# Why do video problems NEVER include the commercial?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-video-problems-never-include-the-commercial/540507>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 23, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-video-problems-never-include-the-commercial/540507 "2010-05-23T22:07:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-video-problems-never-include-the-commercial/540507/1 "2010-05-23T22:07:24Z")

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That’s all I wanna know. I get video fails all the time (largely because I’m on Safari) but it NEVER EVER EVER affects the commercial. EVER.

If the commercial works, why can’t the video?

GRRR.

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**Author:** ![andrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@andrewm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewm)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-video-problems-never-include-the-commercial/540507/2 "2010-05-23T22:51:44Z")

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Sometimes they do. I have had plenty of ads on Hulu fail to play, while the video itself works fine. I use Safari (on OS X) as well.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-video-problems-never-include-the-commercial/540507/3 "2010-05-24T04:38:51Z")

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> [@andrewm](#):
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> Sometimes they do. I have had plenty of ads on Hulu fail to play, while the video itself works fine. I use Safari (on OS X) as well.

+1, except I use Firefox on 32-bit Vista.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-video-problems-never-include-the-commercial/540507/4 "2010-05-24T04:59:26Z")

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I use Safari and rarely have video failures. Often the ads are choppy, but since I turn the sound off, I’m not bothered.

Maybe it’s your cable provider.