Mid 2010 MBP - youtube = lagg out

[hawaiiankanak]

Hey everyone,
So for a couple months now I noticed that when ever I would try load a youtube video, my Macbook Pro would always lagg out in intervals.

Example:
Videos loading, sound plays, no animation to video, video speeds up, try to stop video, pin wheel (beach ball), video stops, sound continues for like 6 seconds, videos stops playing.

During that time the video is buffering/loading, I pin wheel if I try to minimize the window, change the volume, start another app.

I see this most noticeably when im trying to youtube (Watch).
Any help would be most appreciated

MBP
15 inch 2.5GHZ Intel Core i5
4GB 1056 MHz DDR3
320GB HD

 

[miles01110]

Try a different browser to see if it still happens.

 

[Slinkwyde]

Yeah, try Chrome which is a very fast browser. Or for Safari, try the ClickToFlash extension ("Safari" menu -> "Safari Extensions"), which replaces Flash video with native H.264 MP4s whenever possible, for many different sites.

YouTube also has an opt-in HTML5 beta.

Update your Flash plugin if needed.

More RAM would also help, but try the above first. What OS version and browser do you use?

 

[hawaiiankanak]

Ill try the above and see how it goes.

My OS is: 10.7.4 (Upgraded to Lion a while ago but I just re-installed with a backup but not sure if that backup had lion on it)

I use the Safari Browser.

I will try those extensions and if no go, then Ill just switch to chrome.

Thanks guys

 

[diamond3]

I'm not sure if you have it installed, but I continually have problems with Perian. It would show up in your sys pref window if you do. Disable/uninstall it and try it.

 

[Slinkwyde]

I'm not sure if you have it installed, but I continually have problems with Perian. It would show up in your sys pref window if you do. Disable/uninstall it and try it.

Perian is a QuickTime plugin. It doesn't affect the standard YouTube player, which is Flash. It could have an effect on my ClickToFlash and HTML5 beta suggestions, which in Safari would use QuickTime. .

I don't recall Perian ever giving me any trouble, but I'm still on Snow Leopard.

 

[iZac]

Different machine, but I get the same problem, youtubes flash content sometimes hangs up safari totally until the video is totally loaded, then breaths a sigh of relief.