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GIFs, Videos and other media stop working on firefox after a while.

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when i open FF it work fine in videos GIFs and everything but after a while they all stop working it shows the video loading icon but nothing load although the internet is working fine and everything else is working great i tried disable protection disable and enable flash player install the newest vision of FF with Flashplayer and without it and still doing the same and it do it in every thing and every website Face book youtube and other websites i seen a lot of problems like this they ask for safe mode and i tried it but eventually it do the same also i didn't get this problem in google chrome or Opera or even Microsoft crappy Edge or even Internet explorer i would really appreciate it if anyone could help me thank you

when i open FF it work fine in videos GIFs and everything but after a while they all stop working it shows the video loading icon but nothing load although the internet is working fine and everything else is working great i tried disable protection disable and enable flash player install the newest vision of FF with Flashplayer and without it and still doing the same and it do it in every thing and every website Face book youtube and other websites i seen a lot of problems like this they ask for safe mode and i tried it but eventually it do the same also i didn't get this problem in google chrome or Opera or even Microsoft crappy Edge or even Internet explorer i would really appreciate it if anyone could help me thank you

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If you have problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions then check this:

  • see if there are updates for your graphics drivers

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

  • disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround

  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337 See also:


Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?