Discussion:
HTML5 video playback horribly broken on YouTube and Vine
Judah Richardson
2014-09-24 20:06:33 UTC
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Hi All,

I've been having the above problem for weeks now on the Win64 Nightly
build. The YouTube HTML5 player just keeps buffering without any playback,
and Vine videos won't even start. I've had to resort to using Chrome Canary
for non-Flash video playback. Restarting with all add-ons disabled doesn't
help either problem. Any ideas?

Judah
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Mihai Chereji
2014-09-24 20:09:41 UTC
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Post by Judah Richardson
Hi All,
I've been having the above problem for weeks now on the Win64 Nightly
build. The YouTube HTML5 player just keeps buffering without any
playback, and Vine videos won't even start. I've had to resort to using
Chrome Canary for non-Flash video playback. Restarting with all add-ons
disabled doesn't help either problem. Any ideas?
Judah
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Bryan Price
2014-09-24 21:43:27 UTC
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Judah Richardson <judahrichardson at gmail.com
Post by Judah Richardson
Hi All,
I've been having the above problem for weeks now on the Win64 Nightly
build. The YouTube HTML5 player just keeps buffering without any playback,
and Vine videos won't even start. I've had to resort to using Chrome Canary
for non-Flash video playback. Restarting with all add-ons disabled doesn't
help either problem. Any ideas?
Every time I have run into this using my USB headphones (I haven't run my
speakers in quite awhile, they are dying after 25 years, so I can't say
if/what happens with them), I unplug, and then replug my headphones. Fixes
it every time.

Why an issue with sound would be causing something like that, I don't
know. And it may be a totally different problem you are experiencing too.

I probably should do a bit more spelunking next time and see if there is
anything in the Windows logs about it.

If you haven't done a cold restart in awhile, I would do so. As in
completely turn off the computer before restarting. I have a card reader
in the front of my desktop computer that requires that to happen to get it
working correctly again sometimes. Yeah, I know, buy a better card
reader. Or at least one I can unplug more easily.

Meanwhile, YouTube HTML5 video works for me.

