Safari stop playing embedded youtube videos

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Safari stop playing embedded youtube videos

Hi
I am having trouble with Safari 4.0.5 (6531.22.7) which suddenly refuse to play embedded youtube videos. Safari show the video in a web page but when played the youtube default play display "an error occurred, please try again." and Safari display in the status bar "one error in opening the page, for more information, choose Window->Activity". Now when I look in the activity window it show "forbidden" beside the video file.
Strangely I can play the same video from the youtube main page without any errors.
I have already done the following:
- checked permissions with Disk Utility.
- Reset Safari
- Empty caches
- Removed com.apple.Safari.plist
- Uninstalled, re-Installed Flash plug-in

but the problem still persist. Help in resolving will be highly appreciated.

MacBook Pro 15'' Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Apr 12, 2010 2:01 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 12, 2010 6:04 AM in response to qsami

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...

YouTube streams content using the Flash plugin ... Flash Player support on 64-bit operating systems

Since you are running Snow Leopard, *try running Safari is opening in 32-bit mode, not 64*. Right or control click the Safari icon in the Applications folder, then click: Get Info In the Get Info window click the black disclosure triangle next to General so it faces down. Select 32 bit mode. Also, (in that same window) *make sure Safari is NOT running in Rosetta.*

  Web pages now include a small icon or 'favicon' which is visible in the address bar and next to bookmarks. These icons take up disk space and slow Safari down. It is possible to erase the icons from your computer and start fresh. *To delete Safari's icon cache using the Finder, open your user folder, navigate to ~/Library/Safari/ and move this file "webpageIcons.db to the Trash.*
bpageIcons.db to the Trash.*

Carolyn 🙂

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qsami Author

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Apr 12, 2010 6:27 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thx Carolyn
I applied ur procedure but it did not solved my problem 😟. Like i said, when i try to play an embedded video in a page other than youtube main web page ( i.e. www.youtube.com) Safari will not play it, but the same video will play when i go to www.youtube.com and play it there.

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Apr 12, 2010 6:30 AM in response to qsami

HI,

Go to the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Safari. Now go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.safari.plist to the Desktop. Relaunch Safari. Try YouTube. If it's ok, move that .plist file to the Trash.

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neser

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Apr 12, 2010 6:37 AM in response to qsami

Hey... I actually have a problem too with youtube , but not with playing the videos.... but , after that ... choosing Window->Activity and finding the correct video file .... and waiting for a video download ... , i get a text download...??... This started after a notification for an update (plugin) that i made...!! What should i do... to have video downloads again enabled?...... and not document...??

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qsami Author

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Apr 12, 2010 7:27 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Hi n thx again,
I already applied this procedure and now applied it again but alas.... 😟

QSR

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Answer 6

Apr 12, 2010 9:40 AM in response to qsami

Are you running anti virus software?

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ApMaX

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Apr 12, 2010 10:25 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

FIXED - FIXED - FIXED!!!

Carolyn, many thanks!!! You made my day!!!

I have been unable to play youtube videos with Safari 4.0.5 on Mac OS X 10.6.3 for days. No problem with Firefox. Pages containing embedded videos showed with a white blank area or in the youtube itself, the movie area showed as black for a second and then left a white area.

THIS FIXED IT AS INDICATED BY CAROLYN:

My Safari does not run on 32 bit and Rosetta is not selected.
Quit Safari.
Move to the Desktop both com.apple.Safari.plist and com.apple.Safari.RSS.plist
Open Safari again.

Wow, it now works!!!
Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!

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Answer 8

Apr 12, 2010 10:30 AM in response to ApMaX

You're welcome. 🙂

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qsami Author

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Apr 12, 2010 11:16 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Hi
Yap it is now working 🙂
What I did was that, this time I removed:
com.apple.Safari.LSSharedFileList.plist
com.apple.Safari.RSS.plist and folder in ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia
Now I don't know what is the right thing to remove bcos I removed all three at once. Anyhow i am glade to c it working again.

Thx every one 🙂
QSR

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ApMaX

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Apr 12, 2010 12:00 PM in response to ApMaX

UPDATE:

The issue arose again. I now know why:

This time I just removed com.apple.Safari.plist and fixed the issue. But when customizing the Safari - Preferences - Security - Web content I found that if I uncheck "Enable Plug-ins", the issue arises.

You can easily see it in real time: go to Youtube and open any window. Then uncheck/check "Enable Plug-ins" and you will see the issue show/go in real time!

NOW ALL EXPLAINED!!!

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Answer 11

Apr 12, 2010 12:37 PM in response to ApMaX

Thank you for the star. 🙂

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