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YouTube Videos Stuck in Fast Forward?

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That was really odd. On Safari in Mac OS 11.1 Big Sur, YouTube videos were playing in fast forward with no audio. Using Chrome, the video playback was stuck, but the audio playback was fine.

My simple fix was to restart my Mac. Googling this issue, it seems like fast forward playback of any videos on the Mac has been an on-again-off-again issue for years. The “most unfortunate” solution offered was hosted on YouTube where I couldn’t see the solution in 2 seconds of fast forwarded playback. But the offered solution is accurate – force quit the coreaudiod service using Activity Monitor.

Here’s the solution described in text and augmented with video.

Latest YouTube Guilty Pleasure – Unbreakable Kicks

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My latest YouTube guilty pleasure, strike that, no guilt, all pleasure is Unbreakable Kicks. I’m not sure how I found him, must be a YT recommendation, but it’s been a great find of new content with an easy and fun delivery. And let’s not forget the Unbreakable Vault with all them Air Jordans. Crazy.

Break likes to share his scoops and rumors with his viewers, not hoarding any valuable intel. Though not necessarily the most accurate, he does have good sources. Anyways, be part of the Unbreakable Army and like and hit that subscribe button!

https://youtu.be/ujWf2qXUjcY

A Useless Error Message

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While doing basic edits on a movie using iMovie 09, I got this useless error, “Alert, Error Occurred” while trying to upload to YouTube. That’s it, no reason or error codes. Searching for these terms though, I did find the culprit in this Apple Discussion forum.

Re-enter your YouTube account credentials, possibly using your YouTube-associated email address, and things should work. But how would you guess that from that useless error?!

New Moon in 4 Minutes

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Haven’t had time to watch the latest Twilight saga, New Moon, in the theaters yet? Here’s a four minute video synopsis including the surprising ending. Of course, spoilers are evident.

This video is so going to be taken down, so watch it while it’s available.

Apple and the Big Three of Social Media Marketing

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Quick, what are your guesses of the top three social media sites used by corporations for marketing purposes? Is is MySpace? How about Facebook? Is YouTube used?

My limited, unofficial research brought me across these sites:

Here’s the gallery of screen shots from these sites:

From these various sites, the most popular that are surfacing are Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. This trio is becoming the big three of social media marketing used by companies to engage and interact with their customers.

But is there room for one more?  The inclusion of iTunes (and the App Store) in the above samples is very interesting and could hint at Apple’s next move.  No, I’m not suggesting that Apple enter the social media space to challenge the current contenders.  That’s not Apple’s way.  Historically, Apple only enters the fray when the company feels it can dominate the space or effectively change the game.

This is where Apple could make a definite impact, providing users with the preeminent means of engaging with social media.  No, Apple should not make their own version of Facebook (sorry MobileMe), but instead get people connected to Facebook.  As in mobile or desktop access to Facebook using an iPhone, iPod, or a Mac, as in publishing pictures to Facebook using iPhoto, as in sharing musical tastes with Facebook using iTunes, as in sharing movies on Facebook using iMovie, as in feeding other content to Facebook via integration with an iPhone app.  Same with YouTube, iMovie ’08 included exporting to YouTube, the recent iPhone 3GS supports mobile movie uploads to YouTube, and now Snow Leopard’s QuickTime X can export to YouTube straight from the OS.  You see a trend here?

By approaching the social media space not as a service, but as a connector to these services, Apple can change the game and really ingrain itself in the social media landscape.  That is Apple’s way.

“Naughty” Videos for the Week

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Just some “naughty” videos to start your week.   

Your guilty pleasure, Miley Cyrus, has a top seller with Party in the USA. But these fellows naughtily ignored copyright issues and created their own flamboyant video called Party in the FIP. Surprisingly, Disney is overlooking this copyright transgression and letting the guys party in the USA.

Tisk, tisk, Lonely Island, why so much naughty profanity in your music? But of course, it’s not bad, it’s incredibad! And who else swears like a sailor other than a sailor? Here’s a Navy themed remake of sailors rapping I’m on a Boat. This one is NSFW due to an abundance of naughty language.

Naughty, naughty, naughty.

YouTube Promotes iTunes and Amazon Music?

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I musta missed this, but looks like YouTube promotes the legal purchasing of music via iTunes and Amazon’s MP3 Store. When you watch a music video on YouTube, there’s a Download This Song bar showing the legal sources of purchase such as iTunes and Amazon. Even when the song is over, there’s a bar in the video leading viewers to buy the song.

That’s a good way to build up good karma, YouTube. Or maybe it’s a maneuver by record labels to try to recoup lost single sales?

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