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constant buffering

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  • Last reply by Angharad233

sizzlovesgaara
sizzlovesgaara
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Switching between tabs puts a "buffering" sign on every tab. Tabs constantly stop working altogether and switching to another tab and then back shows that they are "buffering". Nothing can be done during "buffering" mode, and it happens every. Single. Time. A. Page. Loads. What's up with this? And how can I fix it?

Switching between tabs puts a "buffering" sign on every tab. Tabs constantly stop working altogether and switching to another tab and then back shows that they are "buffering". Nothing can be done during "buffering" mode, and it happens every. Single. Time. A. Page. Loads. What's up with this? And how can I fix it?
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Shadow110
Shadow110
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Hi, You are only showing a Youtube image and have nor mentioned other sites so will go with what I can see. Please give this a try. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-no-buffer-autoplay/

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

sizzlovesgaara
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The buffering happens on more than just Youtube pages. It happens on all of them. It just happened to be the tab I took the picture from.

Angharad233
Angharad233
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Is this possibly a hardware acceleration issue? I had to disable "use recommended performance settings" in the main preferences menu when having a similar problem.