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firefox will not load or play most videos why

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will pretend to load, then black screen..then on occasion will load and play.. 99% of time will not..this started suddenly

will pretend to load, then black screen..then on occasion will load and play.. 99% of time will not..this started suddenly

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You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

You need to close and restart Firefox after toggling this setting.


You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:

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