From eb61c1bae2ffad114e17393d91d86fb00d7ac8cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hannah Isopod Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 03:03:58 -0600 Subject: Initialer commit Just remade the repo because I don't *need* need a comprehensive source history for my personal website and this is easier than getting filter-repo to work good --- blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/bg.svg | 8 ++++++++ .../posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ .../guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.php | 1 + .../what_they_took_from_you.png | Bin 0 -> 111068 bytes 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/bg.svg create mode 100644 blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.md create mode 100644 blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.php create mode 100644 blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/what_they_took_from_you.png (limited to 'blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox') diff --git a/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/bg.svg b/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/bg.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ff0f8c --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/bg.svg @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ + + + + + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.md b/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a66a232 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Remember when you could pause a video on, like, Youtube and wait and it would eventually load the whole thing so you could watch it with no buffering? + +![Comic of a guy pausing a Youtube video and reminiscing tearfully about the old days where it would buffer all the way to the end](what_they_took_from_you.png) + +I happened across a [tumblr post](https://nyxgoddessofcandles.tumblr.com/post/733566253212598272/theres-more-to-do-actually-now-go-to) detailing some settings to accomplish that in modern Firefox, and I wanted to document it here. + +I can't guarantee that this won't stop working at some point amidst the constant churn of arbitrary updates to websites and browsers alike, but it works for me right now, and if I learn about an updated method this is where it'll be. + +*Update:* After using my browser with these settings for a while, I've noticed that the first of them breaks online video in some cases, notably Twitch streams and the Jellyfin web client. I've reverted the changes in my browser for this reason. + +## How to do it + +In `about:config`, change the following settings: +- Set `media.mediasource.enabled` to `false` +- Set `media.cache_readahead_limit` and `media.cache_resume_threshold` to `9999` \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.php b/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.php new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f572f79 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/posts/guide_fix_youtube_buffering_firefox/index.php @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +