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   Mr Pounder Esquire to Wildman   
   Re: Firefox/Youtube problems   
   07 Aug 17 22:32:43   
   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   Wildman wrote:   
   > On Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:18:53 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:   
   >   
   >> Wildman wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 06 Aug 2017 19:09:23 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Using Firefox 52.01 es2 or something. It's the latest ediition.   
   >>>> XP SP3.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Youtube videos don't work, but work okay using SeaMonkey.   
   >>>> I'm on Virgin Media, 75 down. When I moaned the engineer came round   
   >>>> and fitted the Superhub 3, checked and corrected the downstream   
   >>>> levels which were high and said that all was   
   >>>> okay.   
   >>>> Youtube still hung up. He said that he did not know why and left.   
   >>>> I've asked in the Mozilla group, but nobody replied.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Error message is:   
   >>>> "Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats   
   >>>> available. Click here to visit FAQ about HTML5 video"   
   >>>> Either that or "Your browser does not support HTML5 videos"   
   >>>> I can watch videos from the BBC etc, but not youtube.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I deleted Firefox Profiles, the problem was still there.   
   >>>> I deleted Firefox using Revo Uninstaller, downloaded and installed   
   >>>> Firefox. It made no difference to youtube.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I've used Malwarebytes, AVG, Superantispyware, CCleaner, defraged   
   >>>> etc.   
   >>>> Am I missing something?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thanks.   
   >>>   
   >>> Firefox 52.0 was the last version that supports XP (and Vista).   
   >>   
   >> Youtube works fine on an old W7 lap top and on the wife's tablet.   
   >   
   > That has nothing to do with XP.  Your question was about XP   
   > and I answered it...   
   >   
   > http://www.christianpost.com/news/last-firefox-version-for-win   
   ows-xp-vista-released-177112/   
      
   Bravo.   
   Thanks for the help ... (?)   
      
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