Win 7 64bit/Nightly 64bit.
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Judah Richardson
2014-09-25 04:06:05 UTC
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Post by Bryan Price
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Hi All,
I've been having the above problem for weeks now on the Win64 Nightly
build. The YouTube HTML5 player just keeps buffering without any playback,
and Vine videos won't even start. I've had to resort to using Chrome Canary
for non-Flash video playback. Restarting with all add-ons disabled doesn't
help either problem. Any ideas?
Every time I have run into this using my USB headphones (I haven't run my
speakers in quite awhile, they are dying after 25 years, so I can't say
if/what happens with them), I unplug, and then replug my headphones. Fixes
it every time.
Why an issue with sound would be causing something like that, I don't
know. And it may be a totally different problem you are experiencing too.
Hmmm. I'd hazard my GPU could be the issue, but it's happening on both my
Radeon HD & Intel integrated GPU PCs.
Post by Bryan Price
I probably should do a bit more spelunking next time and see if there is
anything in the Windows logs about it.
If you haven't done a cold restart in awhile, I would do so.
The issue persists between restarts. As I said, I've been having this
problem for weeks, during which I've restarted both Win 8.1U2 machines.
Post by Bryan Price
As in completely turn off the computer before restarting. I have a card
reader in the front of my desktop computer that requires that to happen to
get it working correctly again sometimes. Yeah, I know, buy a better card
reader. Or at least one I can unplug more easily.
Meanwhile, YouTube HTML5 video works for me.
Win 7 64bit/Nightly 64bit.
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Bryan Price
2014-09-25 04:35:49 UTC
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Hi All,
I've been having the above problem for weeks now on the Win64 Nightly
build. The YouTube HTML5 player just keeps buffering without any playback,
and Vine videos won't even start. I've had to resort to using Chrome Canary
for non-Flash video playback. Restarting with all add-ons disabled doesn't
help either problem. Any ideas?
Every time I have run into this using my USB headphones (I haven't run my
speakers in quite awhile, they are dying after 25 years, so I can't say
if/what happens with them), I unplug, and then replug my headphones. Fixes
it every time.
Why an issue with sound would be causing something like that, I don't
know. And it may be a totally different problem you are experiencing too.
Hmmm. I'd hazard my GPU could be the issue, but it's happening on both my
Radeon HD & Intel integrated GPU PCs.
I have nVidia. And I'm not even a little clear on why the USB headphones
cause the trouble. I just found that out by accident.
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
I probably should do a bit more spelunking next time and see if there is
anything in the Windows logs about it.
If you haven't done a cold restart in awhile, I would do so.
The issue persists between restarts. As I said, I've been having this
problem for weeks, during which I've restarted both Win 8.1U2 machines.
Hmmm. Don't know. And of course, I'm running 7, not 8.1.
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
As in completely turn off the computer before restarting. I have a card
reader in the front of my desktop computer that requires that to happen to
get it working correctly again sometimes. Yeah, I know, buy a better card
reader. Or at least one I can unplug more easily.
Meanwhile, YouTube HTML5 video works for me.
Win 7 64bit/Nightly 64bit.
--
"I never said half the things the Internet says I said." -- Mark Twain
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Judah Richardson
2014-09-30 19:35:49 UTC
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Problem still exists after several reboots and even updating my GPU
drivers. Any idea what's going on?
Post by Bryan Price
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Hi All,
I've been having the above problem for weeks now on the Win64 Nightly
build. The YouTube HTML5 player just keeps buffering without any playback,
and Vine videos won't even start. I've had to resort to using Chrome Canary
for non-Flash video playback. Restarting with all add-ons disabled doesn't
help either problem. Any ideas?
Every time I have run into this using my USB headphones (I haven't run
my speakers in quite awhile, they are dying after 25 years, so I can't say
if/what happens with them), I unplug, and then replug my headphones. Fixes
it every time.
Why an issue with sound would be causing something like that, I don't
know. And it may be a totally different problem you are experiencing too.
Hmmm. I'd hazard my GPU could be the issue, but it's happening on both my
Radeon HD & Intel integrated GPU PCs.
I have nVidia. And I'm not even a little clear on why the USB headphones
cause the trouble. I just found that out by accident.
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
I probably should do a bit more spelunking next time and see if there is
anything in the Windows logs about it.
If you haven't done a cold restart in awhile, I would do so.
The issue persists between restarts. As I said, I've been having this
problem for weeks, during which I've restarted both Win 8.1U2 machines.
Hmmm. Don't know. And of course, I'm running 7, not 8.1.
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
As in completely turn off the computer before restarting. I have a card
reader in the front of my desktop computer that requires that to happen to
get it working correctly again sometimes. Yeah, I know, buy a better card
reader. Or at least one I can unplug more easily.
Meanwhile, YouTube HTML5 video works for me.
Win 7 64bit/Nightly 64bit.
--
"I never said half the things the Internet says I said." -- Mark Twain
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Judah Richardson
2014-10-02 18:12:50 UTC
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YouTube playback is fixed in latest build (thanks!), Vine is still DOA.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Judah Richardson <judahrichardson at gmail.com
Post by Judah Richardson
Problem still exists after several reboots and even updating my GPU
drivers. Any idea what's going on?
Post by Bryan Price
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Hi All,
I've been having the above problem for weeks now on the Win64 Nightly
build. The YouTube HTML5 player just keeps buffering without any playback,
and Vine videos won't even start. I've had to resort to using Chrome Canary
for non-Flash video playback. Restarting with all add-ons disabled doesn't
help either problem. Any ideas?
Every time I have run into this using my USB headphones (I haven't run
my speakers in quite awhile, they are dying after 25 years, so I can't say
if/what happens with them), I unplug, and then replug my headphones. Fixes
it every time.
Why an issue with sound would be causing something like that, I don't
know. And it may be a totally different problem you are experiencing too.
Hmmm. I'd hazard my GPU could be the issue, but it's happening on both
my Radeon HD & Intel integrated GPU PCs.
I have nVidia. And I'm not even a little clear on why the USB headphones
cause the trouble. I just found that out by accident.
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
I probably should do a bit more spelunking next time and see if there
is anything in the Windows logs about it.
If you haven't done a cold restart in awhile, I would do so.
The issue persists between restarts. As I said, I've been having this
problem for weeks, during which I've restarted both Win 8.1U2 machines.
Hmmm. Don't know. And of course, I'm running 7, not 8.1.
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
As in completely turn off the computer before restarting. I have a
card reader in the front of my desktop computer that requires that to
happen to get it working correctly again sometimes. Yeah, I know, buy a
better card reader. Or at least one I can unplug more easily.
Meanwhile, YouTube HTML5 video works for me.
Win 7 64bit/Nightly 64bit.
--
"I never said half the things the Internet says I said." -- Mark Twain
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Judah Richardson
2014-10-02 19:29:05 UTC
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Looks like I spoke too soon. Both are still broken.

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Judah Richardson <judahrichardson at gmail.com>
Post by Judah Richardson
YouTube playback is fixed in latest build (thanks!), Vine is still DOA.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Problem still exists after several reboots and even updating my GPU
drivers. Any idea what's going on?
Post by Bryan Price
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Judah Richardson <
Post by Judah Richardson
Hi All,
I've been having the above problem for weeks now on the Win64 Nightly
build. The YouTube HTML5 player just keeps buffering without any playback,
and Vine videos won't even start. I've had to resort to using Chrome Canary
for non-Flash video playback. Restarting with all add-ons disabled doesn't
help either problem. Any ideas?
Every time I have run into this using my USB headphones (I haven't run
my speakers in quite awhile, they are dying after 25 years, so I can't say
if/what happens with them), I unplug, and then replug my headphones. Fixes
it every time.
Why an issue with sound would be causing something like that, I don't
know. And it may be a totally different problem you are experiencing too.
Hmmm. I'd hazard my GPU could be the issue, but it's happening on both
my Radeon HD & Intel integrated GPU PCs.
I have nVidia. And I'm not even a little clear on why the USB
headphones cause the trouble. I just found that out by accident.
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
I probably should do a bit more spelunking next time and see if there
is anything in the Windows logs about it.
If you haven't done a cold restart in awhile, I would do so.
The issue persists between restarts. As I said, I've been having this
problem for weeks, during which I've restarted both Win 8.1U2 machines.
Hmmm. Don't know. And of course, I'm running 7, not 8.1.
Post by Judah Richardson
Post by Bryan Price
As in completely turn off the computer before restarting. I have a
card reader in the front of my desktop computer that requires that to
happen to get it working correctly again sometimes. Yeah, I know, buy a
better card reader. Or at least one I can unplug more easily.
Meanwhile, YouTube HTML5 video works for me.
Win 7 64bit/Nightly 64bit.
--
"I never said half the things the Internet says I said." -- Mark Twain
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