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sionell

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Nov 12, 2020
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David-D said:
same problem (youtube, netlfix, disney+), i also initialized the mac, but it keeps doing it.
this problem is very serious for a mac of this power
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I'm having an issue where if I try and play a youtube video in any browser, it just STOPS after a few seconds. No error given - it just stops playing. This is try for the ad before the video and the video itself. I'm on Monterey 12.1. Is there a fix for this? I've tried changing it to playback in not HD, but that didn't seem to help either.

Just did another test - and it appears to only pause when I'm using a particular pair of headphones. The speakers on the macbook seem ok, and my airpod pros seem OK. Bummer as I liked those headphones.
 
sionell said:
I'm having an issue where if I try and play a youtube video in any browser, it just STOPS after a few seconds. No error given - it just stops playing. This is try for the ad before the video and the video itself. I'm on Monterey 12.1. Is there a fix for this? I've tried changing it to playback in not HD, but that didn't seem to help either.

Just did another test - and it appears to only pause when I'm using a particular pair of headphones. The speakers on the macbook seem ok, and my airpod pros seem OK. Bummer as I liked those headphones.
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Have you updated your OS to 12.2 yet?
 
GyroFX said:
Have you updated your OS to 12.2 yet?
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Not yet. I didn't realize it was available outside beta (there was no red circle on my System Preferences icon). I'll have to do that later today and see if that makes a difference.
 
sionell said:
I'm having an issue where if I try and play a youtube video in any browser, it just STOPS after a few seconds. No error given - it just stops playing. This is try for the ad before the video and the video itself. I'm on Monterey 12.1. Is there a fix for this? I've tried changing it to playback in not HD, but that didn't seem to help either.

Just did another test - and it appears to only pause when I'm using a particular pair of headphones. The speakers on the macbook seem ok, and my airpod pros seem OK. Bummer as I liked those headphones.
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I just tried it, still watching YouTube 4k hdr it is playing great on m1 MBP SAFARI TECHNOLGY preview. There are some settings to make sure are on under develop/ experimental. Saying browser I presume safari or STP. If it is another browser the problem must be there. Again working great - still watching
 
sionell said:
I'm having an issue where if I try and play a youtube video in any browser, it just STOPS after a few seconds. No error given - it just stops playing. This is try for the ad before the video and the video itself. I'm on Monterey 12.1. Is there a fix for this? I've tried changing it to playback in not HD, but that didn't seem to help either.

Just did another test - and it appears to only pause when I'm using a particular pair of headphones. The speakers on the macbook seem ok, and my airpod pros seem OK. Bummer as I liked those headphones.
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I was just going to suggest it may be related to headphones. I get the same behavior on my iPhone now and then, and it only occurs when I'm using my AirPods Pro.
 
sionell said:
I'm having an issue where if I try and play a youtube video in any browser, it just STOPS after a few seconds. No error given - it just stops playing. This is try for the ad before the video and the video itself. I'm on Monterey 12.1. Is there a fix for this? I've tried changing it to playback in not HD, but that didn't seem to help either.

Just did another test - and it appears to only pause when I'm using a particular pair of headphones. The speakers on the macbook seem ok, and my airpod pros seem OK. Bummer as I liked those headphones.
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do you have adblocker?

did you try other browsers? firefox and brave and chrome?
 
can you plug the headphones into another device to try them?

*edit: it may be obvious but it needs to be a device that supports the same play/pause input from the headphones to test whether that system is functioning*
 
I've been noticing this too. It's incredibly annoying. I have M1 pro MBP 16 inch and latest 12.2.1 update and google chrome is also running latest version (Version 98.0.4758.102 (Official Build) (arm64). I only use chrome and mostly watch youtube videos. It's like somebody presses pause when watching youtube videos. It happens randomly. I started noticing this issue since I bought the laptop last year mid december.
I haven't had the time yet to see if this issue can be replicated in safari or firefox.
I don't use headphones.
 
Is it a flaw in caching somewhere? I get paused vids when there is a lot of traffic, but they usually pick right back up after anywhere between fractions of a second to up to 20 or so.

It does sound weird. Try different browsers, try rebooting before playing one. Try adjusting the resolution. Hmm... Check the logs?
 
Hi, I had same issue iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)

Issue was with Chrome looks like common issue - no pausing on Safari
 
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