Re: What is playing videos in web browsers?
--- On Tue, 9/18/12, Mark Allums <mark@allums.com> wrote:
> From: Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>
> Subject: Re: What is playing videos in web browsers?
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 8:15 PM
>
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> Some computers don't resume all the hardware properly.
> If yours has buggy video drivers, they might disable any
> hardware acceleration going on. Resetting/restarting
> the driver sometimes helps.
>
Video on this box has been rock solid for years through heaving video editing and more recently You Tube surfing. I've NEVER had a problem with the nVidia drivers EVER. Since I installed Squeeze, my habit has been to suspend and only reboot every couple of weeks. Last reboot was after 20 some days. Never a problem.
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> Also, Yotube has been finicky lately for me as well, and I
> don't think Flash is the problem. I think it's more
> that the scripts running on the page aren't doing something
> that they should, because I get problems no matter whether
> it's Flash or HTML5 + Javascript. Fiddling around by
> semi-random clicking on stuff and reloading the page six or
> eight times sometimes works. In other words, patience
> is what's required.
>
When everything worked in Chromium but not Iceweasel, I figured it had to be a Flash issue. And yes, You Tube has been a little unpredictable lately . . .
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