online TV streams freezing during ads - potential work-around
Sunday, May 30th, 2021 01:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darkoshiI've been streaming the show "A Million Little Things" on the abc.com website.
I used the MS-Edge browser for it at first. But there was a problem - except for the ads at the start of the show, the ads did not play. At the ad breaks, the playback simply froze and didn't continue even if I waited for several minutes. I got past the problem a few times by reloading the page but later even doing that didn't help.
So that day I switched to using the Chrome browser. It had some problems too, but at least the playback didn't freeze and I was able to watch the show.
But today while watching another episode, my Chrome browser froze up at the ads like MS-Edge did last time. Reloading the page multiple times didn't help.
So then I tried playing the show in a Chrome incognito window. That way, the ads played fine and I was able to finish watching the show. So hopefully this method will work next time too.
I used the MS-Edge browser for it at first. But there was a problem - except for the ads at the start of the show, the ads did not play. At the ad breaks, the playback simply froze and didn't continue even if I waited for several minutes. I got past the problem a few times by reloading the page but later even doing that didn't help.
So that day I switched to using the Chrome browser. It had some problems too, but at least the playback didn't freeze and I was able to watch the show.
But today while watching another episode, my Chrome browser froze up at the ads like MS-Edge did last time. Reloading the page multiple times didn't help.
So then I tried playing the show in a Chrome incognito window. That way, the ads played fine and I was able to finish watching the show. So hopefully this method will work next time too.