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iPad freezing when playing video.

Any time I play a video I can count on it freezing if it is html5. YouTube plays longer but if I have a video that's about 6 or 7 minutes it will freeze and playing a stored video will always freeze after about the same amount of time. In order to get out of it I have to do a hard reset! Anyone else having this problem?

MacBook Pro 17" Unibody 2.93Ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.3), iPad 32 GB

Posted on Apr 4, 2010 12:39 PM

350 replies

Jun 17, 2010 6:43 PM in response to Solid187

Tried watching vids on my girl's iPad and the video will either freeze completely, freeze with the audio still playing, or play but the audio will be muted. This is pretty annoying

Jun 21, 2010 4:26 PM in response to BigXials

Just to let you all know, as expected, no freezing at all in the new iPad.

Jan2886

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Jun 22, 2010 12:59 PM in response to Doug Preble

thanks for the info...I'm having the same problem...I'm going to take mine back...to much time wasted on trying to get it to work

Jul 1, 2010 5:19 AM in response to Ged Timson

My replacement brown box iPad works a treat. No video lockups so far. Watched 300 right through on AirVideo. Always locked within first 10 mins on the old iPad. Touch wood, problem solved.

Jul 5, 2010 10:41 AM in response to joshcramer

I have had the same problem, even with videos downloaded from iTunes.

James O'

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Jul 13, 2010 12:08 PM in response to BigXials

I too am having this issue as of late with YouTube and netflix.

Jul 15, 2010 12:06 PM in response to Queboo

Does firmware 3.2.1 really fix this problem?

FreddieZ

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Jul 15, 2010 12:50 PM in response to paulmoscow

Downloading and keeping fingers crossed

Massipad

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Jul 16, 2010 4:50 PM in response to vicwong

I'm having this issue on the Apple streaming for events such as keynotes or the "antennagate" press conference.
The 3.2.1 update can solve the problem? Anybody has tested it and it's sure?

FreddieZ

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Jul 16, 2010 11:30 PM in response to Massipad

For me it did solve the problem. Watched every video, even antenna gate, without a problem!

Jul 26, 2010 11:43 AM in response to BigXials

So guys, the problem is already fixed with the update? Or still maybe be a hardware problem?

ybark

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Aug 12, 2010 6:16 PM in response to ybark

Well done 3.2.1! All videos play fine! No freezing any more.

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Swifty43

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Aug 16, 2011 6:41 AM in response to tekn0wledg

Resetting all settings worked for me last time and now it's doing it again.... Doesn't seem to be a long term fix.

Dec 30, 2011 1:26 PM in response to edelbug

What if I bought my iPad from Best Buy. Do they honor the swap?

fordi65

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Jan 30, 2012 3:22 AM in response to fordi65

OK, so try try searching for a another video on the iPad and playing that from the search results. Worked for me. Thanks Matt, Android man!

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