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Captain Adverse

Captain Adverse

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For the last two days I have not been able to see imbedded videos.

All I see is a black box instead.

It can't be my video system because I can see videos on youtube, my own, and elsewhere online.

It's just a problem here n the Forum.

Help?
 
Captain Adverse said:
For the last two days I have not been able to see imbedded videos.

All I see is a black box instead.

It can't be my video system because I can see videos on youtube, my own, and elsewhere online.

It's just a problem here n the Forum.

Help?
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What browser are you using?
and
Do you have everything updated?
 
Captain Adverse said:
For the last two days I have not been able to see imbedded videos.

All I see is a black box instead.

It can't be my video system because I can see videos on youtube, my own, and elsewhere online.

It's just a problem here n the Forum.

Help?
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Just checked. Same here.
 
Here, let me try:



It works fine for me. I use Chrome.:2wave:
 
Try installing chrome. I just ran it again within your post and it ran fine.
 
Captain Adverse said:
Nope, doesn't work for me. I use the internet explorer that comes with Windows.
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The issue probably could have already been fixed had you responded to my reply. :shrug:
 
Excon said:
The issue probably could have already been fixed had you responded to my reply. :shrug:
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Well they took the weekend to update the website...and I STILL can't see videos on this site anymore.
 
Captain Adverse said:
Well they took the weekend to update the website...and I STILL can't see videos on this site anymore.
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Works for me with Microsoft Edge (Internet Explorer replacement), Chrome and Safari.
 
DA60 said:
Works for me with Microsoft Edge (Internet Explorer replacement), Chrome and Safari.
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Well I don't understand what the problem is. I can see videos everywhere online...except this site as of about a week ago now (counting the four or five days this site was down.)

They all worked before on what my system has, and they should now. It's frustrating that something on this site is causing it.
 
Captain Adverse said:
Well I don't understand what the problem is. I can see videos everywhere online...except this site as of about a week ago now (counting the four or five days this site was down.)

They all worked before on what my system has, and they should now. It's frustrating that something on this site is causing it.
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Which version of Windows are you running?
 
Captain Adverse said:
Windows 10 home edition
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Why don't you try Microsoft Edge (I am running Windows 10 Home myself)?

And if you don't like that, you can always view this site on Chrome or other web browsers. It's a bit of a drag, but once you have it downloaded (no big deal) and running, it will be simple to change from IE to Chrome (just pin it to the taskbar).

Personally, I use Chrome...I just prefer it.
 
DA60 said:
Why don't you try Microsoft Edge (I am running Windows 10 Home myself)?

And if you don't like that, you can always view this site on Chrome or other web browsers. It's a bit of a drag, but once you have it downloaded (no big deal) and running, it will be simple to change from IE to Chrome (just pin it to the taskbar).

Personally, I use Chrome...I just prefer it.
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Because I neither like nor trust Google products. They are the worst offender when it comes to online privacy shenanigans. I don't like Microsoft much either but most of my strategy games work on their PC model.
 
Captain Adverse said:
Because I neither like nor trust Google products. They are the worst offender when it comes to online privacy shenanigans. I don't like Microsoft much either but most of my strategy games work on their PC model.
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Well, there are tons of other web browsers to choose from. Surely one of them you can live with. Have you tried Edge?

BTW - I NEVER use Google. I find that is the real offender when it comes to profiling me. I always use other search engines.
 
Captain Adverse said:
Well they took the weekend to update the website...and I STILL can't see videos on this site anymore.
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Make sure the video player on your system is updated and enabled.

Hand-code a post with video and see if it works that way.

DP BBCode = [video = youtube;xxxxxxxxxxx]http://www.youtube.com/watch?xxxxxxxxxxx[/video] (no spaces)
 
Captain Adverse said:
For the last two days I have not been able to see imbedded videos.

All I see is a black box instead.

It can't be my video system because I can see videos on youtube, my own, and elsewhere online.

It's just a problem here n the Forum.

Help?
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I've experienced the same problem since a few days before we went down.
 
nota bene said:
I've experienced the same problem since a few days before we went down.
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Same browser as he is using, or different?

I recently had a similar problem on youtube with select videos which was caused by my add blocker.
The sound would play but not the video until I disabled the add-blocker.
 
Captain Adverse said:
Well they took the weekend to update the website...and I STILL can't see videos on this site anymore.
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Okay.

Have you tried any of the following?
I suggest you read all the following posts before attempting a fix, and then to try the easiest things first, like clearing your cache.
I would also suggest doing "compatibility view" as a last step because you are then actually making a change from what has been the norm.


From Microsoft.




This has a walk-through with images.



This has a few more suggestions like re-registering the “flash.ocx” file.
(scroll past the software ad to get to first solution)



Resetting IE to default.

 
I had the same problem. A black box. I don't know what the connection is, but downloading and installing the Flash update fixed the problem. Yup, still using good old Internet Explorer.
 
natsb said:
I had the same problem. A black box. I don't know what the connection is, but downloading and installing the Flash update fixed the problem. Yup, still using good old Internet Explorer.
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One of the reasons why I first asked if everything was updated.
 
natsb said:
I had the same problem. A black box. I don't know what the connection is, but downloading and installing the Flash update fixed the problem. Yup, still using good old Internet Explorer.
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I'm using IE (because Norton and Microsoft won't play nice and because Microsoft can't make me use Edge, dammit), but I'm not having any problems watching videos on YouTube or at other sites, only here.
 
nota bene said:
I'm using IE (because Norton and Microsoft won't play nice and because Microsoft can't make me use Edge, dammit), but I'm not having any problems watching videos on YouTube or at other sites, only here.
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Update everything - Silver light, browser, Java, Windows updates, etc... This is not a problem with any files on the server as the majority of the videos aren't hosted on the site, they are links. I'm not having any issues with these videos at all.

Chrome
Win 7 Pro
 
nota bene said:
I'm using IE (because Norton and Microsoft won't play nice and because Microsoft can't make me use Edge, dammit), but I'm not having any problems watching videos on YouTube or at other sites, only here.
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FYI, if you've got the Edge browser that means you're using W-10. If you're using W-10 there is built in security which may conflict with Norton.
 
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