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Youtube stops playing on my laptop

At random times, YouTube will stop the video I'm watching. Say I am 5 minutes into a video. It would stop the video, saying the total video length is 5 minutes, and would display the normal suggested video screen. It gives me an option to replay the video, and it stops in the same place. If I reload the page it plays again, but sometimes it still stops. Help?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 2, 2013 1:05 PM

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Feb 2, 2013 1:17 PM in response to Lord_Ardget

One of the following steps should help.



1. Install Adobe Flash Player.


http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/


Restart


2. Enable Plug-ins

Safari > Preferences > Security


Web Content:

Click in the box for "Enable Plug-ins".



3. Check whether you are currently in YouTube HTML 5 trial.


http://www.youtube.com/html5


At the bottom left of the page uncheck the box for


"You are currently in the HTML5 trial".


4. Reset Safari.


Click Safari in the menu bar.

From the drop down select "Reset Safari".

Uncheck the boxes next to all items.

Check the box next to "Remove all website data".

Click "Reset".


5. Turn off Extensions/Plug-ins that may interfere with Flash working properly.

Safari > Preferences > Extensions


Now try YouTube.


Best.

Youtube stops playing on my laptop

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