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Video stops audio keeps going

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In the middle of a video on Youtube that I was watching today, the video suddenly stopped while the audio kept going. The video continues if I move my cursor over the video, but stops again when I stop. This does not happen on Chrome. I have Firefox 26.0.

In the middle of a video on Youtube that I was watching today, the video suddenly stopped while the audio kept going. The video continues if I move my cursor over the video, but stops again when I stop. This does not happen on Chrome. I have Firefox 26.0.

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I have faced similar issues in Chrome. Usually refreshing the page works. This is most probably a fault in YouTube's player. Are you getting this problem always? Please post the link to the video.

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Refreshing the page does not work for me. It happens in other players as well as youtubes. I have this problem every time I'm playing a video in Firefox, if that's what you mean, so no point in posting a video.

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You can check for problems with current Flash plugin versions and try these:

  • disable a possible RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension for Firefox and update the RealPlayer if installed
  • disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin