There’s nothing like a quick YouTube break to shake up the workday monotony, but nothing will stop the show faster than a stalled video stream or a crashing media player. Make these sites your first stops when your media player goes on strike.
YouTube Help Center
The service’s own troubleshooting page is a bit too quick to recommend that you uninstall and then reinstall the Adobe Flash Player (cutesy instructional video, though). This may be the surest cure for all types of glitches, but I would begin with the simpler steps the site suggests, such as restarting your browser, accessing the page using another browser, and clearing your browser cache.
The YouTube Help Center can assist you in finding the source of Flash Player glitches.
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In fact, I recommend that you clear your browser cache first; doing so takes only a few clicks and can cure a range of page-loading woes. In Firefox, click Tools > Clear Priva...
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