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For the past 2, 3 days, when I watch videos on YouTube, they stutter a lot and pause for long time. It happens with both IE8 and Chrome 25.
My internet connection is good and solid. And, the funny thing is that streaming videos from other sites has no problem at all. As far as I can tell, it's just YouTube. Is there anything wrong w/ YouTube for the past days that you guys know of? Or, is it just me seeing this?
Forget to say, the YouTube videos just pause for no apparent reason. It's not buffering - at least it doesn't say it's buffering with the usual rotating circular arrow thingy.
Did not encounter any YouTube issues using Firefox, at the time of this post.
What version of Flash are you running in IE?
Chrome just updated to version 26. Note that Chrome uses Pepper Flash instead of Adobe Flash. There is a way to use Adobe Flash, but you'd need to download the "plugin" browser version first.
Maybe you or the servers are caught up in the big DoS attack..
Posting a link or two of the videos would be a good idea. Others can test.
Chrome just did updated to 26 today when I started it.
I got no problem this afternoon, both w/ IE8 and Chrome 26. Now, at about 9:30 EST, I do.
Example video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVdQ2HwMtx0
It just pauses twice as I am typing this. Both last for at least 1 min. Mmmm, just pauses again. (BTW, as you can tell, I am doing research on e-cigs.)
What baffles is that if the problem is hardware or software related, wouldn't it affects all streaming videos? But it doesn't. I can be streaming a few videos at the same time on different sites and only the stream on YouTube will have troubles.
11.3.300.271Quote:
Originally Posted by Midknyte
Flash add-on/plugin
is up to date on IE, Chrome and FireFox.
Upadte:
1) It seems to happen during peak hours. Odd hours seems OK.
2) With FireFox, I have not had a single problem so far, any time of the day.
So you have both the IE and the plugin versions of Flash installed?
It sounded like a network load issue, but if that was the case FF should have been affected too. You can try using the plugin Flash on Chrome, but you need to disable PepperFlash first.
Open Chrome
In the address bar, type: chrome://plugins
Click Details
Click Disable for PPAPI under Adobe Flash Player
(C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\26.0.1410.43\PepperFlash\pepflashplayer.dll)
Click Disable for PPAPI under Native Client
(C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\26.0.1410.43\ppGoogleNaClPluginChrome.dll)
Make sure that NPAPI under Adobe is enabled
(C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_6_602_180.dll)
Both FF and Chrome have the version 11.6.602.180 of Adobe Flash but IE8 have the 11.3.300.271
Yes, Chrome have both Flash plugin. Anyway, just disabled the Chrome's Flash and leave the Adobe Flash as per your instructions. We'll see.
You should update your Flash on IE, for consistency and security.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashp...ribution3.html
When I get to Adobe it says I have already the 11.6.xxx. However, in IE Add On manager, the Shockwave Flash Object version is 11.3.xxx. Looking at the "more info" in add-on manager, however, the "file" version: is indeed 11.6.xxx. So it's confusing.
Anyway, the past couple of days, I have no problem. But it's Ester long weekend, so the traffic may be lower than usual. Will keep trying in the coming days.
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ Adobe Flash Player
and
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ Adobe Shockwave Player
are two different products.
Test both here
The difference between Flash and Shockwave
I know the difference between Shockwave and Flash and I am NOT confusing the two of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpywareDr
"Shockwave Flash Object" is the Flash Player name for the Add-ON for IE. Likewise, "Shockwave Flash" is the Flash Player name for the Plugin for Chrome and FF.
Refer to this Adobe page: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/885448, or, you can open up the settings in your IE, FF and Chrome and check.
And I follow the link in the above Adobe page to check my flash version and it does say I have the latest Flash Player version. Screenshot attached.
Why is it posted twice!
Got it. I see it here now as well:
- Adobe.com
- 11,6,602,180 Adobe Flash Player
- 12.0r112 Adobe Shockwave Player
- chrome://plugins
- Adobe Flash Player (2 files) - Version: 11.6.602.180
Shockwave Flash 11.6 r602
- Adobe Shockwave Player - Version: 12.0r112
Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 12.0
I am going to give up on this issue b/c it’s most likely a problem with YouTube.
- Before I said I had no problem with FF, but actually I was wrong. It happens using FF also. So, it happens with all 3 browsers.
- The same video may pause at one time of the day and not at another time of the day. It seems to happen more often at peak hours.
- I have no problem with my internet connection. I have 50/25 FiOS and I can download and upload actual files at really high speed (not just speed test).
- I have no problem streaming videos from other sites – HD video no less and multiple streams simultaneously at times.
- I have tried clearing the browser caches and even the C: drive, but that doesn’t help.
- I have tried to no avail many things found from Google searches of this problem.
- My computer is working properly.
- Virus and malware scans show that my computer is clean.
Odds are You Tube has the same peak hour issue and can't deliver videos as well as all would like.Quote:
It seems to happen more often at peak hours.
It appear more and more likely that it is YT that can't handle the traffic load during peak hrs. I watch a lot of video this afternoon 1 - 3 pm, and there was no problem. Tried again between 7 -10pm, problems - but again no problem w/ streaming on other sites. Now it is around 1 am in the morning, no stalling at all.