Barry's notes on computer software and hardware 2026-06-09T15:30:23-07:00 urn:uuid:0304cb3a-7aef-8035-9801-599273eecb60 urn:uuid:99af868e-1799-b61e-91ba-4ed764a27d1c 2009-09-29T15:57:41-07:00 Barry Pederson bp@barryp.org <p>For a long time I've been annoyed by really jerky playback on Flash videos under Firefox on MacOSX.<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BudhFVnN2o0">This YouTube video</a> for example, was just awful to watch, stuttering very frequently. </p> <p>Turns out the fix is pretty simple: just go into about:config and increase the <code>browser.sessionstore.interval</code> setting in Firefox from the default of 10000 (10 seconds) to something larger like 120000 (120 seconds).<br /> Got it from <a href="http://www.ubuntumini.com/2009/08/smooth-flash-playback-by-hacking.html">this page</a>, even though it's talking about Ubuntu Firefox, it still applies to MacOSX and seems to have made a world of difference. </p>