gimme back my youtube

[erilyn]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Backstory: for months now, streaming files haven't worked on Firefox (they'd load, I could grab them with DownloadHelper, but wouldn't play), so any youtube/buzznet/etc things that I wanted to watch or listen to, I pasted the link into IE. Annoying, but whatever.

During the last week, I unsuccessfully tried to watch videos on the Colbert Nation website (though IE) and it told me to update my version of Flash Player, so I did. This...didn't go well. End result, after multiple uninstall and install attempts, I can now sometimes watch streaming videos in Firefox (yay?) but can't at all in IE. For instance, at youtube I get an error message "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player." LIES!

Also, even in Firefox, videos on Colbert Nation and Daily Show websites don't work :( I think my computer is a McCain supporter.

ETA: ok, this is ridiculous. I just installed Google's Chrome browser, and while youtube works in it, the Colbert site still doesn't work. Anyone know if they block international users, but don't bother giving a message that says so? Their terms of use say it's for US residents only. No, apparently they can be viewed internationally. Just not by me *sheds single emo tear*

ETA(2): Currently, if I try to view videos at colbernation.com, it doesn't give me an error or anything, but no video loads, there's just a blank square. However, if I watch a video from there embeded somewhere else (like my own lj), it works! Well, sort of. It works in Chrome, it works with no audio in Firefox, and nada in IE. I'm so confused.

Comments

[starafar]

Have you tried clearing your FF cache? Running CCleaner usually does the trick for me.

ETA: Oh wait, IE. Well, IE cache, maybe?

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Alas, no. It's a fairly common error, it seems, but with multiple causes and most of the suggested fixes I've found haven't worked (I'm not prepared to start trying to do registry editing/cleaning up, not yet).

[starafar]

That's so strange, lol. I get the Javascript/Flash Player error off and on in FF, and sometimes the screen thing won't even show up, or the audio's not there, but running CCleaner solves all those problems, lol.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I've never had it before that I can remember. Flash has really spit the dummy.

[rikes]

I don't know anything about your actual problem, but Colbert Nation & Daily Show work just fine for me, and I'm most certainly not in the US.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I thought that was too easy an answer. Thanks! :)

What browser do you use?

[rikes]

Firefox in windows and safari on my mac, and it works in both.

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

You don't have the No-script Firefox extension installed, do you? Because that would cause the FF error.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Nope, I've never had that one. The whole thing is a frigging mystery.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_titch/]

I had a similar problem a couple of months ago. What fixed mine was removing all flash software from my computer, restart, go online and re-download the software but don't install. Disconnect from the internet and then install. I think I may have restarted the computer at that point as well. All was fixed after that. Maybe the same will work for you *hopes*?

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I have uninstalled and reinstalled, but may have to give this method a try, thanks!

[babygotbass.livejournal.com]

I am having trouble viewing JPEGS. This is crazy! The Panic blog doesn't show images for me, or some photobucket accounts. I can not figure out what the problem is!! Uuuuug! So frustrating!


Good luck.

[lemniskate.livejournal.com]

you didn't accidently adblock them?

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

It is most sucky, and I am so lazy about finding the energy to track the problem down.

[blademistress.livejournal.com]

Are you still in the UK? Because there's an obscure channel that owns the rights to Colbert and so the free streaming is blocked in the UK apparently. If you're not then I'm stuck...

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

No, not in the UK. I can watch embedded files from the sites, just not watch them at the site, so it is very odd.

[lemniskate.livejournal.com]

if I were you, I'd first back up all my bookmarks in both IE and Firefox. Then I'd install a portable version of firefox and see if the streaming video works using that. If it does, well, then I'd get the FEBE extension (Firefly extension backup extension) and back up your extensions on firefox; there's even an extension called CLEO from the same author that will take all your extensions and make them into one install, which is really handy. Then I'd completely uninstall both browsers and run CC clearner, reboot, run it again, and reinstall the newest IE and the same version of Firefox that you had installed before, and then you can install your same extensions, too.

I'm no expert, it just sounds like a settings thing to me.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

As soon as I feel I have the brainpower and alertness to attempt this, I probably will. Especially as FF has decided to go back to mostly not playing flash again.

Thanks!

[lemniskate.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Well keep in mind that this is just me basically going with my one big technical skill - reboot ;) The portable version is a good way to test it, though, and I really hope it works :)