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In 41.0.1, YouTube uses more and more memory until crashing

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Since I got 41.0.1, playing videos on YouTube has become difficult. I disabled FlashBlock (which created it's own problems), but now the HTML5 player leaks memory -- usage increasing until FF crashes.

Since I got 41.0.1, playing videos on YouTube has become difficult. I disabled FlashBlock (which created it's own problems), but now the HTML5 player leaks memory -- usage increasing until FF crashes.

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There are some extensions to switch your player on YouTube from HTML5 back to Flash, but I don't think they work on embedded videos, so I don't know how helpful they would be.

To test whether this is a compatibility issue with your graphics card/chipset driver software, could you try disabling Firefox from using hardware acceleration?

"3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced

On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available"

This takes effect the next time you exit Firefox and start it up again. Any difference?

Since hardware acceleration improves the appearance of fonts and animations, and gives your CPU a rest, you may want to check your computer manufacturer's website to see whether any graphics card/chipset driver updates are available for your system. This article suggests safe sites to do that: Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL.


Also, if you use any video downloaders, try disabling them. YouTube might have made a change that is causing them to malfunction.

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I just found that YouTube videos embedded into Facebook leak the same way...

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Vald lösning

There are some extensions to switch your player on YouTube from HTML5 back to Flash, but I don't think they work on embedded videos, so I don't know how helpful they would be.

To test whether this is a compatibility issue with your graphics card/chipset driver software, could you try disabling Firefox from using hardware acceleration?

"3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced

On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available"

This takes effect the next time you exit Firefox and start it up again. Any difference?

Since hardware acceleration improves the appearance of fonts and animations, and gives your CPU a rest, you may want to check your computer manufacturer's website to see whether any graphics card/chipset driver updates are available for your system. This article suggests safe sites to do that: Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL.


Also, if you use any video downloaders, try disabling them. YouTube might have made a change that is causing them to malfunction.

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check this:

  • see if there are updates for your graphics drive drivers

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

  • disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround

  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337 See also:

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Thanks to jscher2000 and FredMcD -- a graphics driver update seems to have done the trick!

Still having weird interactions between FlashBlock and HTML5 player, but that's a completely different order of problem...

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Some Flashblock users have switched to Flash Control to better deal with HTML5 players. You could experiment (best to only enable one at a time).

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/flash-control/