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cbayer

(146,218 posts) Sat Sep 29, 2012, 02:42 PM Sep 2012

All of a sudden, all youtube links are just black boxes.

Using safari. Works fine in Firefox.

Any ideas?

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All of a sudden, all youtube links are just black boxes. (Original Post) cbayer Sep 2012 OP

I'm using Camino and I can't make them show up in DU OPs. Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #1

Let me try to post one. cbayer Sep 2012 #2

All I see is the black box. Can you see it? BTW, this is one of my favorite songs. cbayer Sep 2012 #3

I can see it and it plays just fine for me. Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #4

So it's just my playback that has an issue. Any ideas? cbayer Sep 2012 #5

What machine do you have??? Does it say anything about wrong Flash player or Adobe version being winstars Sep 2012 #6

MacBook Pro - about 6 months old. cbayer Sep 2012 #8

Went to adobe, downloaded the flash player for my system and it all works now. cbayer Sep 2012 #9

As an old friend would say, "one in a row!!!" Great news... winstars Sep 2012 #10

I like the old time quality of the who video! Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #7

That link is HTML5 because I can see it on my iPhone. REP Oct 2012 #15

I had the same problem today PD Turk Sep 2012 #11

That is really weird. I wonder if there was a temporary issue with the Adobe flash player? cbayer Oct 2012 #12

Adobe is phasing out Flash in all platforms (mobile, desktop, etc) REP Oct 2012 #13

Is there an alternative that I should download? cbayer Oct 2012 #14

Link you posted was HTML5 so no :-) REP Oct 2012 #16

I have no idea what this means. So, am I ok just sticking with adobe flash player? cbayer Oct 2012 #17

The link you posted above was not Flash. It was HTML5. REP Oct 2012 #18

So, what the heck happened here? cbayer Oct 2012 #19

Coincidence. REP Oct 2012 #20

OK, REP. Thanks for the help. I had to close Safari to download, so maybe just cbayer Oct 2012 #21

Steve was right to keep this crap off our 'phones and 'Pads!!! It will be gone soon... winstars Oct 2012 #22

They are all black boxes again!!! cbayer Oct 2012 #23

Opt out of the HTML5 trial hamerfan Oct 2012 #24

Ok, this is hilarious. I went there and I wasn't in the trial, so cbayer Oct 2012 #25

Excellent! That should do it! REP Oct 2012 #26

Working like a charm, REP. cbayer Oct 2012 #27

Stinky The Clown

(68,461 posts)

1. I'm using Camino and I can't make them show up in DU OPs.

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 06:19 PM

Sep 2012

I tried Safari, Firefox, and Chrome, too. No luck anywhere.

But I can see and play them just fine.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

2. Let me try to post one.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 07:06 PM

Sep 2012

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

3. All I see is the black box. Can you see it? BTW, this is one of my favorite songs.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 07:07 PM

Sep 2012

Stinky The Clown

(68,461 posts)

4. I can see it and it plays just fine for me.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 07:11 PM

Sep 2012

Very strange!

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

5. So it's just my playback that has an issue. Any ideas?

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 07:12 PM

Sep 2012

How do you like Junior Brown?

winstars

(4,250 posts)

6. What machine do you have??? Does it say anything about wrong Flash player or Adobe version being

Reply to cbayer (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:43 AM

Sep 2012

wrong or needing an upgrade...

On my old G4 last year, all of a sudden I couldn't play Youtube videos. It said my Flash player was wrong. It was a real task to figure out at the Adobe website what exact version my machine needed. I think I was running 10.4.something and there were so many versions to choose from until I sussed it out. I did get it right with some effort after awhile.

It was sort of around the time Steve was catching shit for not "doing" Flash on iPad or iPhone. At the time my experience made me totally agree with Steve about this antiquated method. HTML 5 is here.

So see if your Flash player is working correctly. If you can't see the video upthread, try checking and/or reinstalling the correct version for you rig. I am certainly no expert but if they aren't playing now... it can't hurt... The hard part I think is making sure if you install a new or fresh version, the old or previous version(s) are deleted. It gets sorta Windozee with the uninstall/install thingys. Hence, my love for Macs!!!

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

8. MacBook Pro - about 6 months old.

Reply to winstars (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 10:55 AM

Sep 2012

Something similar happened about a month ago and I easily corrected it with an adobe update. The issue is that it seems to be working fine in other browsers this time.

I will try an update later (very slow connection right now) and get back to you.

Thanks so much for your help.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

9. Went to adobe, downloaded the flash player for my system and it all works now.

Reply to winstars (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:15 PM

Sep 2012

Don't know what happened, but it's fixed!

winstars

(4,250 posts)

10. As an old friend would say, "one in a row!!!" Great news...

Reply to cbayer (Reply #9)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 03:41 PM

Sep 2012

Stinky The Clown

(68,461 posts)

7. I like the old time quality of the who video!

Reply to cbayer (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 09:32 AM

Sep 2012

REP

(21,691 posts)

15. That link is HTML5 because I can see it on my iPhone.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:41 PM

Oct 2012

PD Turk

(1,289 posts)

11. I had the same problem today

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 10:15 PM

Sep 2012

I was on my old G5 running Leopard 10.5.8 and all of a sudden, black boxes from youtube, it was the same in Aurora, Firefox and Safari. Came back about an hour later and it was fine.

I'm on my Intel iMac running Lion now and it's running fine

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

12. That is really weird. I wonder if there was a temporary issue with the Adobe flash player?

Reply to PD Turk (Reply #11)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 09:17 AM

Oct 2012

REP

(21,691 posts)

13. Adobe is phasing out Flash in all platforms (mobile, desktop, etc)

Reply to cbayer (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:40 PM

Oct 2012

They're pretty much not supporting it at all.

It's the #2 cause of crashes on OS X (and a huge contributer to #1).

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

14. Is there an alternative that I should download?

Reply to REP (Reply #13)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:41 PM

Oct 2012

REP

(21,691 posts)

16. Link you posted was HTML5 so no :-)

Reply to cbayer (Reply #14)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:45 PM

Oct 2012

HTML5 is pretty much standard now.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

17. I have no idea what this means. So, am I ok just sticking with adobe flash player?

Reply to REP (Reply #16)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:46 PM

Oct 2012

REP

(21,691 posts)

18. The link you posted above was not Flash. It was HTML5.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #17)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:51 PM

Oct 2012

HTML5 is a thing like Flash only not buggy. You don't need Flash Player to view HTML5 videos - that's why I can watch them on my iPhone and iPad, like I just did with the video you posted above. You don't need to install anything to watch videos that are HTML5.

You can keep Flash Player, but you won't be using it much, as fewer and fewer people are using Flash to put up videos. Only Flash Player displays Flash content.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

19. So, what the heck happened here?

Reply to REP (Reply #18)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:58 PM

Oct 2012

I posted the link and only saw a black box. Then I reloaded flash and it worked fine.

Coincidence? I am so confused.

REP

(21,691 posts)

20. Coincidence.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #19)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 06:02 PM

Oct 2012

Wasn't on at the time, so can't tell if Google farted or if you did a Software Update that included Flash and Java and Safari, etc or what but yeah, that's not a Flash video.