Just a heads up, but if videos are hanging for you on the two second mark in Firefox, you are not alone. I've been noticing it for the last couple of weeks and it's gotten worse. The only thing that seems to fix it is to close out of Firefox and try again and that does not always work. No problems in IE and it's not just this site. I see the same behavior on other sites including YouTube directly. I've been having to watch in IE and post in Firefox. If anyone knows anything about this bug feel free to comment.
Update: Possible fix via here:
First try installing the latest version of Flash (you're behind one; there was a recent release) using this procedure to see if that helps:
1. Download this uninstaller from Adobe.com
2. Download this installer from Adobe.com
3. Close Firefox
4. Run the uninstaller, then the installer
5. Open Firefox
If that doesn't do it, try it this way:
1. Download this uninstaller from Adobe.com
2. Download this installer from OldApps.com
3. Close Firefox
4. Run the uninstaller, then the installer
5. Open Firefox
There's also a rumor going around that Java can cause this. If you'd do this before trying the above stuff and report back, I'd appreciate it:
1. In Firefox, go to Tools > Options...
2. Click to the Content tab
3. Uncheck "Enable Java"
4. Close the Options window, restart Firefox, try a video
Good luck!"
I'm trying the second option.
Monday, June 09, 2008
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It happens in Safari, too.
ReplyDeleteStill dead set against posting links to YouTube pages in addition to just embedding the videos?
ReplyDelete(Or "instead of", come to that. Even without Flash being installed, matrixsynth is the slowest-loading site I visit on any regular basis, precisely because of all the embedded videos. Linking to the YouTube pages instead would surely not be an insurmountable inconvenience? It would give those of us with old, slow machines a far more pleasant synthpr0n experience.)
ReplyDeleteit happens with other video sharing sites too, I presume there is a bug in the firefox flash plugin
ReplyDeleteFew days ago I've readed somewhere via google that this could be because too much video instances opened: over 15 videos could freeze the flash plugging. Maybe a solution could be to show less entries per page (that will also make the blog loading faster).
ReplyDeleteThe videos on Matrixsynth have always irritated me, especially when there are quite a number of them on a page. They make the page unscrollable for some time, and then suddenly everything will jump about as the page 'catches up'. This can sometimes take as long as 20 seconds. I much prefer pictures to videos, and a link to Youtube pages and the like would be much better than embedded stuff.
ReplyDeletei have a fix for you all :-)
ReplyDeletehttp://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_parentId=47141
This is the only site that causes this hang and usually I wait a few hours or days and I come back and it's fine. I have a feeling it's not the videos but a JAVA thing.
ReplyDeleteif you have only one copy of the flash player running in the browser (including other tabs) it works fine (i.e. to watch a video, go to the youtube page for the video and close matrixsynth and then come back)
ReplyDeletebut yeah that's pretty inconvenient
None of the above suggestions work.
ReplyDeleteThey have been tried and have been confirmed by others as not working.
I have tried many other things like:
- upgrading to firefox 3 beta
- uninstalling and reinstalling flash
with a reboot in between
- copying the flash dll to the
firefox plugin directory
And nothing worked.
I have to play youtube in IE.
It ain't Java; I habitually run with Java disabled (for much the same reasons as I have for being Flash-free). I still end up waiting.
ReplyDeleteIt fixes when I clear the Windows registry and works fine for a couple of days...
ReplyDeleteI un-clicked the 'enable java' thingy and it seemed to do the trick.
ReplyDeleteAt least for the time being...