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YouTube crashing Firefox
« on: November 30, 2008, 08:17:11 PM »
Recently, I've noticed that after a while of browsing YouTube in Firefox (version 3.0.4, Windows Vista), Firefox acts really unstable, and most often it crashes. I CAN get to YouTube no problem; but after a few minutes or so Firefox decides to crash. <_< I Google'd this issue, and it seems this has been an issue for other people recently, and apparently its cause is the new 16:9 YouTube player (it probably is seeing as I've never experienced this problem before). Anyone else having these issues with YT?

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2008, 08:18:46 PM »
What a coincedence. I'm having that problem too. I thought it was just my crappy PC. Guess not.  :thinking:

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2008, 08:19:10 PM »
Nope, no problems here.

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2008, 08:20:00 PM »
Works fine for me as well. But Firefox crashes if I try to log into Facebook or my forum

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2008, 08:28:23 PM »
It had been happening to me, too (both in Firefox and SeaMonkey). I found a workaround at MozillaZine, which seemed to work fine for me.

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=4832705#p4832705

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YouTube Workaround: If you are experiencing YouTube/Firefox crashing, try this suggested workaround. Add the following as a filter to either Adblock or Adblock Plus:

Code: [Select]
s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/PMS*.swf



Oh, and I had experienced the crashing problem before the 16:9 player debuted.
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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2008, 08:28:37 PM »
At least I use Internet Explorer.
 
But still, is there any way to hack YT to go back to 4:3?
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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2008, 08:29:40 PM »
At least I use Internet Explorer.
 
But still, is there any way to hack YT to go back to 4:3?
Yeah I'm not a fan of the 16:9 display either. :no:

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2008, 08:39:57 PM »
You might as well quit crying about the 16:9 format - its the way of the future. Get used to it.

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2008, 08:41:58 PM »
Which is why I'm not looking forward to the future...everything is going downhill these days.

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2008, 08:42:43 PM »
I like the 16:9 format. I'm not sure what the big deal is.... :dunno:

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2008, 08:46:24 PM »
You guys, there's like no difference between the 16:9 player and the 4:3 one other than its 16:9, what i'm getting at is it has the same height as the old player, its just wide, you're not loosing, you're gaining.

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2008, 11:24:12 AM »
Vista.

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2008, 11:25:01 AM »
It's not my problem. You know I hate Vista with a passion.  :yes:

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2008, 03:03:52 PM »
Vista.

"Well there's your problem right there!"

And I have Vista and I'm not having any problems. :wacko:

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Re: YouTube crashing Firefox
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2008, 05:38:36 PM »
Thanks Billy, that fix worked fine for me. :yes: