very informative Steve, thanks.
Are buttons like play, pause, stop, forward, back and volume more accessible
with the html5 player?
I find I only get those buttons on some youtube videos, maybe 30 per cent.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 12:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: YouTube
Yes, I've given up on Adobe's Flash player. It is unreliable, fraught =
with security exploits, and now unnecessary to watch Youtube videos as =
long as you enable HTML5 in Internet Explorer. I don't know if you can =
do this in earlier versions of IE, but it certainly works in IE 11.
I'll describe some other potential workarounds below.
To enable the HTML5 player in youtube:
1. Open https://www.youtube.com/html5
Click on the "request HTML5 player" button. =20
Most, but not all videos, will play with html5 on Youtube. =20
If you run across the odd one that doesn't, then you can put Youtube =
into compatibility mode which disables the html5 player. But, then, =
you'll have to do a lot more troubleshooting into why your flash player =
doesn't play the videos.
Here's some brief things to consider:
1. Revert Flash to a previous version. Adobe is aware of issues with =
some of the latest releases, but they shoould be addpressing this if =
they haven't already with Version 17. But, if you just started having =
the problem, reverting might be an option if you accept the security =
risks.
See Adobe's page on installing an earlier version of Flash
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4487439
You can see which version of Slash you are using at=20
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
After you install your version, you can download an older version at =
the flash archive page.
Second, make sure you have Enhanced Protected Mode turned off in IE =
Options. It is in the Advanced area, near the bottom, on mine if you =
scroll up from the bottom there are 24 items and it is 11.
I have Flash disabled on my IE11 browser, I don't have the freezing =
issues I did with Flash. If I absolutely have to go to a page that =
needs Flash, I use Firefox which I use as an alternate browser with the =
flash plug-in. =20
Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Pat Byrne=20
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: YouTube
Good point Colin. i've done that a couple of times recently and,=20
sadly it didn't fix the issue.
patAt 12:43 PM 6/9/2015, you wrote:
>sounds like you need to update your adobe flash player.
>That is usually what causes this kind of thing.
>The adobe flash installer is now accessible so it's a breeze to update.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
>Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 10:56 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: YouTube
>
>I have tried to open several different YouTube videos recently of =
different
>types of antennas and other ham related videos, but I cannot get them =
to
>play. I used to be able to listen to them on this computer, but =
something
>changed, and I can no longer open up and play YouTube videos. I'm using
>Windows 7 with the most recent version of MSIE. It seems like it might =
be a
>file association issue, but that is my best guess. Do any of you have =
any
>recommendations on how I can solve this problem?
>
>
>
>Ron, K8HSY
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