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Videos on youtube have started getting stuck, is my flash plugin alright?

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AbhijeetMozilla
AbhijeetMozilla
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Recently any video that I open on youtube works real slow sort of stop and play, keeps getting stuck. Have installed the latest Flash Plugin 11.8.xxx. Do you think that is the problem? Should I go back to some earlier version of Flash Player?

Recently any video that I open on youtube works real slow sort of stop and play, keeps getting stuck. Have installed the latest Flash Plugin 11.8.xxx. Do you think that is the problem? Should I go back to some earlier version of Flash Player?

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Wesley Branton
Wesley Branton
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Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.

(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)

  • Open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.

Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"

If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article for that.

To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.

Please report back soon.

ideato
ideato
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Hello AbhijeetMozilla

try to disable Flash protected mode, see :

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Flash_Player_11.3_Protected_Mode_-_Windows

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493

try also to disable hardware acceleration in Flash, see :

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337


thank you