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PPRuNe Pop
24th Jun 2008, 17:11
Suddenly I cannot open a YouTube clip or video. Working perfectly well a week or so ago.
:ugh: :ugh:
dazdaz
24th Jun 2008, 17:17
Obviously probs at your end, what browser?
Daz
While waiting for the info - any 'messages'? You need 'FlashPlayer' installed for YouTube
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/584641-cannot-view-youtube-videos.html
and
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=127768
and
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=271183
Installed/Updated lately?
Pop,
Try using Firefox, it has a neat tool for downloading "You Tube" clips directly from the clip.
Mutt
PPRuNe Pop
25th Jun 2008, 07:28
Well I dunno!
I have checked out BOAC's links and that proved OK Tried Firefox, macromedia, adobe flash all work and although I can load YouTube it whirls around apparently loading but it doesn't.
PPP
I'm sure I've seen thsi before - somewhere:confused:. Found this but we did not get 'closure' on it. http://www.pprune.org/forums/computer-internet-issues-troubleshooting/271183-youtube.html
PPRuNe Pop
25th Jun 2008, 08:02
Tried that this morning sir.
IF.....this helps. When I link to YT and while it tries to load the video, if I click on any of the links on the page - nothing......
The only new thing is that the star rating became highlighted when it opened.
Otherwise............:{ :{
pierrefridez
25th Jun 2008, 15:52
does the same happen on other sites with videos (e.g. google.video.com)?
And.. I reiterate the question already asked once before: do you get any messages in the UT window, or does your firewall try to say something to you?
So far sounds a bit mysterious ...
dazdaz
25th Jun 2008, 17:37
Um most strange. PprunePop try this link to another vid clip site......http://dailymotion.com (http://dailymotion.com/) see how it performs.
Daz
PPRuNe Pop
26th Jun 2008, 06:53
Perfect! Thanks daz.
No msgs Pierre, nothing.
As a matter of fact I had been finding BBC and Sky vids to test and they were all fine, click and away but YT will not go. In fact a YT page seems to be dead - to me anyway.
Maybe time to uninstall/reinstall Flash?
The video won't play-what's wrong? + Video (http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=56115&src=top5&lev)=
PPRuNe Pop
26th Jun 2008, 16:26
Did that! No joy with YT but I can see BBC etc.,
pierrefridez
27th Jun 2008, 18:42
one offhand idea and one from a forum:
1) clear cookies (on firefox, go to tools, clear private data, and be sure to have checkmarked "cookies").
Try ...
2) add "&fmt=18" (without the quotes) at the end of the youtube URL in your browser's addresslist after selecting a movie...
Try ...
2 I took from a forum, apparently, this will try to load a different version from the requested clip, and seems to have resolved a few people's problem with loading..
Does any of this help?
PPRuNe Pop
28th Jun 2008, 08:02
Pierre.
We are half way there. I can now play YouTube on Firefox because it seems that Flash was not loaded on it when I installed it, did that and voila. But........it still won't play on IE6. Tried re-installing Flash but no joy.
Thanks again.
Avtrician
30th Jun 2008, 12:55
My firewall blocks youtube and other such video clips. Havent figured that one out yet.