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

[Kaj Haulrich]

On 2010-05-18 12:27, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 18 May 2010, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>>
>>> 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.
>
>    huh ... that seems to have cured it (if you accept evidence
> consisting of a data point of precisely one).  is this a known
> bug/issue/feature/annoyance?

Yes, it's a bug/annoyance. Lots of complaints in the forums and lots of 
funny solutions - like clicking the arrow like a Gatling gun. My 
solution is simple, and I don't use the 'visual effects' anyway...

Kaj Haulrich.
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