I have made a habit of buying videos though google play because I could watch them using the Wii U's youtube app ( so I can watch the videos on my tv ), this has been great until today.
Today, I have had it freeze up while watching the video several times. This is not something simple like the video loading or something. Sound and video stop, and then a few moments later the whole system stops responding and has to be force shut down from using the power button on the console. If I am quick, once the video freezes, I have a few seconds where I can press the home button, and I'll be able to use the tools on the home screen such as the web browser, but if I ever exit the home menu, the freezing completes and it has to be reset. During that time, using the power button on the gamepad only shuts off the game pad.
At first, this was no big deal. I would get up every so often and reboot the wiiu and go on with my life. After this happened a few times though, they started geting more frequent. It would happen back to back in less then 5 minutes. It gets pretty aggravating to have to skip back to the same portion on the video 5 or six times to finish a video.
I moved youtube off the external harddrive thinking that would help out, but it did not. Do y'all have any other suggestions on what I can do?