From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 7 11:39:05 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E08E96D for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:39:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schweikh@schweikhardt.net) Received: from rs2.shuttle.de (rs2.shuttle.de [IPv6:2001:638:206:3::8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE5F838 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rs2.shuttle.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id 6F33A4000B; Sun, 7 Apr 2013 13:39:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hal9000.schweikhardt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hal9000.schweikhardt.net (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r37BctSd003347; Sun, 7 Apr 2013 13:38:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from schweikh@hal9000.schweikhardt.net) Received: (from schweikh@localhost) by hal9000.schweikhardt.net (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r37Bctdu003346; Sun, 7 Apr 2013 13:38:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from schweikh) Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 13:38:55 +0200 From: Jens Schweikhardt To: Warren Block Subject: [Solved] Youtube & Flash Videos broken? Message-ID: <20130407113855.GB2907@schweikhardt.net> References: <20130406213911.GB2802@schweikhardt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:39:05 -0000 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)