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Facebook videos won't play in Firefox quantum

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vgskjggnlk
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Says I should upgrade flash player, but I already have Shockwave Flash plugin and it's up to date (version 27.0 r0) (The screenshot I'm trying to add has been saying "uploading" for some time, gonna submit now. Let me know if you don't get it, I can send it again)

Says I should upgrade flash player, but I already have Shockwave Flash plugin and it's up to date (version 27.0 r0) (The screenshot I'm trying to add has been saying "uploading" for some time, gonna submit now. Let me know if you don't get it, I can send it again)

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Wasn't a Firefox problem, I just had to install the Windos media feature pack. And if I understand correctly from the feature pack website, the Facebook videos are now played using html and not Flash. Thanks anyway!

(For the record) Here's the related KB article with download links for different versions of Windows: Fix video and audio problems on Firefox for Windows N editions aw

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Mkll
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Crashes or other problems with certain multimedia content in Firefox (such as Flash videos, animations or games) can often be resolved by performing the steps in these Knowledge Base articles:

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vgskjggnlk
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Wasn't a Firefox problem, I just had to install the Windos media feature pack. And if I understand correctly from the feature pack website, the Facebook videos are now played using html and not Flash. Thanks anyway!

(For the record) Here's the related KB article with download links for different versions of Windows: Fix video and audio problems on Firefox for Windows N editions aw

Modified by AliceWyman