Tech Support needed: movies won't play in browser anymore

[krunchyfrogg]

I don't know what's wrong with my computer, but I tried going to a few sites where a movie would play for me on the site, but it doesn't work anymore, although I still get sound.

For example, I can't look at my Viking Kittens, Old Spice commercials or Dancing Bananas anymore, but I still hear the music playing.

How can I fix this annoying problem?

 

[The_lurkeR]

Those are Macromedia Flash based, you probably just need to install the player again.

Link:

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

 

[krunchyfrogg]

Thanks, I tried that already though.

I did notice something: I think it's the Firefox browser I use. I tried opening these pages in IE and they worked. I don't know how to get them to work in FF though.

 

[XCorvis]

You don't use adblock, do you? You might have accidentally blocked all flash. Check that first.

From within firefox, visit the previously mentioned page, download and run the installer. If you visit the page in IE, it installs flash for IE only.

If it still doesn't work, uninstall firefox and reinstall the latest version. All of your personal settings (bookmarks, etc...) will still be there. After reinstalling, you might have to reinstall flash.