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Why does FireFox block all videos I try to watch. Also why can't I use flashplayer on FireFox?

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I watch a lot of the tube videos on other browsers and don't have issues. Firefox, however says it is blocking this add-on for every video. Also I tell it to allow the site and or video but it still blocks it. The thing is for me is I like Firefox for other thing and would like to use it a lot more. If anybody can help it would be wonderful.

I watch a lot of the tube videos on other browsers and don't have issues. Firefox, however says it is blocking this add-on for every video. Also I tell it to allow the site and or video but it still blocks it. The thing is for me is I like Firefox for other thing and would like to use it a lot more. If anybody can help it would be wonderful.

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Are there particular sites where this is more of an issue?

On YouTube and many other sites, Firefox on Windows 7 uses an internal HTML5 video player. You can check that your Firefox can use that player on Google's test page here, where normally only the last of the six boxes is red:

https://www.youtube.com/html5

Your Flash plugin might be set to "click to play", a setting that requires pages to get your permission before they can use Flash. To give permission, you can click the plugin notification icon (usually looks like a dark gray Lego block) to the left of the address in the address bar.

Note: If that block is red, you need to update Flash. https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

If you prefer to allow all sites to use Flash without specific permission, you can make that changes on the Add-ons page. Either:

  • Ctrl+Shift+a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Plugins. On the right side, look for "Shockwave Flash" and change "Ask to Activate" to "Always Activate".

=> If Firefox won't let you choose that setting: Flash needs to be updated. https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

=> If Flash was already set to "Always Activate", you might be using an extension that manages Flash, such as FlashBlock or Flash Control. You can check on the Extensions list, also on the Add-ons page.

In the left column, click Extensions. Then cast a critical eye over the list on the right side for anything that might affect Flash.

Can you get it set up the way you want?

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