Suddenly YouTube videos won't play. I just get a black screen with no controls under it. My little grandson was fiddling with the space bar and other keys. Could he have done something to cause this? Thanks in advance for any help that comes my way!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Try resetting the browser you use!
hey, nlsilverberg,
I did that (with Safari) but it didn't help. Do you think my grandson fiddling with the space bar and other keys could have caused this? Actually, though, I've seen several other people with this problem.
This is driving me CRAZY!
Thanks for the input.
Pam
The messing around w/ the keyboard could havee done something, but i don't know what. This discussion here http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:34227 may help you!
Thanks, but most of that applied to PC's not Macs. I'm giving up for the night! Thanks for your help, nlsilverberg!
Hi Pamela,
I just bought my imac and was having the exact same problem as you.
I uninstalled Adobe flash. Then i reinstalled it. Then i restarted the computer, now it works. Now i just need to figure out how to get it to work on my other browsers. 😟
i hope this helps.
I currently have the exact problem. I can get the videos to load and play in You Tube by adding the "s" in https:// www.youtube.com, but that doesn't load automatically and is a pain. The same thing happens in FireFox too.
I have cleared cache, reset Safari, uninstalled and reinstalled Flash, run disk utilities, run Cocktail, and restarted and still videos don't load.
I find it odd and that the answer must be pretty simple if it works by changing http:// into https://.
Any help on what to do to fix this? I am pretty Mac savvy, but this stumps me!
Same here.
I've reinstalled Firefox 5, Chrome, Flash Plugin, reset the machine, cleared all flash settings etc etc.
In Firefox and Chrome, https works, http doesn't.
Best Regards
Chris
Same here, why are they doing this?😮
Going to https is only a quick fix for the Youtube site itself.
If I try other sites with embeded youtube feeds, that don't allow https then their feeds don't work.
For example: http://singularityhub.com/2011/07/07/japans-virtual-popstar-hatsune-miku-rocks-l os-angeles/
All the embeded vids are black.
Chris
Ahh, well on mine I can access them...
I can now also access videos in http:// !!!
I think the curse has lifted!😀
Daniel
Wood _ Dude has a point. Adding the S is only a quick fix for YouTube. Something is up for so many people to be having the same problem.
Need a high level person to walk all of us through it and i fear there has to be more than one path.
That sounds quite spooky!🙂
Well just to make you feel better, mine's fine.
Additional test info.
Older pages with youtube feeds do work though.
eg. http://singularityhub.com/2010/04/05/5-axis-robot-carves-metal-like-butter-video /
Chris
Same thing is happening to me. Last night everything worked great. Suddenly, I turn on my computer a few hours ago and no matter what browser I use (Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome) none of them will play youtube videos, just a black screen appears with no video controls or anything.
I have reinstalled and updated Flash Player and Firefox and the problem still continues as of July 7, 2011.
Vimeo does work fine but youtube videos, whether embedded or played directly off the website do not work.
Suddenly YouTube videos won't play. I just get a black screen with no controls under it.
