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You Tube Videos not playing

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drumrjg
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As of January 4, You Tube Videos no longer play. I have deactivated Adblockers and Gmail adblockers but the videos no longer play. The You Tube window does open and search for videos and they play in Chrome but no longer in Firefox. Has something changed?

As of January 4, You Tube Videos no longer play. I have deactivated Adblockers and Gmail adblockers but the videos no longer play. The You Tube window does open and search for videos and they play in Chrome but no longer in Firefox. Has something changed?

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FredMcD
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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. Is the problem still there?