Auto-restart buffering video stream

Hello!

We usually have a few people over our house every week to stream NFL games, but lately the site has been buffering quite a bit (I assume due to many people tuning in). Often, the stream will buffer and show no sign of coming back, but a quick manual "Stop" and "Start" of the video player fixes the issue instantly 90% of the time.

After too many times of everyone in the room alternating who is going to get up to stop and start the video to get the feed back, I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how to automate this? I assume it would change slightly depending on which video player was being used, but I was imagining something along the lines of a script running that notices when the video buffers and then Stops and Starts the feed (either by its native controls or even just initiating a couple mouse-clicks in the bottom-left of the screen where the Stop/Play button would be). How complicated would this be? It sounds simple at first thought but the actual implementation of it seems a little tough.

I've already got remote access on my phone setup if I want to be lazy, but its more about speed than not having to get off the couch lol.

Thanks!