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   Mr Pounder Esquire to All   
   Re: Firefox/Youtube problems   
   08 Aug 17 12:26:13   
   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   Charlie+ wrote:   
   > On Mon, 7 Aug 2017 13:16:59 +0100, "Mr Pounder Esquire"   
   >  wrote as underneath :   
   >   
   >> Charlie+ wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 6 Aug 2017 19:09:23 +0100, "Mr Pounder Esquire"   
   >>>  wrote as underneath :   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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?   
   >>>>   
   >>> Dont know if this is the answer but I had the same problem a week or   
   >>> so ago.  After trying everything else I Re-intalled the latest ESR   
   >>> version from the proper setup file, then Classic Theme Restorer and   
   >>> Flash BUT I have not reinstalled any Ad blocking or script blocking.   
   >>> YouTube works fine now so this maybe the answer, let us know if it   
   >>> works for you too! The ads are a pain of course... C+   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Tried it, nope :-(   
   >> Thanks for the reply.   
   > Ok Sorry it didnt work, you did load the Adobe flash plugin?, they   
   > always push HTML5 now but flash seems to be still a requirement for   
   > YouTube somehow. C+   
      
   Yip, the latest Flash is there.   
      
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