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Unable to watch flash videos on Firefox 3.0.4

by John Sullivan
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Has anyone else had problems watching flash videos on Firefox 3.0.4? I get a message saying you must have Java enabled and the latest version of Flash. I have both enabled but am unable to watch any flash videos to play from a html page from Firefox.
Any ideas I didn't have this problem before.

Thanks

John
#firefox #flash #unable #videos #watch
  • Profile picture of the author Quilst
    Sorry to hear that I have a problem with youtube - the tumbnails ain't showing in firefox either :/
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  • Profile picture of the author JPaston
    first of all test your install of flash here

    Adobe - Test Adobe Shockwave and Flash Players

    If you can't see the flash player banner then it's not working (I'm typing this in Firefox 3.0.4 and it works fine for me)

    To troubleshoot go to

    http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...9166&sliceId=1

    and to reinstall Flash for Firefox go to

    Adobe - Adobe Flash Player

    Hope you get it working!
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    • Profile picture of the author spearce000
      Originally Posted by JPaston View Post

      first of all test your install of flash here

      Adobe - Test Adobe Shockwave and Flash Players

      If you can't see the flash player banner then it's not working (I'm typing this in Firefox 3.0.4 and it works fine for me)
      Excellent link. I've just upgraded to Firefox 3.0.4 and although my Flash installation was working, my Shockwave plug-in wasn't. Thanks for saving me a lot of hassle

      Shaun
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  • Profile picture of the author JPaston
    Quilst, I don't have a problem with youtube either. It's not Firefox!
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    • Profile picture of the author Quilst
      Originally Posted by JPaston View Post

      Quilst, I don't have a problem with youtube either. It's not Firefox!
      I guess I have to clean up my computer - who knows what could cause this :/
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    I've had lots of problems with Firefox 2 and 3 and Flash.
    I've been working on the problem lately.

    I found out flash was installing by default into my file for
    OPERA - which I use occasionally. I uninstalled and deleted
    Opera and now FLASH still defaults to install in a non-existant
    directory!

    What idiocy!

    I opened a support ticket with Adobe.

    I read through a lot of stuff on the topic. It's a mess
    and neither Mozilla nor Adobe is very interested in fixing
    it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ebbi
    I have suggested this many times now in the WF and I'm not
    about to stop

    I would move over to Google Chrome if I were you.
    It's a easy switch because Google Chrome will load all information
    from firefox or IE. And when I say everything I mean everything.
    Your browsing history, bookmarks and even the passwords if you
    are using IE or firefox to store them.

    Ebbi
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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Anderson
    1. Unintall your firefox flashplayer plugins as well as flashplayer completely from your computer and restart the computer.

    2. Open firefox. Search for flashplayer plugin or visit the flashplayer page for firefox and redownload and reinstall it.

    3. Do the same for the IE version.

    Not sure why this happens but sometimes flashplayer and browsers get confused and your browsers may stop recognizing that you have it installed.

    This problem is more common for IE but occasionally happens in firefox.

    Once you do what I outlined above the issue should be resolved.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    How do I isolate and eradicate flashplayer completely Josh?

    I have it in IE... and as I mentioned it wants to install in a
    non-existant Opera directory.

    My FF3 installation never even had a FlashPlayer plugin -
    it just seems to have pulled the player out of the Opera
    directory - but in practice it didn't work as well in FF
    as in Opera.
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    • Profile picture of the author Josh Anderson
      How do I isolate and eradicate flashplayer completely Josh?
      Its quite easy. Just go to your Windows control panel to the add and remove programs. Uninstall all occurrences of it. If you have the ff plugin there may be two occurrences of it.

      If you never installed the firefox flashplayer plugin then that is why you cannot watch flash videos. There is a version of flashplayer for firefox that must be installed seperately.
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      • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
        I'm serious - I never installed it specifically in Firefox -
        when downloaded Adobe's flashplayer defaulted
        into an Opera directory and continues to do so....
        but most Flash sites still worked.

        I guess I'll delete IE too and see if I can Firefox to prompt
        me to install Flash. BTW - IE doesn't even appear on
        my Add or Remove programs list - it's hiding from that
        method of uninstallation apparently.
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        • Profile picture of the author Max Ramocsai
          FireFox crashes when I'm trying to watch youtube videos. And after a quick Google search I found that many other people are experiencing this issue as well.
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          • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
            I'm doing this while Warriors watch. Maybe somebody
            can learn from my mess.

            I've killed Chrome, IE, and Opera. Eradicated Flash Player
            from my computer.

            I reboot FF3 and I go to a flash site and it prompts me to
            install Flash!

            Eureka!

            At last I have FireFox wanting to install a flash plugin!

            SO I give it a chance... download flash again...

            ...and the damn thing installs it into the same damn nonexistant
            Opera directory - and fails!
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            • Profile picture of the author arramal
              I really enjoy Firefox. The same company makes another browser that has a more online functionality; especially for marketing. It will also play flash videos. You should try out Flock. You won't be disappointed
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    I re-install Opera - works beautifully though I've never
    managed to get it to import bookmarks from FF...

    and it comes with a seamless, clean flash player...

    Then I restart FF3 and the same problem happens... it
    fails to play flash consistently.

    What a joke FF3 is... I look forward to the time when this
    dinosaur becomes extinct and I no longer have to test
    sites for usability with it!
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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Anderson
    What a joke FF3 is...
    It may not have much to do with ff3. It's likely a problem with the flash plugin itself and windows. Not sure why it stops recognizing it sometimes but it is known to happen on occasion.

    The problem you have is common in IE too.

    I highly recommend you follow my earlier advice and uninstall all versions of FLASH PLAYER that you have installed including the IE and the Firefox versions and reinstall them.

    You might even try uninstalling and reinstalling firefox.
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    • Profile picture of the author Wakunahum
      Originally Posted by Josh Anderson View Post

      It may not have much to do with ff3. It's likely a problem with the flash plugin itself and windows. Not sure why it stops recognizing it sometimes but it is known to happen on occasion.

      The problem you have is common in IE too.

      I highly recommend you follow my earlier advice and uninstall all versions of FLASH PLAYER that you have installed including the IE and the Firefox versions and reinstall them.

      You might even try uninstalling and reinstalling firefox.
      Definitely has to be a window's issue somewhere. I upgraded to firefox 3 on my linux box and after flash was installed all the videos played perfectly.
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