Youtube videos wont play - Firefox 4 - any other suggestions?

This only happens in Firefox 4, Ive tried disabling add-ons but still nothing. I've updated the flash player etc and still nothing, I just get a black box with no options (play buttons etc.) Its weird because every other website allows me to play their videos.

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asked Apr 07 '11 at 19:29

Liam
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edited Apr 09 '11 at 16:54

Can you upload a screenshot via image hosting site? Have you tried IE to troubleshoot the issue?

(Apr 10 '11 at 03:43) Michael McAllister

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0	Try uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox. answered Apr 07 '11 at 19:35 TheTechDude 17.0k●40●94●300 Didn't work but thanks again for the suggestion. (Apr 07 '11 at 19:59) Liam

0	Firefox 4 was a step backwards. I still dont like it, even now that its out of beta. Do the videos run in Chrome? answered Apr 10 '11 at 01:57 Duodave 4.6k●40●49●98

I have had no problems with Firefox 4. It is amazing on win 7 home premium on my laptop. I use fox tab and everything. The only problem that Ive had is that I leave it open 24-7 and flash began acting up and it froze up but I think this could be because my computer needed cleaning badly. once I did this it worked perfect again. but I just played a youtube vid and it worked so Im not sure whats wrong I would say clean up the computer and get malwarebytes and if you dont have an antivirus I would sugest to get a free one. hope this helps.

answered Apr 10 '11 at 17:25

bjone1153
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You know it's funny, my wife has no issues with Firefox 4 on her machine, and on my laptop I always run into issues. Every time there's a new version I promise I'll try it, but ever since around beta 6 I've had issues with it. It's super slow launching, or it simply crashes, or some such nonsense. It's so much easier to simply use Chrome, I have almost no issues with Chrome.

(Apr 11 '11 at 01:37) Duodave

0	Ah its working now, I had to uninstall Firefox 4 then install Firefox 3 and upgrade 3 to 4 because when I uninstalled and installed 4 straight back it didn't work. answered Apr 10 '11 at 17:38 Liam 751●90●95●111

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