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Why won't YouTube videos pre-load any more?

I used to be able to pause a YouTube video and watch it after it loaded completely. This avoided random pauses for buffering. Now when I pause one, the pre-loading bar pauses too. I also can't seem to watch YouTube vids imbedded in other sites - I have to go to the original page to keep it from being choppy. I use Safari on Mac OS 10.6.8.

Update:

@Julian Thanks. Empty Cache seemed to help. I couldn't find Remove Cookies, it's not where you said it was. I'm using Safari 5.1.5.

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  • Julian
    Lv 5
    9 years ago
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    Hello,

    I have been having the same problem few days back and I use Safari on Mac OSX Snow Leopard. Not much difference anyways. To solve this problem, make the video load a tiny bit and then pause.

    To solve the error you are getting when viewing embedded videos, clear cache & cookies on Safari.

    ✻ Safari → Reset Safari → Tick "Empty the cache" & "Remove all the cookies" → Reset

    Hope it helped & Have a nice day!

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