# What's wrong with my video playback?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-video-playback/653666>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 22, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-video-playback/653666 "2013-03-22T18:34:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-video-playback/653666/1 "2013-03-22T18:34:57Z")

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When playing videos from YouTube or Amazon Prime, the picture will freeze (the sound continues on) and won’t resume unless I keep the cursor moving over the video. Using Firefox if that makes a diff.  
Thanks for any ideas- it’s driving me nuts :mad:

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**Author:** ![Frumpy\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Frumpy\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumpy_Jones)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-video-playback/653666/2 "2013-03-23T07:03:41Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> When playing videos from YouTube or Amazon Prime, the picture will freeze (the sound continues on) and won’t resume unless I keep the cursor moving over the video. Using Firefox if that makes a diff.  
> Thanks for any ideas- it’s driving me nuts :mad:

sooooo many variables you haven’t mentioned…

OS? Version of your browser? full screen or default size? about three or four more questions, but let’s just cut to the chase:

Have you tried other browsers?  
have you updated to latest browser version?  
Have you performed all updates to your OS?  
Have you performed a driver update on your video card/onboard video?

There’s a start…

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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-video-playback/653666/3 "2013-03-23T07:46:20Z")

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I have had a similar problem for more than 2 years.

10+ year old computer  
Win XP  
Firefox 19.02

Have you tried other browsers?  
**Yes. I use IE8 to watch YouTube videos, it works more or less.**

Have you updated to latest browser version?  
**Yes**

Have you performed all updates to your OS?  
**Yes**

Have you performed a driver update on your onboard video?  
**Yes, last update in 2006**

Adobe Flash is updated.

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**Author:** ![Frumpy\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Frumpy\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumpy_Jones)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-video-playback/653666/4 "2013-03-23T10:32:36Z")

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10+ year old computer is your problem.

You can TRY and update your video card, but in all honesty, the mid-rage video card today is probably more powerful (CPU-wise) than your computer…

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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-video-playback/653666/5 "2013-03-23T14:27:00Z")

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> [@Frumpy\_Jones](#):
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> 10+ year old computer is your problem.

Yeah, that’s what I thought, but since others had reported problems with videos & Firefox I hoped there be a fix. I don’t have a video card and can’t get one, just the onboard video.

Thanks