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Hi Folks,

I can't run videos from many sites, for example CNN. This is a new problem and I can't pin down what caused it. I am running Windows 7 - 64-bit. Att CNN I can see the Play button (TRIANGLE in the center of the screen) but when I click it the video portion of the screen just displays a blank. The remainder of the screen is fine. This is true for all videos at CNN.

I am using IE 9. 64-bit version.

Any help WOULD be appreciated.
Cheers,
Shanehave you tested on other browsers?Do you have Adobe Flash Player installed?When;s the last time you checked your speed on your web connection ? ?Quote from: 2x3i5x on June 01, 2011, 02:35:38 PM

have you tested on other browsers?

I just tested Safari and it work just fine. Many SITE's videos do run, such as UTube. This has always worked in the past on the same system. I am running high speed DSL on a dual quad Mac Pro with 16MB of RAM, plenty of disk space (430 GB free) and no other application running.

TIA,
ShaneQuote from: talontromper on June 01, 2011, 03:59:15 PM
Do you have Adobe Flash Player installed?
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There is no Adobe Flash Player 64-bit for Windows 7, so at the present time the answer is no.

TIA,
Shane
Chrome 11.0.696.71 has a version of flash built in and works fine with videos. I prefer firefox and use it most of the time, but for to be able to watch videos I keep two browsers open all the time. Adobe has a beta version for 64 bit OS's and browsers named square but I couldn't get it to work so I gave up and just use Chrome for videos.

Even though 64 bit operations systems have been around for a while, apparently nobody at Adobe has ever heard of them.Quote from: rthompson80819 on June 01, 2011, 11:26:18 PM
Chrome 11.0.696.71 has a version of flash built in and works fine with videos. I prefer firefox and use it most of the time, but for to be able to watch videos I keep two browsers open all the time. Adobe has a beta version for 64 bit OS's and browsers named square but I couldn't get it to work so I gave up and just use Chrome for videos.

Even though 64 bit operations systems have been around for a while, apparently nobody at Adobe has ever heard of them.

Based on other feedback I activated the 32-bit version of IE 9 and things seem to be working fine now. What a pain.

Thanks All,
Shane


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