# Trying to go to specific time marks on Youtube videos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-go-to-specific-time-marks-on-youtube-videos/451274>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 31, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-go-to-specific-time-marks-on-youtube-videos/451274 "2008-05-31T16:10:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-go-to-specific-time-marks-on-youtube-videos/451274/1 "2008-05-31T16:10:42Z")

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If I’m watching a Youtube video and want to skip ahead, I click on the time bar at the point I estimate to be where I want to start watching. The video then jumps to that point, and begins to play from there, no problem.

But if I try to do it a _second_ time, the video freezes, and as far as I can tell, will never play again for me, at least not for the next half hour or so.

Anyone know why this happens? (Does it happen for everyone?) Is it a measure to lower bandwidth? A glitch? Or what?

And is there a way around it?

-FrL-