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Firefox Won't Play Embed YouTube Videos

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Daryl Wise Jr
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Since the last few Firefox updates, I cannot play any embed YouTube videos. Should this be reported as a bug? Can anyone help?

Since the last few Firefox updates, I cannot play any embed YouTube videos. Should this be reported as a bug? Can anyone help?

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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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What are the symptoms of this error? What is happening?

Daryl Wise Jr
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TyDraniu said
What are the symptoms of this error? What is happening?

Press play on an embed YouTube video anywhere on the internet. Video tries to load, video fails to load and I get a generic error message with a Playback ID.

TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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OK. Do you have any extensions?

jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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It would help us help you if you provide examples and screenshots of the issue.

Modified by jonzn4SUSE

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check the Web Console (Tools -> Web Developer) for messages about blocked content and about the presence of mixed or unsafe content.

You can check the Network Monitor to see if content is blocked or otherwise fails to load.

If necessary use "Ctrl+F5" or "Ctrl+Shift+R" (Mac: Command+Shift+R) to reload the page and bypass the cache to generate a fresh log.