Weird Youtube Problem

[lsnfde]

lsnfde last edited by

Hey guys,
for quite a while I've been fighting with a strange problem regarding Youtube.

So I open a youtube video and it gives me the black playback window in the middle and starts buffering (I can see the grey bar moving). Also I can see this loading circle thing moving. But then: nothing happens. After a while Youtube shows me a message like "If playback won't start momentarily, try reloading the page". So I try reloading and Opera crashes. Keeps telling me "not responding" for 10-15 seconds, goes black for a moment and then comes back and starts playing the video as if nothing had happened.

This happens in about 90% the cases I try to play a Youtube video. Couldn't reproduce the problem with any other browser, so I've absolutely no idea on how to deal with that.

Any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

Greetings from Germany,
Julian

[lsnfde]

lsnfde last edited by

I'm using Opera Version 42.0.2393.85 on a Windows 10 machine and the latest Flash Player update.

[alobpreis]

alobpreis last edited by

Does the same happen in a private window? Did you try disabling your extensions, if any? You can also try with a portable instance of Opera, so you are not affected by any possible configuration issue.

[lbulises]

lbulises last edited by

Same thing happens to me, also when playing a video it sometimes stops, turns the screen black and then goes back like 5 seconds and resumes.