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Youtube on Firefox for me is awful. I get constant buffering on 1080p+ content. Chrome is flawless. I have the same extensions on both browsers, curious if any
by JimminyCrocket 8y ago
Youtube on Firefox for me is awful. I get constant buffering on 1080p+ content. Chrome is flawless. I have the same extensions on both browsers, curious if anyone else has experienced the same recently?
- toyg 8y agoYT recently got choppier for me too, but I put it down to the layout changes rather than FF.
- mrspeaker 8y agoYes, I notice this on my mac (mac book pro, 2015?): I'll even often open Safari just to watch youtube videos. It's fine on my Linux machine (X1 Yoga thinkpad) though.
- dartf 8y agoIt was discussed some time ago on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17606027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17606027 TLDR: YouTube uses some obsolete technologies that aren't supported in non webkit browsers.
- aidenn0 8y agoThere was an article on HN about this recently. I'm on phone so can't search easily, but something about it using a polyfill for a chrome specific feature. There was a way to get the old behavior in the article I think.
- cpeterso 8y agoYou install the "YouTube Classic" Firefox extension to force YouTube to use its old (non-Polymer) layout. This extension won't help with video buffering issues, however. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-classic/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-class...
- driverdan 8y agoAre you running an old version of FF? I used to have issues with YT about two years ago but they made fixes and it has been fine since then. I watch a lot of YT content through FF and it has worked fine on both Windows and MacOS / OS X for a long time.
- scns 8y agoTry out the 264ify extension. Forces h264 instead of vp9, can block 60fps videos too.