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When I am watching a youtube video or online movie?

When I am watching a youtube video or online movie?

It start to play then about 2 seconds later, it stop playing then goes back to the play button. and I press play it does not want to play...This happen when I am watching an online video, like a movie online or youtube...can anyone tell me what is wrong with my comptuer? Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? On my work comptuer, it play online videos just fine...but my home comptuer, I am not sure what is going on?

Thanks...

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I believe you've already asked this question a little while ago.

    You chose not to give me the "Best Answer", and I see that

    you're still stuck. Nevertheless, I'm willing to make amends,

    and offer you the solution again:

    If your YouTube is slow, stuck or weird, and people tell you

    to either change or install stuff, DON'T TOUCH A THING.

    Please do not tinker with java scripts, firewall settings, flash

    players, activeX controls, antivirus utilities, pop-up blockers,

    browsers or registries - and definitely stay away from all the

    stupid add-ons, converters and/or downloaders that people

    here on Y!A are trying to sell you.

    None of those things will help you, because your computer

    and YouTube were working perfectly fine at one point, right?

    The first rule of thumb and best option should ALWAYS be:

    don't disable, erase, uninstall, separate, switch, download,

    alter, install, add or change anything. Doing those will only

    make matters worse for you.

    Every day, YouTube often shuts down many of their servers

    in order to update stuff. Be patient if your YouTube is stuck,

    slow or garbled. Transmissions from YouTube's computers

    to you are actually done in small chunks of "flash" at a time.

    That's why sometimes you may only see bits and pieces of

    either video, text, a blank screen and/or the spinning circle.

    Your problem may fix itself in a few hours or by the next day.

    If your YouTube continues to behave slow, stuck or strange,

    clear your "cache" of all "temporary internet files", "cookies"

    and "history. Things should run much smoother afterwards.

    If you're not sure how to do this, or if you want extra tips on

    how to make YouTube run even faster (all without having to

    buy or install anything), then click my avatar and email me.

    I will guide you through "cache" clearing plus my other tips

    in easy English with full explanations.

    Note: if you have Google Web Accelerator, dump it, burn it,

    trash it, disable it, uninstall it...do everything you can to get

    as far away from it as possible, even though this contradicts

    my advice. GWA totally ruins YouTube. Simply clicking on

    "Don't Accelerate this Website" won't help you whatsoever.

    Note 2: in order for some videos to play smooth, sometimes

    both "flash" AND "shockwave" are required. Other than that,

    avoid YouTube's beta homepage and stay away from all the

    sales pitches that people here on Y!A are shilling, because

    their replies have nothing to do with your question, and their

    products will probably make your problems worse. Besides,

    what kind of boffo answer is: [my paraphrase] "Although you

    can't access or watch videos properly, get this downloader."

    Note 3: an unusual fix that once worked for me was altering

    the URL "www . youtube . com" to simply "youtube . com",

    (or you can even try "ca . youtube . com").

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    probably network traffic is high, or something..

    these will help you...

    1. Use Opera browser, it will load faster and smoother, and re-install latest flash (the correct way).

    get the latest flash player, and install it.. make sure all the browsers are NOT running during installation...

    OR..

    2. It could be due to slow connection or high traffic.

    Try watching it during off peak hours, the video will be smoother.

    Or you could watch it offline smoothly... try using 'zillatube' .

    It works well - Just yahoo or google search "zillatube" to get it.

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zillatube&btn...

    ==========================♥♥♥

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Make sure you have the current version of Flash installed, and delete all temporary internet files, cookies, etc. to free-up space on your computer since videos take-up a lotta space and memory.

    http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.c...

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Thank you dear whiterose for your very useful question .

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