the forums. Can anyone give me any tips on what I can do to fix this issue? I have tried a restart and that did nothing.

Thanks!

[SuperSet]

Try updating the flash player for Firefox as this has caused me problems too.

[D53]

Try updating the flash player for Firefox as this has caused me problems too.

Thanks for the info, I am going to try that out right now.

[the86d]

Maybe try updating Flash too.

Firefox seems a bit memory-leaky if open for hours and hours. I notice this if I watch a bunch of Flash-vids. It may be Firefox and Flash player are not happy together in the playground, but I use no other browser unless it is required, so I cannot verify that it isn't one or the other, but a "Close" and "reopen" of Firefox usually fixes it. I do notice, after a long "being-paused" video, I can have weird issues too.

[Milsurps]

Had a similar problem w/ Youtube on FF recently. Turns out I was on a Youtube induced "Test of HTML5 video"
Disabled it and all was good again.

YMMV

[the86d]

Also sometimes when Firefox starts downloading updates automagically, and the download finishes, Firefox behaves oddly.

Hit ALT, then click About=>Help and see if an update is ready. This can be done anytime.

[troysland]

Google Chrome

[the86d]

Google Chrome

WAY less efficient if you use the keyboard more, and no standard ALT-key menus in chrome, not to mention relearn "shortcut?" keys for one application?
Not for me...

[D53]

thanks for all the info. I updated Adobe flash player and now youtube works, its slow as hell but still works.

[axel4488]

the new Flash Player sucks. Adobe has always sucked and will continue to suck. Right now with FF, Flash player must have two processes running in order to work. A waste of memory and speed.

[Superstar]

I didn't update it yet

[stilly]

Maybe try updating Flash too.

Firefox seems a bit memory-leaky if open for hours and hours. I notice this if I watch a bunch of Flash-vids. It may be Firefox and Flash player are not happy together in the playground, but I use no other browser unless it is required, so I cannot verify that it isn't one or the other, but a "Close" and "reopen" of Firefox usually fixes it. I do notice, after a long "being-paused" video, I can have weird issues too.

Interesting that IE IS a memory leak too if left open for a few days at a time. I found some cool programs that can fix that I think, you run them and they defrag ram/ free it up and I recall that they did a great job allowing me to keep Ie open for a few more days at a time back in the day. BTW, defrag RAM might be an incorrect term but it is all I know to say so DEFRAG RAM is what I said.

[dem0critus]

Interesting that IE IS a memory leak too if left open for a few days at a time. I found some cool programs that can fix that I think, you run them and they defrag ram/ free it up and I recall that they did a great job allowing me to keep Ie open for a few more days at a time back in the day. BTW, defrag RAM might be an incorrect term but it is all I know to say so DEFRAG RAM is what I said.

Why in the hell would you want to keep a web browser open for multiple days??