Youtube/Firefox Foulup??

[Basil Chupin]

On 20/01/12 13:35, John Graddy wrote:
> A friend sent me the following:
>
> *Subject:* What a beautiful voice!!! Check this out!!!!
>
>
>     Please listen to this beautiful song and the amazing voice of
>     Jackie Evancho.
>
>
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foUrBztgzZA
>
>
>
> If I click on the link, I go to youtube in Firefox and nothing is 
> downloaded/played.

Be more specific. You DO get Firefox and you get taken to YouTube with 
that video on the screen but nothing plays? OR you don't get Firefox and 
the only thing you have on screen is the message your friend sent you 
with that link?


> I I go directly to youtube, search for "jackie evancho to believe". 
> and click on the link that youtube presents, the video plays perfectly 
> in firefox.
>
> If I bring up firefox  before clicking the link in the email, the 
> video plays perfectly in firefox.
>
> I am running a clean install of Ubuntu 11.10 with all updates installed.
>
> I believe that this started after the last batch of updates (January 16?)

Is Firefox set as your default browser?

BC

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