At wits end with google chrome and facebook videos

[Ev0d3vil]

When i try to watch my facebook videos, all i get is a black screen with flash not loading. Tried it with firefox and the video works fine. IE doesnt work too. Uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome + adobe flash player and no luck. Funny enough, my other PC running chrome is able to view the videos. Any help guys? What can i do? It used to work before though.

 

[UsernameIssues]

Welcome to the Seven Forums.

I was under the impression that Chrome had Flash built in - no need to download anything for it.

Uninstall all versions of Flash that you see in programs and features and then restart the computer.

For 32bit IE, install 32bit Flash - open IE and visit here...
Adobe - Flash Player
...to make sure that you have no versions of Flash showing.
You can then install Flash from links on that page.

Do the same for Firefox - open Firefox and visit that same website.

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Welcome to the Seven Forums.

I was under the impression that Chrome had Flash built in - no need to download anything for it.

Uninstall all versions of Flash that you see in programs and features and then restart the computer.

For 32bit IE, install 32bit Flash - open IE and visit here...
Adobe - Flash Player
...to make sure that you have no versions of Flash showing.
You can then install Flash from links on that page.

Do the same for Firefox - open Firefox and visit that same website.

Hmm.. Under control panel you meant? By the way, youtube works fine on chrome and IE too. Only facebook vids dont load for some reason

 

[UsernameIssues]

......Hmm.. Under control panel you meant? By the way, youtube works fine on chrome and IE too. Only facebook vids dont load for some reason

Yes - there. I'm used to having the control panel as a menu...





can you play this video on this page?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3802752155040

...and how about playing them when they are in a light box
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=vb.20531316728

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Ah nope, both black screens with no flash player coming up.

 

[AlterUrEgo]

I got a phone call the other day from my parents saying that they can't watch youtube videos anymore. They have a XPPro machine so I went over there and lo and behold the youtube was a black screen and it wanted a flash player. I installed and reinstalled the flash player but still nothing.
Hmmmm..did a little research and came up with Google Chrome Frame plugin. Installed it and now they have youtube again.
I thought it was a XP thing and part of it is the XP is slowly getting grandfathered but it could work..I dunno youtube works on my Windows7 machine.

Google Chrome Frame

 

[yowanvista]

Add this flag to your Chrome shortcut,

C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe [B]--disable-audio-output-resampler[/B]

Sometimes the sandboxed version of flash player in Chrome won't load on specific systems with the 'speaker fill' option enabled, on some sound won't play, others might see no video at all. The Chrome support forum is full of people having such issues.

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Add this flag to your Chrome shortcut,

C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe [B]--disable-audio-output-resampler[/B]

Sometimes the sandboxed version of flash player in Chrome won't load on specific systems with the 'speaker fill' option enabled, on some sound won't play, others might see no video at all. The Chrome support forum is full of people having such issues.

After the apostrophe or right after the exe without spaces? Keeps giving me errors.

 

[yowanvista]

Add this flag to your Chrome shortcut,

C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe [B]--disable-audio-output-resampler[/B]

Sometimes the sandboxed version of flash player in Chrome won't load on specific systems with the 'speaker fill' option enabled, on some sound won't play, others might see no video at all. The Chrome support forum is full of people having such issues.

After the apostrophe or right after the exe without spaces? Keeps giving me errors.

One space after the .exe


Go in 'chrome://plugins' and check whether the Flash plugin is enabled, check 'Always Allowed'

 

[Ev0d3vil]

I'm getting the error, the name ........... chrome.exe --disable-audio-output-resampler specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct. Any clue? Cant apply changes.

 

[yowanvista]

I'm getting the error, the name ........... chrome.exe --disable-audio-output-resampler specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct. Any clue? Cant apply changes.

Try creating another shortcut and add the flag just after the chrome.exe"

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Alright, added the tag behind, but, only after the apostrophe and then no errors surfaced. tried the fb videos again, still the same thing, bleh, black screen.

 

[UsernameIssues]

Ah nope, both black screens with no flash player coming up.

Okay, thanks for going thru those steps.

You might want to try the "Fixit" on this page:
Playing video files crashes or freezes Internet Explorer - Windows
I know that the problems listed are not what you are seeing but one of the things that this particular Fixit tool does is to check for corrupted codecs.

Test all of your browsers using the links below after running that Fixit.

What antivirus and firewall tool are you using?

In Chrome, please open a page in the incognito mode and try those public videos again.
The Things That Connect Us | Facebook
Facebook's Videos | Facebook

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Ahhh, still no luck Whatever google chrome is showing me is what IE is showing me too. Only firefox seems to work for my fb videos..


Edit: Now even firefox has given up on me. Stupid flash.

 

[A Guy]

Two things to try:

PROBLEM SOLUTION:
1. Go to any youtube video.
2. When the audio starts playing and you don't see anything click the icon
that says "pop out" which should play the video in its own window.
3. Right click in the new window and select "settings."
4. Click on the tab with the computer screen and uncheck the "Enable Hardware acceleration." option.
5. That's it!

( Source )

Or, try disabling googles built in flash only (2nd link)

http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-mail/260804-chrome-freezing-up.html#post2153879

A Guy

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Ok great. Even restoring my notebook back to factory conditions, the damn video(s) still doesnt work. I assume its a problem with flash no?

 

[A Guy]

So, all browsers, and none will play flash videos? Do they play sound? Try viewing a video in Safe mode with networking

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/69585-safe-mode.html

A Guy

 

[Ev0d3vil]

Still doesnt play. So i assume its a flash problem. Sigh

Edit: Swapped back to an earlier flash version and Mozilla is able to play it again. Chrome and IE still doesnt work.

 

[Ev0d3vil]

By the way, could it be one of the programs lenovo pre installed conflicting with it? I've installed the same version of flash player as my desktop. Desktop's all browsers work. Laptop's IE and Chrome doesnt..

 

[UsernameIssues]

...could it be one of the programs....

one way to find that out:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ation-conflicts-performing-clean-startup.html