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Guessing this problem has been answered numerous times, but the search function on here isn't coming up with anything.
I can't watch any of the videos posted. Settings are to "images and videos shown" but just getting a black patch with nothing on it. Can't see any other settings to adjust Was watching them up to the last weekend No problem watching on any other sites eg you tube and the like. AV programmes haven't blocked it as far as I can tell. That and they'd block all sites wouldn't they?.
Thanks in advance for any and all help. Will check everything tonight and try and sort it out
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Can't watch any of the posted videos on 09:12 - Aug 12 with 7588 views
As some browsers and some sites are "phasing out" or just plain blocking Flash (they're switching to HTML 5) it may be your browser version or possibly a browser settings issue.
*disclaimer...I ain't no techie, I've just caught a few titbits about flash/html 5 change online.
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Can't watch any of the posted videos on 00:29 - Aug 14 with 7275 views
Can't watch any of the posted videos on 03:16 - Aug 13 by DJack
As some browsers and some sites are "phasing out" or just plain blocking Flash (they're switching to HTML 5) it may be your browser version or possibly a browser settings issue.
*disclaimer...I ain't no techie, I've just caught a few titbits about flash/html 5 change online.
Chrome is going to block all flash in the newest update... but pretty sure they are the only one. However it would depend. because youtube videos are html5 and most the videos posted here are youtube I believe?
I used firefox when chrome was blocking flash earlier today and it worked well. I believe firefox will limit some flash that is not essential content(sort of like chrome has been doing over the last year). I don't use firefox a lot, but I reckon I'll be using it more here on in for flash reasons.
But to verify if its flash or all videos here's a youtube video which would be html5
Actually I am incorrect about youtube videos. As when they are posted here they are loading with a flash player not the normal html5. why they is the case I have no idea.
It becomes more confused if people view them fine on ipad which doesn't run flash natively. strange....
Looks like this recent problem is here to stay for a while especially with YouTube videos.
The following is part quote from site support,I'm sure they wouldn't mind me quoting them just to clarify the situation...
"It's affecting some people but not others then. It looks like some browsers have banned the use of flash, but as we're only using iframes it's up to youtube to detect which browser you use and provide the appropriate code. It looks like it's out of our control but it's affecting a lot of people ..."
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It appears that the code being used to to embed the video is using an old style format which was deprecated by Google in 2015 - and as those of us in the biz know, once something is deprecated by a vendor it's wise to stop using it immediately because it'll normally stop working pretty damn soon afterwards. It appears that Google (YouTube) have recently (in the last couple of weeks) stopped supporting the deprecated style link so the videos don't work anymore. The explanation in the first link is quite clear and Google have done it for very good reasons - amongst other things so that the server can decide whether to serve up html5 video or flash.
What confuses me is that our FAQ is quite clear on how to embed videos - it says you need to use the watch?v=abcdefg parameter format. However, when I try and embed a video using this format, and preview the post, it's embedded the deprecated <object> style format - and it doesn't work. So I guess (and it's just a guess) that the code that produces the previewable (and posted) post is parsing the link in the post and creating an old style link. And naturally it doesn't work.
So the question is how to fix it. This is beyond my expertise I'm afraid and I don't know what product the forum is based upon. Even if there is an update to that product to fix this issue I don't know whether it'll fix posts already made, or just future ones.
Anyone know more?
[Post edited 16 Aug 2016 20:35]
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Can't watch any of the posted videos on 21:25 - Aug 16 with 6895 views
I'm using Chrome on a MacBook Pro. I inspected the html element that represents the video posted by phactorri above, and sure enough it's an old style <object> tag and specifies a flash video. It doesn't work - but we know that already.
I inserted a new html element - an <iframe> as specified in the first link I posted above, specifying the video that phactorri tried to embed, but using the new parameter format. It works - and guess what? It serves up an html5 version of the video (without specifying it, which I guess is the whole point).
[Post edited 16 Aug 2016 21:27]
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Can't watch any of the posted videos on 21:58 - Aug 16 with 6878 views
Can't watch any of the posted videos on 21:25 - Aug 16 by ploppy
OK I know some more.
I'm using Chrome on a MacBook Pro. I inspected the html element that represents the video posted by phactorri above, and sure enough it's an old style <object> tag and specifies a flash video. It doesn't work - but we know that already.
I inserted a new html element - an <iframe> as specified in the first link I posted above, specifying the video that phactorri tried to embed, but using the new parameter format. It works - and guess what? It serves up an html5 version of the video (without specifying it, which I guess is the whole point).
[Post edited 16 Aug 2016 21:27]
*nods* yeah I got the same results when I look at it, that the server is serving the old embed script from like 2007. Not sure if the iframe service for videos is an extended function or hard baked into the server script. But it shouldn't be difficult to fix if they wanted to. :)
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Strangely that fixed it on my iPad, but I still had problems on the PC
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Can't watch any of the posted videos on 22:04 - Aug 16 with 6866 views
It appears that the code being used to to embed the video is using an old style format which was deprecated by Google in 2015 - and as those of us in the biz know, once something is deprecated by a vendor it's wise to stop using it immediately because it'll normally stop working pretty damn soon afterwards. It appears that Google (YouTube) have recently (in the last couple of weeks) stopped supporting the deprecated style link so the videos don't work anymore. The explanation in the first link is quite clear and Google have done it for very good reasons - amongst other things so that the server can decide whether to serve up html5 video or flash.
What confuses me is that our FAQ is quite clear on how to embed videos - it says you need to use the watch?v=abcdefg parameter format. However, when I try and embed a video using this format, and preview the post, it's embedded the deprecated <object> style format - and it doesn't work. So I guess (and it's just a guess) that the code that produces the previewable (and posted) post is parsing the link in the post and creating an old style link. And naturally it doesn't work.
So the question is how to fix it. This is beyond my expertise I'm afraid and I don't know what product the forum is based upon. Even if there is an update to that product to fix this issue I don't know whether it'll fix posts already made, or just future ones.
Anyone know more?
[Post edited 16 Aug 2016 20:35]
Thanks for the info. I was convinced we were using iframe already which is why I was confident it was YTs error and not ours. It was an easy fix so I've done it this evening.
Can't watch any of the posted videos on 22:07 - Aug 16 by Support
Thanks for the info. I was convinced we were using iframe already which is why I was confident it was YTs error and not ours. It was an easy fix so I've done it this evening.
Can't watch any of the posted videos on 22:07 - Aug 16 by Support
Thanks for the info. I was convinced we were using iframe already which is why I was confident it was YTs error and not ours. It was an easy fix so I've done it this evening.
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