10 July 2022

YouTube video freezing issue in Firefox (not yet solved)

For more than 2 years, I've an issue with periodical freezing of some YouTube videos (99% is Live events) in Firefox Browser. At the same time the same video playing in Chrome well.

Description

  • Video: Freezes for 4-12 seconds, then runs for a few seconds and then again
  • Audio: Is always playing well, without any interruptions
  • OS: Windows 10 1607 (fully updated)
  • Firefox: xxx - 102.0.1 (64 bit) (latest)
  • CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
  • RAM: 16 GB DDR4
  • VGA: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (latest driver)
  • Internet connection: 100 Mbps to ISP / ~20 Mbps to USA

Examples

All of these live videos are freezing.