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no Firefox video player for CNN videos?

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I've written about this before, but no help? I'm using Firefox Mac 78.15 (up to date). When I go to CNN and select a video, a thumbnail (still image) of the video appears, but no player with controls, so no video. When I do the same on Chrome, I get a video in a video player, which plays just fine. Also, all other videos on FIrefox (YouTube Fox News, etc.) play just fine?

I've written about this before, but no help? I'm using Firefox Mac 78.15 (up to date). When I go to CNN and select a video, a thumbnail (still image) of the video appears, but no player with controls, so no video. When I do the same on Chrome, I get a video in a video player, which plays just fine. Also, all other videos on FIrefox (YouTube Fox News, etc.) play just fine?
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Make sure you are not blocking content.

Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop also see https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/03/23/introducing-smartblock/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smartblock-enhanced-tracking-protection


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FredMcD, thanks so much for your response! I've tried the suggestions - restart in Safe mode, clear cookies, clear cache - with no luck or change. I still get no video "player" when I click on a CNN video - - just a thumbnail image. And when I click the same link in either Chrome or Safari, the image presents in a video player window and the video plays just fine? thanks again

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I called for more help.

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so, the problem with Firefox/Mac (91.3.0) and the CNN website is a bit more than I had actually thought? I had thought that it was only that Firefox/Mac presented no video "player" when a CNN video was on the current page, but it turns out that, in the upper right corner of the CNN page, there are the following "buttons" - - Edition, Search, Menu - - and, though I get a selecting hand, none of those buttons respond to clix. This only happens on a video page. Please see attachment. So, there definitely something broken in the way that Firefox/Mac is interacting with CNN's pages with videos - - anyone who might have some tech knowledge, please weigh in? thanks in advance!