[Psycher]

It is I, bringer of long, boring posts. Kay enough of that. I give, and am registering here for the sole purpose of getting this fixed.

I'll start simple, the problem I have located lies in the new page style for youtube. Most video's allow either the "old page" or the "new *beta* page". Unfortunately for me, the finished product is being released for some users (directors and such).
The error goes beyond just "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player." I can not get any option to work under the video itself (share, favorite, etc...) but I believe I can rate videos. In the past I have not been able to put a text comment either-the typing field simply wasn't there. That one in particular seems to be fixed now.

As for what I've done to fix the problem, everything mentioned on youtube, attempted to get a response out of the youtube staff (like thats gonna happen), and installed flash (including the full version listed here).

This is really only the start. I use Firefox, but IE doesn't get anywhere either. The error console in Firefox (as well as firebug, which is an add-on that's pretty much the same thing) are whats really getting me worried. Usually, I get about 19-20 warning errors (error parsing value for ____..., unknown property 'filter'... declaration dropped) on the youtube pages, but this includes all of them, even the ones that work. Nothing new pops up on the error console on the new pages (the ones that don't work) until...

One of the last few comments suggested turning off my firewall (regrettably, Norton). I believed I had done this before. But oh well. Disable Norton Internet Protection - Refresh page - ... 37 (!) full blown errors along with my 20 warning errors.
These include 1--writeMoviePlayer is not defined; Line: 708
and 36--delayLoad is not defined; Line: 1

I've given up trying to make advice for myself. Theres the situation, what would you do?

[o00Caedus]

i said disable the ad blocking only not like turn off your firewall etc lol

[Psycher]

Tried that too.
Worth mentioning that it has worked in the past. One day it just killed itself. When I found it was a problem with the page itself I got all exited and started posting on some random blogs that I found a problem with youtube lol.
But this makes me think its not an outdated computer or something. Adding to my complete confusion of this mess is that a while back I got infected by some virus that made my comp shut down repeatedly every 3 seconds. We needed to get our computer wiped completely, and when we finally got it back up and running, the page still had the problem. Cruel and unusual...

[o00Caedus]

if you have a profile on youtube log off and see if you can watch videos without using your account, thats another idea...

[Dead Flag]

Registered here after googling the problem. I tried the fix posted in this thread, and it still didn't work. I've tried absolutely everything and nothing has helped!

If it helps, it used to only happen with director's videos and so on, but now it happens with them all.

[blewtube]

I have Norton/symantec firewall and I permitted popup ads for youtube.com but still get error message. I am using firefox and I fixed this once before by selecting "always open in IE tab". That seemed to make a difference before. I did the flash update. If I disable the firewall, it will work, but that is unacceptable of course. I have permitted everything for the youtube.com domain. It seems that I must keep permitting more and more stuff I don't want. My firewall log shows script blocking to http://n4061ad.doubleclick.net which is some tracking that I don't want. There is also a http://static.youtube.com but since I permit all to the base domain youtube.com, this should not be a problem. How can I fix this si I don't have to keep lowering the protection of the firewall?

thanx

[o00Caedus]

as i said at post #32 turn of your Norton Ad Blocking completly not just for one site, you might get a few more annoying adverts but it wont damage your computer.

[Pokiman]

Originally Posted by Dead Flag

Registered here after googling the problem. I tried the fix posted in this thread, and it still didn't work. I've tried absolutely everything and nothing has helped!

If it helps, it used to only happen with director's videos and so on, but now it happens with them all.

Same thing here. Tried every given and possible solution. Installed flash a dozen times, made sure Javascript was enabled, etc. Also managed norton, rebooted comp, etc. Nothing seems to work, Youtube won't play any videos.
Note: Youtube video's embedded in other sites do work.

Anyone know what to do?

[Xtyne]

I downloaded from that site and the Flash Player works but I still can't get Youtube to work and it works when I access Youtube from other people's blogs WHY???
Very frustrated
Any advice??

[Dead Flag]

Okay, I disabled the ad-blocker and now it works fine! Thanks!

[o00Caedus]

glad it helped flag in my view guys its not about if you got the latest version of Flash or Java Scripts etc for many of you guys its your anti-virus's Protection and firewalls i mean if you have Norton get rid of it ASAP its a dam piece of ****, im thinking of Switching to another AV and Internet security program ASAP also, and again try turning of your Ad Blocking and restart your Internet Browser... sadly this is my only answer for this Problem

[johncp1962]

Running Windows XP Media Center

This has been a problem for approx 3 days now. I think I too can correlate it to the new YouTube pages. I have tried it all as well to no avail. uninstalled/installed numerous times (tried many downloads, including softwarepatch.com). Disabled ad/popup blocking in Symantec firewall, disabled the firewall completely. Disabled ad/popup blocking in all browsers (IE7, Firefox 2.0.0.8, Opera 9.01, Avant 10.2). Cleared private data (cache, cookies, etc).

I don't know what version of flash i had when this all started, but I've been reinstalling the 9.0.47. I mainly use IE7 and this has worked up until - well, a few days ago. Works on my wife's computer (she has 9.0.45) - both on my wife's and my computer - objects are listed as "damaged" - I haven't messed with my wife's computer, but i've removed the damage item, uninstalled completely, manually removed the "c:\windows\system32\macromed" folder - I've checked all software settings between my wifes computer and mine - they're all the same. -- This is really starting to tick me off. What the &*(%$ happened in the past 3 days??? Unreal!

Thanks, I needed that.

John

[Tokugawa]

^^ Same thing happened to me, I was on youtube on saturday night and everything was working fine until i went to youtube on monday when i noticed that every single video had the flash message, then i noticed that youtube no longer has the beta trial button, so i think that the new pages in youtube are to blame

[pizzawl]

same with tokugawa

nothing works -- disabling norton popup/ad blocker, reinstalling flash player, trying internet explorer.
nothinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng. i used to be able to watch videos and only some videos had that error message, but now every single one of them doesn't work for me.

[quicksilver0898]

exactly the same thing with me as the 3 above me, monday it hit and i couldnt do anything. i really have no idea what it could be. any help would be greatly apprecitated.

ive tryed so much and still have gotten nowhere. tryed firefox, uninstalling the flash player, restarting the computer.

it might be a problem with XP but my some of my friends dont have this problem, ive got no clue. anyone who finds out the problem, mad props.

thx all