Whats going on with videos on my computer? (Reddit related)

About two weeks ago I my computer began acting strangely when playing some, but not all, videos on reddit. I’ll click on the link and the video plays for a second or two. Then the screen blinks/flashes or something and the video goes black. The audio continues and the meter thing at the bottom shows the progress. I’ve tried refreshing and rebooting and it still happens. I think most if not all of the links start with i.redd.it but I’m not certain about that and I’m at work now.
Maybe should be in GQ. My bad.

Reddit’s video service is terrible. Try video links to other services and see if you have the same issue.

I’ve had that happen (youtube, not reddit, but same symptoms). Every time it’s been an issue, I’d google it and find that lots of other people are having the same issue. I believe it’s usually cleared itself up after a week or two. I’m assuming either my phone got an update or whatever streaming site I was using changed something.

Before I forget. If you have any adblockers (or a pi-hole) running, try shutting them off. It’s possible that video is having a problem because an ad is trying to load.

ETA2, whether you’re in a browser or the Reddit app, maybe try the other one to see if that’s part of the problem.