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YouTube & Other Video Sites Freeze After 3-11 Seconds in Firefox, But No Problems Occur In IE

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Before the latest update of Firefix (I now have 13.0.1), YouTube & other sites played videos fine. Now, these videos only play 3-11 seconds before freezing (but the little red download bar under them still progresses like normal).

Before the latest update of Firefix (I now have 13.0.1), YouTube & other sites played videos fine. Now, these videos only play 3-11 seconds before freezing (but the little red download bar under them still progresses like normal).

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This might be caused by a recent Flash 11.3 update.

See:

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  1. Deleting and reinstalling the plugins may be a choice.
  2. Some add ons may be the casue
  3. Or else you can change configurations in the brower by following this link http://tinyurl.com/2g9fvfq
  4. lack of updating the plugins.

Modified by Midhun M