Youtube Videos Not Playing In Firefox
I realize this question has been asked before. But my Firefox browser will not play youtube videos, or load any site that might require flash for that matter. I have solved this problem in the past by uninstalling and reinstalling flash. That is no longer working. I have already restarted the browser in safe mode. There are no add ons affecting the flash performance. I have tried the temporary fix of deleting and disabling youtube cookies. That did not help. If I go to youtube, I can see the preview thumbnail of the video, but once I click to play, it is just a black box. Someone PLEASE tell me how to fix this. It is driving me insane to have to fix this problem every few days. I have no idea why it keeps happening. I am not changing settings or doing anything different. Help!!
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YouTube normally uses the HTML5 media player and not the Flash plugin in current Firefox versions. You can check that via the right-click context menu in the player area. A Flash player always shows the Flash version that is used.
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I think though, since as I mentioned other sites using flash do not work when this problem pops up, that this is a flash problem. I use several chat based sites that use flash. If I'm having this youtube problem, those sites don't work either. They sit in a blank black screen instead of loading the chat.
You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:
- make sure you have the latest Flash version:
http://www.adobe.com/special/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html - check for updates for your graphics drive drivers
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration - disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Windows Vista and later)
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/adobe-flash-protected-mode-firefox - disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html - disable hardware acceleration in Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration
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After much troubleshooting, it appears the problem is more than just Firefox. I created a new profile on my computer, and flash seems to be working just fine there. I appreciate your help. Thank you. :)