YouTube issues.

[DeafPoet]

This almost certainly isn't an issue with YouTube but I'm trying to fix my roommate's computer and all he cares about is YouTube so there ya go.

He's getting "An error has occurred, please try again later" (displayed within the flash player) on videos after playing about five of them in succession. This occurs on IE and FireFox (which I installed for him). This issue is sometimes followed by a "blank", semi-unresponsive Firefox window upon restarting the browser. A system restart is the only thing that fixes it.

My first thought is a memory issue. His machine isn't great. A P4 w/ 288mb usable RAM (according to Control Panel). But when it runs videos it runs them great. So I'm thinking there's a memory leak or something similar happening here, although that isn't reflected in the task manager.

I've tried screwing with Firefox memory settings (browser.cache.memory.capacity) to no avail. Although that could be because that doesn't encompass Flash stuff. I'm no about:Config whiz, to be honest.

Any ideas? I'd be very grateful for any help.

EDIT: Oh, and he's running XP SP2

 

[One of None]

I don't know if it is the problem, but 288mb of memory is terrible. Is that all that is free? What is the total ram? What is the processor speed. Hard drive size and free space? Video, card or on board? Internet speed? Adding more ram and upgrading to SP3 could help. Always make sure you have the latest drivers and updates for your system. Defrag and check your drives for errors.

 

[Kross]

I'm having the same issue. I went to watch some videos yesterday and one was loading normally, but when I tried to watch another one, I got that message. Tried another video after that, same. Haven't tried again tonight, though.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Have you tried using IE on the site for a while? I know, IE sucks, but it's worth a try. If IE does not have the same issues, then maybe reinstalling FFx could do the trick.

 

[yenny]

It sound like his flash player isn't getting along with Youtube. If your roommate like watching video? He could try Metacafe? Or others sites like Youtube and Metacafe.