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You tube videos only play 10-20 seconds at a time and then need to be started again by clicking on the red play line. This can happen 20-30times while trying to

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FredMcD replied 7 years ago
Fergus Thornton
Fergus Thornton

Any video will play for 10-20 seconds max and then stop. If I click on the leading edge of the red "play" line it will restart and continue for another 10-20 second and stop. Then the cycle repeats. This affects ANY source of video.

Any video will play for 10-20 seconds max and then stop. If I click on the leading edge of the red "play" line it will restart and continue for another 10-20 second and stop. Then the cycle repeats. This affects ANY source of video.

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FredMcD
FredMcD

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-video-audio-problems-firefox-windows

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-common-audio-and-video-issues

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/html5-audio-and-video-firefox

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-issues-with-plugins-fix-problems

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/warning-unresponsive-plugin