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videos dont play on firefox

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mich_134
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Firefox won't play any videos youtube flash etc. However IE does play them, I have tried many things like installing and desinstaling flash and nothing. Any ideas?

Firefox won't play any videos youtube flash etc. However IE does play them, I have tried many things like installing and desinstaling flash and nothing. Any ideas?

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cor-el
cor-el
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This can be caused by a recent Flash 11.3 update.

See:

mich_134
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Fixed! Thank you so much! I have been struggling and trying many things none of them worked, this did it! :-)

kennthcole
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I have the same problem!!!

cor-el
cor-el
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Hi kennthcole.

Can you please start a new thread for your question?

Then you can provide more information like your operating system and installed extensions and installed plugins.

You can check for problems caused by recent Flash updates and try these:

  • disable a possible RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension for Firefox and update the RealPlayer if installed
  • disable protected mode in Flash 11.3 and later
  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.