YouTube crashing Firefox

[Stephen]

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?

[lfmusiclover]

What a coincedence. I'm having that problem too. I thought it was just my crappy PC. Guess not. 

[Tyler]

Nope, no problems here.

[Localonthe8s]

Works fine for me as well. But Firefox crashes if I try to log into Facebook or my forum

[beanboy89]

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

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.

[WeatherSTARIII]

At least I use Internet Explorer.
 
But still, is there any way to hack YT to go back to 4:3?

[Localonthe8s]

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.

[Tyler]

You might as well quit crying about the 16:9 format - its the way of the future. Get used to it.

[Localonthe8s]

Which is why I'm not looking forward to the future...everything is going downhill these days.

[lfmusiclover]

I like the 16:9 format. I'm not sure what the big deal is....

[narunetto]

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.

[Gil]

Vista.

"Well there's your problem right there!"

[lfmusiclover]

It's not my problem. You know I hate Vista with a passion. 

[Tyler]

Vista.

"Well there's your problem right there!"

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

[Stephen]

Thanks Billy, that fix worked fine for me.