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Firefox crashes playing videos on YouTube / Vimeo

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Firefox crashes every time I play a video on YouTube or on Vimeo. I uninstalled Flash Player, refreshed Firefox and even started it in safe mode. Keeps crashing. I have no problem playing videos on Chrome.

Firefox crashes every time I play a video on YouTube or on Vimeo. I uninstalled Flash Player, refreshed Firefox and even started it in safe mode. Keeps crashing. I have no problem playing videos on Chrome.

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Hello RLeal, any luck if you disable the Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox ?

thank you

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ideato said

Hello RLeal, any luck if you disable the Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox ?

Thanks for answering. I uninstalled Flash...