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I don't use my usual computer for casual browsing. What I actually do is run a virtual Windows environment on a server and connect to it from another computer via RDP. It makes my "casual browsing" system quite disposable should it ever get infected.

Anyway... the problem I have is Youtube. I can play Youtubes on my "regular" computer no problem, but many times, a youtube won't play over RDP. Sometimes it's fine. Sometimes the same clip will play fine one time but not another. When it fails to play properly, the behaviour is always the same. The image freezes, usually on the first frame, occasionally updates once or twice to a later frame. The audio plays, sometimes unaffected and all the way through, but sometimes the audio freezes too. Most other video formats will work fine, and often a "commercially produced" HD youtube will work fine as well. Cellphone videos are typically the most troublesome, although most "home movie" clips are problematic too. Seems as if it works better if "high-end" gear was used to create the clip.

Can any of the technical experts offer any insight into why this might be happening, and if there is any way I can watch any/all youtubes via my RDP setup?