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    Youtube videos show up as a Black box

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by sbpatel, Mar 15, 2011.

  1. sbpatel

    sbpatel Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all,

    Youtube videos were playing fine on my computer this morning. I left it on for about 6 hours came back and they wouldn't work. The page will load but the video box is just black. I've googled solutions but nothing has worked. I've updated Flash/Shockwave players, cleared my browsers cache, installed Google Chrome and tried that which didn't work. When I right click on the video it will just has the Flash player verison and another line that says "Movie not loaded." Btw all the other video players I use work ie (hulu, netflix).

    Does anyone have any fixes?
     
    sbpatel, Mar 15, 2011
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  2. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Netflix uses Silverlight, so disregard that one. But Hulu is flash.

    Try completely uninstalling flash, then opening a browser window and go to YouTube. If it's still black something else is up, but it should show a link to download flash... download it, close your browser, install it and try again.

    Interesting issue though... never heard of that one.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 16, 2011
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  3. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Download and install flash again, I think a windows update did the same thing to me. I just installed flash again and it worked fine right after.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 16, 2011
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  4. hakira

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    javascript, firewall rules, adblocking software? Enable js and make sure your firewall isn't blocking youtube / ytimg.com. ABP doesn't mess with flash in FF. Did you try restarting the comp :p
     
    hakira, Mar 16, 2011
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    Few people are having this problem with the latest update. I was as well, couldn't watch youtube but everything else was fine. I uninstalled flash and reinstalled it. Then uninstalled and reinstalled adblock and flash block. Problem fixed. Though I don't think the last 2 steps were really necessary.

    There was a thread about this before though.
     
    Zeptinune, Mar 16, 2011
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  6. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I am having the SAME issue! Embedded videos play fine though. What's up?

    Firefox 3.6 here, everything was working fine yesterday and nothing has changed.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 16, 2011
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    Just install flash again from adobe's site should fix it fine.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 16, 2011
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    I'm still having the problem after uninstalling/reinstalling flash. That stupid update messed something up.

    Any more ideas?
     
    Astaroth136, Mar 16, 2011
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    DetlevCM, Mar 16, 2011
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    Clearing the cache/cookies worked.
     
    Astaroth136, Mar 16, 2011
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  11. sbpatel

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    Tried this too. Still not doing the trick.
     
    sbpatel, Mar 16, 2011
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    I'm having the same problem. I got a new notebook this morning and no YouTube videos would play. I re-installed the flash player and now it works in IE, but not Chrome.
     
    FatherEarth, Mar 16, 2011
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  13. H.A.L. 9000

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    Chrome uses it's own player, that's separate from IE's version. You can try downloading the NON-IE specific installer... Here.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 17, 2011
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