Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 13:38:55 +0200 From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: [Solved] Youtube & Flash Videos broken? Message-ID: <20130407113855.GB2907@schweikhardt.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304061748280.91565@wonkity.com> References: <20130406213911.GB2802@schweikhardt.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304061748280.91565@wonkity.com>
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On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 05:53:17PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: # On Sat, 6 Apr 2013, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: # # > I have trouble playing Youtube videos in flash format in Firefox. This # > has worked in the past, but for a few weeks now, the flash videos # > display as a b/w noise background picture with a message centered "To # > render this video you need the Adobe Flash Player. Install latest Flash # > Player". Has Youtube conspired against me, you, FreeBSD, the world? :-) # # We've had a thread about it in the forums, with a couple of workarounds: # http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=38627 Thanks for this helpful link. It contained the solution to my problem: 1) In about:config, set dom.ipc.plugins.enabled to false 2) Exit and restart Firefox (really, just doing 1) did not work). Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
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