Is it Just Me Who Can't View Youtubes On A2K?

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Yes, just watched this one on a friend's facebook page:

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpuoO5hqAqA

I can watch it when it is embedded on Facebook, but not when it is embedded on A2K.

Same goes for youtubes posted on Huffington Post. I can watch them there, but have to click on the link to watch them if they are embedded here on A2K.

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@Butrflynet,

That one works for me, too. Sorry I can't be of more help.

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@Thomas,

I'm wondering if it is something to do with McAfee. They've been updating their various flavors of software for about a week now. Every day there has been a new update for either the Security Center, the firewall, the anti-virus or the spam blocker. I've checked all the settings available on each of them to see if the updates turned on or off something that would block A2K's video embedding but don't see anything that pops out at me.

Am interested in hearing from fbaezer to see if he also uses McAfee on his home computer that is having the same problem.

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@Butrflynet,

Could be. I have Norton, so wouldn't be affected by a McAfee problem.

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@Butrflynet,

Maybe try disabling McAfee momentarily while you check the video again? This would certainly indicate whether McAfee is the culprit.

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@Intrepid,

Just did what you suggested and tried viewing Jespah's video post again, but could not do it. I booted my computer and still could not view the video. Have turned all the McAfee programs back on now.

I was really hoping the solution would be that easy.

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@Butrflynet,

I installed Google Chrome temporarily and was able to see the youtube video in Jespah's post. But still cannot see it when using IE 8. Anyone have any suggestions on where to look next?

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@Butrflynet,

How wacky. I'm afraid I'm tapped. I know A2K is built for IE, dunno what, if any, issues have cropped up with v. 8. Perhaps this is one of 'em.

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@jespah,

I usually use Firefox, but inevitably have IE installed, too. No problem with either.

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@Thomas,

Thomas wrote:

I usually use Firefox, but inevitably have IE installed, too. No problem with either.

yeah, me too.

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@jespah,

Okay, here are my current IE 8 settings from the Advanced Options tab. Anything pop out at anyone that I'm not seeing?

Anyone who is using IE 8 and can view youtubes on A2k, would you mind comparing your IE advanced option properties to mine and tell me what's different?

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Advanced IE properties:

Anything listed is NOT check marked. If it is not listed, it is check marked.

Accessibility (everything is checked except):Always expand ALT text for images
Enable Caret Browsing for new windows and tabs
Move system caret with focus/selection changes
Reset text size to medium for new windows and tab

Browsing (everything is checked except):
Automatically check for IE updates
Close ujnused folders in History and Favorites
Display a notification about every script error
Enable Suggested Sites
Enable websites to use the search pane
Force offscreen compositing even under Terminal Server
[Underline lines is checked as Always]
Use inline AutoComplete (outside of Internet Explorer)
Use most recent order when switching tabs with Ctrl+ Tab

International (everything is checked except):
Always show encoded addresses
Send IDN server names for Intranet addresses
Use UTF-8 for mailto links

Multimedia (everything is checked except):
Show image download placeholders

Security (everything is checked except):Allow active content from CDs to run on my computer
Allow active content to run in files on my computer
Allow software to run or install even if the signature is invalid
Check for server certification revocation
Do not save encripted pages to disk
Enable SmartScreen filter
Use TLS 1.0

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Usually I use firefox or opera browsers to download youtube but the download is veryslow so I copy the url onto 'youtube downloader' or 'freedownload manager'. 'youtube downloader' is better but if you get interrupted it ends right there and must repeat the download again for the complete version. The 'free download manager' will carry on loading from where it left off. The download is saved as a 'flv' (flash video) file and you have to convert it to a mov (Apple movie) file using the 'youtube downloader'. Then you can watch at your leisure as a video using Apple's Quick Time Player, Real Player or Windows Media Player.

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@Butrflynet,

It is working on my computer.

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@Butrflynet,

Butrflynet wrote:

I installed Google Chrome temporarily and was able to see the youtube video in Jespah's post. But still cannot see it when using IE 8. Anyone have any suggestions on where to look next?

Look into not using IE 8 and using Firefox instead. Wink

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@Butrflynet,

Am interested in hearing from fbaezer to see if he also uses McAfee on his home computer that is having the same problem.

I have McAfee - no problem here. Sorry Butrflynet.

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@Ticomaya,

IE8 is not the problem. At least, for many of us. Wink

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@Butrflynet,

What version of Adobe Flash are you using?

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@Intrepid,

From an earlier post in the thread:

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I just uninstalled Adobe Flash and downloaded and reinstalled the new version 10. Nothing changed.

I had ver. 9 installed and replaced it with ver. 10.

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@Butrflynet,

Found this page at Adobe with instructions to overcome problems with registry permissions that interfere with installation of Flash. Think I should give it a try?

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/494/cpsid_49419.html

Also, apparently programmers on other sites are having similar problems with it. This is one of the comments about the fix at the above link:

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snowangelicaJune 2, 2009

I followed the instruction, but at the end it didn't make any difference. I am a web developer. The video that I am bringing to my website from the youtube.com, doesn't play when I try to preview it in IE. It plays when I preview in Mozilla, Safari, Opera or Google Chrome, but not in Explorer. The same was yesterday.
Also, the another application I ran, the SlidesHowZilla stopped working. I tried re-install it, but yesterday I was getting a message that Flash Active X plug-in is missing, today I am getting a message that it requires flash.ocx file which is missing.
I run Creative Suite 3.

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@Butrflynet,

I just followed all the instructions on that Adobe troubleshooting page and still cannot view youtube videos that have been embedded in an A2K post.

I cleared cache and temp files and rebooted, with the same results.

Have you seen this other topic I started:

Malware: 20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack code

Does it seem that these problems are related?

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