why is my youtube black screen

This is the second time it is happening. Half of the videos on Youtube are not working. The website for the most part is working, but the videos just show a solid black screen and are not plying. What can I do to fix this?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 12, 2012 10:50 PM

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Dec 13, 2012 4:48 AM in response to Seleenayt

1. Install Adobe Flash Player.


http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/



2 .Are Plug-ins Enabled?


Enable Plug-ins

Safari > Preferences > Security


Web Content:

Click in the box for "Enable Plug-ins".



3. Check whether you are currently in YouTube HTML 5 trial.


http://www.youtube.com/html5


At the bottom left of the page uncheck the box for


"You are currently in the HTML5 trial".


4. Reset Safari.


Click Safari in the menu bar.

From the drop down select "Reset Safari".

Click "Reset".

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