# Every single time, Youtube videos restart randomly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453 "2012-08-24T04:19:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/1 "2012-08-24T04:19:46Z")
Anyone else notice this recently? I’m watching something, anything, and at some random point the video just mysteriously starts from the beginning. Once in a while? No. Every single video I watch will at some random point quit and start over. My hands are nowhere near mouses or other interfaces? The second time through does not appear to be affected. What gives? Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/2 "2012-09-02T00:12:00Z")
Bump. It’s still doing it. Youtube videos will just randomly abort and start over again for absolutely no reason. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Rampant\_Coypu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@Rampant\_Coypu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rampant_Coypu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/3 "2012-09-02T03:06:31Z")
I’ve had this happen once or twice, not every time. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/4 "2012-09-02T03:14:11Z")
I just picked another random video of about 10 minutes in length, and about 3 minutes in it decided to start over. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/5 "2012-09-02T03:50:00Z")
One more attempt. A 2:41 Beatles video that stopped and restarted at about 2:00. This happens all the time to me on different machines and on different ISPs. I really can’t believe I’m on my own on this. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/6 "2012-09-02T03:59:23Z")
And one more time on a Doors song. I’ll stop now. But this happens to me every fucking time. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/7 "2012-09-02T05:57:23Z")
Did you try a different browser? If it does it with every browser, it’s likely an issue with your connection. Otherwise, an issue with your browser. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/8 "2012-09-02T08:32:18Z")
Have you tried watching the video at a different resolution? I’ve run across channels where every single video @720p will restart like you describe, but play fine in 480p (or 360p, if you’re desperate.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/9 "2012-09-13T03:34:01Z")
Still doing it. Every time. I’m about to sport a monocle, a tinfoil hat, and roller-skate throughout the city while whistling something from Eric Idle. Honestly, I’m the only one on the planet that this happens to? Please help my sanity. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/10 "2012-09-13T07:14:49Z")
I believe it happens because the ‘play’ is faster than the loading. Try pausing the play as soon as it starts and let the loading progress bar get out there a bit before resuming. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/11 "2012-09-16T20:03:04Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > I believe it happens because the ‘play’ is faster than the loading. Try pausing the play as soon as it starts and let the loading progress bar get out there a bit before resuming. Nope. Does it when the leading grey bar is well ahead of the play bar. Other video sites don’t do this to me: only Youtube, on at least two different computers. Drives me insane. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/12 "2012-09-16T21:39:12Z")
Never. It maybe your IP provider who’s using [bandwith throttling.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_throttling) If your using Bell I wouldn’t be suprised if this is the case. Just a guess. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/13 "2012-09-16T21:59:29Z")
[Try going here](http://www.youtube.com/html5), and click on the bottom to “Join the HTML5 trial.” That will use HTML5 instead of Flash for most videos. If that fixes it, it would seem something related to your Flash is screwy. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/14 "2012-09-17T01:55:30Z")
Just make it play a Phil Kessel tribute video. I guarantee that even a machine won’t want to sit through it more than once. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/15 "2012-09-17T02:14:05Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > [Try going here](http://www.youtube.com/html5), and click on the bottom to “Join the HTML5 trial.” That will use HTML5 instead of Flash for most videos. If that fixes it, it would seem something related to your Flash is screwy. Interesting. So far, so good. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/16 "2012-10-21T08:31:08Z")
And it’s still doing it. Googling it tells me I’m not the only one, but I don’t see any solutions. Do you know how frustrating it is to be 20 minutes into a video and have it restart automatically? EDT: Firefox browser, laptop and desktop. Everything is updated, browser and Flash. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/17 "2012-10-21T12:04:22Z")
Have you tried a different browser? I gave up on Firefox a few releases ago and moved to Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-time-youtube-videos-restart-randomly/632453/18 "2012-10-21T19:37:41Z")
A possible workaround, if you’re using Firefox, is to Download the Youtube; then watch it later with, e.g., KMPlayer. Slightly less convenient, but it does leave you with the video on your hard disk to watch how or as often as you like. (Some boring Youtubes are best watched at 120% speed 🆒 , which KMPlayer can do, but not AFAIK Youtube.)