sirjamesw

Q: Won't Play videos on youtube

Hey all,
My Safari won't play youtube videos, yet if I open the same link in google chrome, it plays fine. I've restarted, uninstalled/reinstalled safari, and it hasn't helped. I though maybe it has something to do with disabling java, but all the options are still checked. I never changed anything, so I'm a little confused as so why this is happening. Any info you have would be great.

James

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Feb 18, 2011 8:29 AM

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  • by jonkino,

    jonkino jonkino Apr 7, 2012 2:11 PM in response to jeremy129
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    Apr 7, 2012 2:11 PM in response to jeremy129

    Can you help me fathom this out. A few days I have had the very same problem on my macbook pro. I can't play youtube videos in either Firefox or Safari, I kept getting that **** error message "Flash player has crashed, refresh the page and try again" but it doesn't work. I have uninstalled the Flash player and unpdated to the latest, but still have the problem. NOw I don't get a error message just the blank black screen. I went to the youtube Html5 trial page that you suggested but there is no one to opt out of the trial and actually at the bottom of the page it says :

     

    "You are not currently in the HTML5 trial."
    Don't know what else to do to fix this. I am on OS LION 10.7.3, I'm running safari 5.1.5 and Firefox is 11.
    Incidently, vids work fine on my imac it is just my macbook pro with the problem.
  • by luter326,

    luter326 luter326 May 18, 2012 8:12 AM in response to sirjamesw
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    May 18, 2012 8:12 AM in response to sirjamesw

    I have finally given up! i just don;t have the time to mess with it - firefox is now my default browser - and it works great - i would prefer safari - but they will have to fix it 

  • by Mark905,

    Mark905 Mark905 Nov 4, 2012 2:00 PM in response to jeremy129
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    Nov 4, 2012 2:00 PM in response to jeremy129

    Hey Jeremy.

    I went to the HTML5 page but I do not se how to Opt Out. 

    What am I missing?

     

    Thanks Mark

  • by thedoctor_5,

    thedoctor_5 thedoctor_5 Dec 13, 2012 1:40 AM in response to Mark905
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    Dec 13, 2012 1:40 AM in response to Mark905

    It's at the very bottom Mark, you click a green symbol and it will turn orange. Worked for me guys, thanks!

  • by hecroy,

    hecroy hecroy Mar 16, 2016 1:28 AM in response to sirjamesw
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    Mar 16, 2016 1:28 AM in response to sirjamesw

    I had the same problem too. Youtube videos wouldn't play on Safari, but would play on Chrome or Firefox. But my iPad could play Youtube using Safari.?
    Also, I couldn't see my Capital One Canadian account anymore on all my 3 browsers. But my iPad could open it.?

    I thought that my iMac had caught a virus.

    Suddenly, I remembered that I had recently connected my iMac directly to my Router via the cable... before I was using the WIFI without the direct connection.

    Then, I realized that my iPad goes via WIFI, not through the direct cable.

    I unplugged the cable between my iMac and my router, and ALL MY PROBLEMS WERE SOLVED.

    Is it because I'm a Canadian holiday in the US?


    I hope this can help some of you.


    Hector

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