Youtube Videos don't play.
When I open youtube and click a video, the video itself shows a black screen. It does not show anything else. Please Help!
Chosen solution
I updated a plugin called Shockwave that i did not show up.
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Hello,
Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration. Since this feature was added to Firefox, it has gradually improved, but there still are a few glitches.
You might need to restart Firefox in order for this to take effect, so save all work first (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).
Then perform these steps:
- Click the orange Firefox button at the top left, then select the "Options" button, or, if there is no Firefox button at the top, go to Tools > Options.
- In the Firefox options window click the Advanced tab, then select "General".
- In the settings list, you should find the Use hardware acceleration when available checkbox. Uncheck this checkbox.
- Now, restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.
Additionally, please check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in the following Knowledge base articles:
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Thank you.
Note that your System Details List shows multiple Flash plugins.
- Shockwave Flash 12.0 r0
- Shockwave Flash 11.9 r900
You can find the installation path of all plugins on the about:plugins page.
You can check the Flash player installation folder for multiple Flash player plugins and remove all (older) version(s) of the plugin (NPSWF32) and (re)install the latest Flash player.
- (32 bit Windows) C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\
- (64 bit Windows) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\
How do I uninstall the older versions of shockwave flash?
I'm not good at this stuff.
You can use the Flash uninstaller:
Note that this will remove all installed Flash players, so you need to reinstall Flash for IE if you use this.
Latest Flash player versions here:
I have done all the uninstalling and the installing now, what do I do next?
Did you check on the YouTube site if it had any (positive) effect?
You can also check for problems with current Flash plugin versions and try these:
- disable a possible RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension for Firefox and update the RealPlayer if installed
- disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
- disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
How do I troubleshoot Flash Player's protected mode for Firefox?:
Try to "disable the hardware acceleration" in the Flash Player.
See also:
It still has a black screen!
I found these article, maybe help you:
It doesnt help.
did you try check your plugins?
yes. They are updated.
It seems like no thumbnails are loading for youtube.
Oh, it is fixed. THANKS!
Can you clarify what helped to solve your problem?
Chosen Solution
I updated a plugin called Shockwave that i did not show up.
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