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SebC · 04-06-2008, 11:24 PM

Apologies if this is a Fata... way too many search terms to try with the 10 second wait between searches.

So here's the question.

Youtube stops playing after two seconds. It shows the whole video loading, but stops playing at 0:02. You can move it to any part of the movie, and it stops 2 seconds later. I've even seen Windows Media Player streaming movies do the same thing.

I've seen this with Firefox, IE, and on two different computers, on and off. Google search linked to forums, and everyone seems to be clueless. Lots of garbage answers such as "your connection is too slow" and "your computer sucks". I don't think it's a bandwidth issue, which is what most people think it is, because it does actually load, it just doesn't play.

I suspect most of people's "solutions" are things that didn't actually solve the problem, because it comes and goes. A case of correlation without causation.

So chances are this is a total shot in the dark, but does anyone know how to fix this?

If this needs to go in the Help forum, mods, please excuse me and move it. However, this forum seems to be getting used for non-forum tech issues, so I hope it's okay to post it here.

04-06-2008, 11:24 PM	#1
SebC tromboner Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: where the lattes are Exp:	Youtube stops playing after two seconds Apologies if this is a Fata... way too many search terms to try with the 10 second wait between searches. So here's the question. Youtube stops playing after two seconds. It shows the whole video loading, but stops playing at 0:02. You can move it to any part of the movie, and it stops 2 seconds later. I've even seen Windows Media Player streaming movies do the same thing. I've seen this with Firefox, IE, and on two different computers, on and off. Google search linked to forums, and everyone seems to be clueless. Lots of garbage answers such as "your connection is too slow" and "your computer sucks". I don't think it's a bandwidth issue, which is what most people think it is, because it does actually load, it just doesn't play. I suspect most of people's "solutions" are things that didn't actually solve the problem, because it comes and goes. A case of correlation without causation. So chances are this is a total shot in the dark, but does anyone know how to fix this? If this needs to go in the Help forum, mods, please excuse me and move it. However, this forum seems to be getting used for non-forum tech issues, so I hope it's okay to post it here. __________________ "You can't swing a cat on the internet without hitting a goaltender apologist."