Flash Buffers - Doesn't Play/Start - All Browsers - MacBook Pro Retina

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As above, having a problem on one of our machines.

I have tried Safari, Firefox and Chrome and it does the same which makes me believe it is flash, all have been updated and the problem still occurs.

What happens is say we go to YouTube, the video will bugger but doesn't play? We hit pause/play and still nothing, can scrub the video and the image will change but still won't play!

I have read online and tried all sorts of tricks, fully uninstalled flash and then re-instaleld the latest and nothing, tried a previous version and that didn't work?

Going mad here any more suggestions? I found sometimes changing the quality to HD got it to play then sometimes now. Sometimes after a restart it work work for a while and then just stop?

Thanks in advance!

jeromiec83223024 · Answer

In general, video buffers because you're not able to retrieve the data necessary to render the video quickly enough from the Internet. There are a lot of reasons for why this could happen -- not-so-great connectivity between your computer and your internet router (if you're on a wireless network, see if plugging in with a cable resolves it. If it does, you know that you need to look at your wireless situation.), not-so-great connectivity between your house and your internet service provider, or not-so-great connectivity between the ISP and the servers that publish the video data.

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