If you’ve ever suffered the 2 second YouTube video freeze in Firefox under Windows XP, then here’s a couple of cures to try. Number 1 usually works best for me. Wish they’d fix the problem though, ‘cause it’s a pain.
- Ctrl-Alt-Del – Task manager – Processes – highlight Firefox – Right mouse click – End Process Tree.
- Navigate to Windows – System32 – Macromed – Flash – click on npswf32 FlashUtil.exe.
Another suggestion I’ve seen is to copy the file NPSWF32.dll from C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins.
Oh so it’s not just me then? Thanks Nige.
Oh, there is an another way, which seems to be a little less complicated:
1. Goto tools -> add-ons -> plugins
2. disable flash plugin
3. refresh youtube webpage
4. go back to tools -> add-ons -> plugins and enable flash plugin
5. refresh the youtube webpage….tada!
It’s not a FF thing, the same happens in Opera. I read that some of the newer versions of the Flash player have an issue but I didn’t try to install the older, recommended one to see if it works.
@Jen, you’re right, the forum post says it also appears to affect IE as well as Safari and Navigator.
You could also try the new Flash 10 Version. Adobe released it today.
Copying the .dll file has worked for me.
Funnily enough I used No 1 yesterday and it worked perfectly. Weird thing this bug…
Good to know others getting this. I thought it was my new sysadmin at work blocking content!