youtube freezes

[marco]

as the title, on firefox and other browsers the videos will just freeze, ive been told this is youtube when detecting your using addblock, downloaded Brave and as up to now no problems,anyone else had this?

 

[Paladin]

No, but I find if I overload my fridge, it freezes. I've tried ad-blue to no avail.

Regards YouTube, I subscribe and don't get any adverts.

 

[Centurions]

No, but I find if I overload my fridge, it freezes. I've tried ad-blue to no avail.

Regards YouTube, I subscribe and don't get any adverts.

I've looked on the Chrome store page and I can't see ad-blue? Does it work on Facebook by any chance?

 

[SWP's back]

as the title, on firefox and other browsers the videos will just freeze, ive been told this is youtube when detecting your using addblock, downloaded Brave and as up to now no problems,anyone else had this?

So you want to watch what creators are putting out but you don’t want them to get the 1p from your view? Got it.

 

[SWP's back]

Regards YouTube, I subscribe and don't get any adverts.

When you go out you should definitely put on Sambo iRacing’s channel and just let it play on loop. :-)

 

[waspish]

I pay for YouTube for me it’s worth the money and I have it instead of Spotify! 12:99 for it..

Here's what YouTube Premium actually provides (as of late 2025):
- Ad-free viewing across all YouTube videos.
- Background play and offline downloads.
- Full access to YouTube Music Premium.
- Access to YouTube Originals (exclusive series and movies produced by YouTube, like some older shows featuring YouTubers or documentaries—though many popular ones, like Cobra Kai, have moved to other platforms).

 

[Paladin]

When you go out you should definitely put on Sambo iRacing’s channel and just let it play on loop. :-)

Haha. I'll have a look. I meant to check it out last time it was discussed by you and Damocles.

I've got two adult sons. I pay for Spotify Premium, one son pays for YouTube, and my other son pays for Netflix, and we family share them all. Works out at a reasonably cost effective way of sharing what these days are almost daily essential.

 

[mosssideblue]

The vid clips that people post on here have always worked for me on my iPhone until a day or so ago. Press play and nothing happens, just sits there frozen.

Play same clips on pc, no bother

 

[bluetonium]

I had this a few weeks back, but only with an ethernet connection. When I switched to WiFi, no stuttering at all.

 

[Centurions]

I had this a few weeks back, but only with an ethernet connection. When I switched to WiFi, no stuttering at all.

Just Youtube? Have you tried Netflix/iPlayer etc?

 

[bluetonium]

Just Youtube? Have you tried Netflix/iPlayer etc?

Yep was all fine, just YouTube, regardless of the browser or time of day. Never figured it out, but WiFi is fast enough so not an issue. Possibly a laptop issue I guess.

 

[Centurions]

Yep was all fine, just YouTube, regardless of the browser or time of day. Never figured it out, but WiFi is fast enough so not an issue. Possibly a laptop issue I guess.

I had a quick look around yesterday and it might be an Intel network adaptor issue, which is easily resolved if needed. The answer is in the first half dozen replies if so.