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Leith

(7,854 posts) Sun Dec 15, 2019, 12:00 PM Dec 2019

Twitter videos

It used to be that I could play them all right in the DU thread.

Now I sometimes see a message like "medium could not be displayed" in a video sized blue box. If I click on the text of the tweet, it will take me to Twitter where I can watch the video.

Sometimes the video plays in the DU thread.

There doesn't seem to be any way to tell in advance what will happen. This started a couple few weeks ago.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

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Twitter videos (Original Post) Leith Dec 2019 OP

I'm guessing you use a Kindle. My Kindles (I use several different ones) won't play tblue37 Dec 2019 #1

Sorry, I should have mentioned it Leith Dec 2019 #2

Hmmm. I'm surprised this goes beyond Kindle. For me any embedded video could be tblue37 Dec 2019 #3

Same thing happens to me sometimes when I'm using my laptop. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #4

I use my phone or tablet, almost always. Twitter videos dewsgirl Dec 2019 #5

Also having problems w/Twitter videos for several weeks. Backseat Driver Dec 2019 #6

tblue37

(66,035 posts)

1. I'm guessing you use a Kindle. My Kindles (I use several different ones) won't play

Reply to Leith (Original post)

Sun Dec 15, 2019, 12:21 PM

Dec 2019

embedded videos either. Sometimes I get the media won't play message sometimes I get audio but no visual, just a black screen.

This has been going on for 2-3 weeks now. I'm guessing Amazon screwed up with one of their automatic software updates, but since it's not easy to contact Amazon, we have to wait for someone there to notice.

Meanwhile, if I really want to see a video I use a old Nook tablet that I now keep charged for just that purpose.

Leith

(7,854 posts)

2. Sorry, I should have mentioned it

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 15, 2019, 12:26 PM

Dec 2019

It's a desktop PC. Windows OS.

This really isn't a biiig problem, just curious. I keep a Twitter account just so I can see interesting tweets. I tweet so little that I fit the definition of a fake account (right down to the fake name).