Youtube videos keep crashing firefox

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Last reply by Ajinkya

8 years ago

23/4/16 08:33 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

Firefox started crashing this afternoon whenever I try to watch a video on youtube. As soon as the video starts to load, firefox crashes. This just started today. I was able to watch youtube videos earlier today.

Here are the crash reports: bp-6eadd5e5-6ac4-48b1-bfc4-f0e2b2160423 bp-60e48ed9-908d-413f-90ac-9e6a02160423 bp-1ddc707f-6116-4972-b987-ddcc72160423 bp-c7018ee5-c4c4-4902-87e9-acda92160423 bp-8f335b9c-42cb-4db1-a7b0-2d5582160423

Firefox started crashing this afternoon whenever I try to watch a video on youtube. As soon as the video starts to load, firefox crashes. This just started today. I was able to watch youtube videos earlier today. Here are the crash reports: bp-6eadd5e5-6ac4-48b1-bfc4-f0e2b2160423 bp-60e48ed9-908d-413f-90ac-9e6a02160423 bp-1ddc707f-6116-4972-b987-ddcc72160423 bp-c7018ee5-c4c4-4902-87e9-acda92160423 bp-8f335b9c-42cb-4db1-a7b0-2d5582160423

Modified ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 1, 2016 05:32:17 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ -0700 by cor-el

Answer 1 · 2016-04-23 08:33:00

cor-el

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23/4/16 09:14 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

That sounds like a problem with the HTML5 media player.

Does this only happen on YouTube?

See also:

http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html

Scroll down the page to see some media players that you can test.

Answer 2 · 2016-04-23 08:33:00

Dakota66 Question owner

23/4/16 09:14 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

Here are more crash reports: https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/ab38cf32-ec8f-4d51-b1bc-f0eaf2160423 https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/934f16e7-a60f-4d6c-9ee5-bf46a2160423 https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/b558c4bf-adaa-4065-9cea-d245b2160423 https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/989e7c51-3852-47f6-9a22-f0d552160423 https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/788e270e-b8be-47c8-b848-da9b62160423 https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/82c8d678-bffd-4f67-a729-655472160423 https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/82c8d678-bffd-4f67-a729-655472160423

Answer 3 · 2016-04-23 08:33:00

Dakota66 Question owner

23/4/16 09:17 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

I tested thosecor-el said

That sounds like a problem with the HTML5 media player. Does this only happen on YouTube? See also:
http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html
Scroll down the page to see some media players that you can test.

Answer 4 · 2016-04-23 08:33:00

Dakota66 Question owner

23/4/16 09:18 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

I tested those media players there and there wasn't any problems with them on that site. I'm still having firefox to crash whenever I try to play a youtuve video.

Answer 5 · 2016-04-23 08:33:00

Dakota66 Question owner

23/4/16 09:19 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

So far, it only happens on youtube.

Answer 6 · 2016-04-23 08:33:00

Dakota66 Question owner

23/4/16 09:26 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

cor-el said

That sounds like a problem with the HTML5 media player. Does this only happen on YouTube? See also:
http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html
Scroll down the page to see some media players that you can test.

Answer 7 · 2016-04-23 08:33:00

Dakota66 Question owner

23/4/16 09:27 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

If it is the HTML media player, how do you fix it?

Answer 8 · 2016-04-23 08:33:00

Dakota66 Question owner

23/4/16 11:05 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ

I refreshed firefox but that did not help. Every time I try to watch a video on youtube, as soon as it starts playing, firefox crashes. I did find the Youtube Flash Video Player add-on for firefox and I installed it and set the setting for flash video player. So far that has stopped firefox from crashing when watching a video on youtube. Is there another way to resolve the issue without having to use this add-on?