Why do some youtube videos run for a while and then freeze in firefox

HI i am having a problem with the lasted firefox browser. You see when I go to this website to watch a video witch is through youtubthe video will play for a little bit and then it will freeze but the audio of the video will keep playing but the video will still be frozen. I have went into firefox and I did go into tools and under privacy where it says clear recent history and I did put a check mark into clear catche, cookies, website preferences and push on the continue button. Then I went back to the website and again I did try and watch the youtube video with the same problem as described above. So then I did uninstall Adobe flash player and shockwave player and re downloaded both flash player and shockwave player and reinstalled them again. This changed nothing the youtube video keeps freezing and the audio keeps plays even when the video is frozen in firefox.
edit: I was wondering can your antivirus cause videos from youtube to freeze.
Help would be appreciated please.
some info that might be helpful
Firefox 36.0
Windows 8.1 64 bit operating system
Avast free 2015.10.0.2208

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