Youtube/Firefox Foulup??

[Jim Byrnes]

On 01/20/2012 09:29 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 20 January 2012 15:10, John Graddy<jwgraddy at valornet.com>  wrote:
>> On 01/19/2012 09:43 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>
>>> On 20/01/12 14:27, John Graddy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 01/19/2012 08:41 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20/01/12 13:35, John Graddy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A friend sent me the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Subject:* What a beautiful voice!!! Check this out!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Please listen to this beautiful song and the amazing voice of
>>>>>>     Jackie Evancho.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foUrBztgzZA
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I click on the link, I go to youtube in Firefox and nothing is
>>>>>> downloaded/played.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Be more specific. You DO get Firefox and you get taken to YouTube with
>>>>> that video on the screen but nothing plays? OR you don't get Firefox and the
>>>>> only thing you have on screen is the message your friend sent you with that
>>>>> link?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I DO go to Firefox, but the only thing tht I get in the youtube Video
>>>> Screen is a black box.  There are a bunch of Jackie Evancho links down the
>>>> right side of the screen, but no activity in the box.
>>>>
>>>>> Is Firefox set as your default browser?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Firefox is my default browser.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, so what extensions do you have installed - NoScript for example?
>>> Getting there but getting a black screen usually means that you are not
>>> allowing javascript - but then you are able to view the video if you get
>>> there yourself and thru the link. Nevertheless, check your extension to see
>>> if one of them is blocking that video.
>>>
>>> Look, I'll give you this link and see if this comes up:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ft5Drv2Bw
>>>
>>>
>>> (from the movie Natural Born Killers - listen to it and the lyrics.)
>>>
>>> BC
>>>
>> The video that you sent did exactly the same as the video in my original
>> email.
>>
>> I disabled the plugin Flash 11.1 and both play just fine.
>>
>> I don't understand!  When I disable a plugin what does it do?  Remove the
>> plugin?  Restore the previous version?  I didn't thing youtube videos would
>> work at all without the flashplayer installed.
>
> Youtube has a setting to use H.264 which some modern browsers support
> internally. That means no plugin. Try other Flash sites to check, e.g.
> Shockwave.com, or other video sites, e.g. Dailymotion.com
>
>

So does this mean if you have flash enabled you can't watch H.264?

I don't watch that many Youtube videos but have never had a problem 
there. I'm curious because I have had the OP's problem on other sites. 
Yahoo and ABC News come to mind. I don't have any links because it 
happened a while ago. I one case I remember I was interested enough in 
it that I tracked it down on Youtube and I could view it there.

Regards,  Jim