Not seeing embedded videos

New PC and I'm not seeing the videos that are embedded in the threads or in the social groups, like Song-a-week. It's just a blank area where the video is and nothing happens when clicked on. In the blogs, like Mandolin Mondays, the video shows as a black box but nothing happens when clicked on. I'm guessing this is a security thing with my new pc add ons or something but can't find it. Any ideas? thanks in advance

Browser problem or something to do with the program, Flash?
Try Firefox?

I get the blank box on a lot of the older embedded vids on song-a-week, newer ones are fine, it’s maybe because those vids are no longer on the users’ YouTube accounts? I assume it’s different from your issue.

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Originally Posted by Ky Slim

New PC and I'm not seeing the videos that are embedded in the threads or in the social groups, like Song-a-week. It's just a blank area where the video is and nothing happens when clicked on. In the blogs, like Mandolin Mondays, the video shows as a black box but nothing happens when clicked on. I'm guessing this is a security thing with my new pc add ons or something but can't find it. Any ideas? thanks in advance

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Sorry, missed this one. Not sure what might be the issue. You might try disabling your firewall or virus protection that came with your new PC and then see if the videos show up, but do turn it back on once you test.

I frequently get the black screen on embedded videos.

I generally view the Café in Internet Explorer. If I copy the URL and paste it into Firefox, I can view the video there. Not computer-savvy enough to dissect the problem though.

Some posters embed + paste the link. That way the link works even if the embedded video is black, Oftentimes, however the embedded video does show up in IE.