Problem with watching YouTube

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Problem with watching YouTube

Hello

I'm using the latest version of Safari (5.0.3), since yesterday when I try to watch a video on YouTube, the video doesn't start automatically, and when I hover the pointer over the video the menu doesn't appear.

YouTube works normally on FireFox and Chrome, and flash content works normally on Safari, just YouTube.

Any ideas?

(Note: I thought of deleting it and downloading it again but maybe there's a solution so I can save the the extra work of writing my bookmarks down).

White MacBook, iPhone 4, 64GB WiFi iPad, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Feb 21, 2011 6:08 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 21, 2011 7:17 AM in response to Hotsouma

Hi,

and flash content works normally on Safari, just YouTube.

Try deleting Flash cookies, instructions here.

http://machacks.tv/2009/01/27/flushapp-flash-cookie-removal-tool-for-os-x/

I thought of deleting it and downloading it again but maybe there's a solution so I can save the the extra work of writing my bookmarks down).

You can save your Bookmarks to your Desktop or an external source. From the Safari menu bar click File / Export Bookmarks. If you decide to reinstall Safari. just go back to the File menu then click Import Bookmarks.

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 2

andyBall_uk

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Feb 21, 2011 7:19 AM in response to Hotsouma

Hi 🙂

It appears to be a youtube site problem where they detect the browser/model & then fail to present the actual Flash code on the page... altering Safari' user agent via the Develop menu is one work-round, but it needs to be changed per tab/page. Another way is to run Safari in 32 bit mode - Quit Safari, select the app in Applications, press Command + I (File-Get Info) then check the box.

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Answer 3

littlerl

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Feb 21, 2011 11:16 AM in response to Hotsouma

I had the very same issue. Solved:

1. Open applications and highlight Safari icon
2. Command + i to get the info pane (or Finder/File/Get Info)
3. Check "open in 32-bit mode"
4. Relaunch Safari

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Hotsouma Author

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Feb 22, 2011 10:36 AM in response to Hotsouma

Thanks everyone I appreciate your help 🙂

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TildeBee

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Feb 22, 2011 12:35 PM in response to andyBall_uk

Andy --

This is weird, because I'm running 10.6.6, Safari 5.0.3, and I have no problems with YouTube.
I'm running in 64-bit.

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andyBall_uk

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Feb 22, 2011 12:43 PM in response to TildeBee

... I have no problems with YouTube...I'm running in 64-bit.

No doubt - me too & plenty of others, I'm sure. It seems to be youtube reading useragent/cpu/graphics/model & presumably not writing the flash object/embed to the page (guessing a bit, since no-one's confirmed (that I've seen) what the black area is via inspect element or right-clicking it.)

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TildeBee

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Feb 22, 2011 3:06 PM in response to andyBall_uk

Thanks, Andy.
😉

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cr6660

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Feb 22, 2011 4:06 PM in response to andyBall_uk

This to me is NOT a solution. I do not wish to go to 32 bit mode in Safari just for You Tube. Is anyone EVER going to find a fix to this problem or is it just going to get ignored by Apple and You Tube?

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andyBall_uk

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Feb 22, 2011 4:25 PM in response to cr6660

so tell youtube, almost no-one here works for apple - from what I can tell, it's youtube's code that's caused it. If someone confirms that no Flash exists in the black area, then that's definitely the case.

there have been three 'solutions', but you don't like them - again, tell youtube.

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