Hi John, Main Causes and Solutions for YouTube Videos Not Playing
1. Browser is outdated. No matter what kind of browser installed on your Mac/PC/iPad iPhone (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE and more), you should consider whether your browser is outdated or not when YouTube videos not loading. It is right that YouTube video black box will not give you a technology notice like: Old Firefox version detected, please update your Firefox to 38.0 or higher. Solution: Check your browser's version and compare it to the latest one. If it is not the latest version, then you should upgrade it following the browser update instruction. 2. Haven't installed Adobe Flash Player. As experienced YouTube users, they know it is a must to install Adobe Flash Player which is a plug in used by YouTube web browser. And Adobe Flash Player streams most of YouTube videos. For someone first came to YouTube, he/she will ignore Adobe Player installation note because they believe this is an unsafe download. And for some inexperienced YouTube users, they probably will encounter YouTube videos not playing too since they are unaware of the importance of constantly updating Adobe Flash Player plug-in. Solution: Install Adobe Flash Player plug-in when you came to YouTube site at the first time; update Adobe Flash Player according to its prompt. Also see: How to fix YouTube not loading problem <safari-reader://www.macxdvd.com/mac-dvd-video-converter-how-to/how-to-fix-youtube-loading-problem.htm>; Fix YouTube no sound/audio issue <safari-reader://www.macxdvd.com/mac-dvd-video-converter-how-to/no-sound-on-youtube-videos-problem-fixed.htm> 3. Over-estimate video quality. Certainly, everyone favors the high quality video. For making users having the best viewing experience, YouTube allows people to freely adjust video quality from low to high. Sometimes, it is feasible. But, YouTube videos won't play if your selected video quality is higher than its original upload quality. To be specific, some videos were recorded based on the standard definition so that they are not available in the high definition. Solution: In this kind of case, it is wise for you to change the quality of the video. You can go to the gear icon and select the quality that you prefer. By the way, you'd better watch YouTube video with its default video quality for avoiding of YouTube videos not showing. 4. Too many cache and cookies. It is no doubt that too many cache and cookies will also lead to video not playing on YouTube. Therefore, users should pay the same attention to cache and cookies. Solution: Clear cache and cookies and then restart your browser to play YouTube videos again. 5. JavaScript is disabled. Maybe many people don't know what JavaScript is. But, it doesn't matter; you just need to know JavaScript must be enabled in your browser for purpose of keeping away from YouTube videos not playing. Solution: Enable JavaScript before you play YouTube videos. Read: YouTube Playback Error Tackled <safari-reader://www.macxdvd.com/mac-dvd-video-converter-how-to/youtube-black-screen-black-box-playback-error-fixed.htm> Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage El Capitan OS X 10.11.6 > On 13 Aug 2016, at 9:50 AM, John Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello list members, > It has been a while since I last posted but do still follow/ > > My problem is a reletively recenty one, only started occurring in the last > couple of weeks. > I receive several youtube clips from different, but trusted, areas and am not > able to open the video clip. I have checked all the Safari settings and > preferences I can find but to no avail. The sites request an update of Adobe > Flash Player which I have done several times. > Can anyone shed any light on what may be causing this problem? > > Regards > > John Thompson >
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