embedded flash won't play, but over at youtube, no problem.

[Kaj Haulrich]

On 2010-05-18 11:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>    i'm not sure if this is related to the flash issues discussed
> earlier, but on a number of sites i browse to, if someone has embedded
> a youtube video, if i click on "play", the play button clearly dims
> slightly so that i can see it's being recognized, but the video
> doesn't play.  on the rare occasion that it *does* play, it's almost
> impossible to stop after that (again, it's clear the stop button is
> being pressed, it's just not being processed).
>
>    on the other hand, for embedded videos like that, if i *right* click
> and select "play at youtube", it will take me to the youtube page and
> play perfectly fine.  so it's apparently something about the
> embedding.  thoughts?
>
> rday
>
> p.s.  when the embedded video is non-responsive, that typically
> includes the X to make the google ad go away as well.
>

I had the same problem in Firefox and Opera, but not in Chrome.
After disabling 'visual effect" (setting it to 'none') the problem went 
away. As an added benefit the whole system became a lot more responsive.

HTH
Kaj Haulrich.
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