Embedded video not playing in Firefox

Hi All

My system: Dell Dimension 9100 XP SP3 Firefox 5.0 all up-to-date.

Using Firefox I can't play embedded videos on websites (including this one eg: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=162769) I just get a message stating " An error occured, please try again later"

If the video is on Youtube (most are) I can play the video directly from Youtube using the same browser.

I can also play the embedded video directly from the website if I change browsers to IE. but prefer Firefox

So sounds like a setting in Firefox. Any ideas?

thanks in advance.

Dins

 

so.. just to clarify, when you try to play the videos from here: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=162769

it says "An error occured, please try again later"

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Only things I can think of atm are, are you using NoScript for firefox? and... Are you running another youtube video in a different tab of FireFox when you attempt to play a second video (in a different tab)?

 

Yes. The MG site was just an example, the problem seems to be with any site I try that has embedded video

NoScript is an add-on for Firefox, right? It is not installed on my computer.

Nope. One tab. One session of Firefox.

thanks

 

Can you tell me which version of firefox you're using?

 

Firefox 5

I updated firefox this morning hoping to fix the problem. I was running Firefox 3.? but no change. I also ran windows update this morning with the same result... no result

 

Can you try uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox?

1. Use Revo Uninstaller to do a complete uninstall of Firefox.
2. then download the latest version of Firefox 5 here: download link
3. Install it

 

is there a way I can save all the stored passwords in FF for use in the re installed version?

 

Yes, try this: download link

Just a warning, some antivirus software like Norton, and even malwarebytes will claim this is infected.. We promise it's clean It's a false-positive.

 

Many thanks thisisu.

Did as you suggested and all is well!

Cheers
Dins

 

Nice, glad to hear it