Youtube videos with black screen in safari

[pinkgimp]

Hi,

since i upgraded to flash 10.2 youtube videos simply don't work in safari 5.0.3 they appear as black screens without the content or controls, but i can see videos just fine on the channels home pages witch is weird.

can someone help???

I had adblock and click2flash installed and uninstalled them but still the same.
I unintalled 10.2 and installed 10.1 but still the same.
I have chrome and firefox and they work fine.
I have been using html5 until i fix this.

[zango]

Hey, I'm having the exact same problem every since upgrading to 10.2.

I tried resetting safari, reboot my mac, checked for updates, uninstall and reinstall flash, repair disk permissions.

EVERYTHING.

Nothing works, yet the videos work in chrome and firefox, and they also work where they are embedded on a page. They just don't work on the actual youtube.com/link

[extremei5]

I'm having the exact same problem and not sure what to do to try and fix this issue

[pinkgimp]

good to know that i'm not the only one.
i've been using html5 until there is a fix..

http://www.youtube.com/html5

[zango]

Except HTML5 on youtube doesn't allow you to play any videos youtube throws an ad on... bs

[jeff3221]

I am having this problem too. Anyone know how to solve it?

[ms.annette]

I'm having the same problem!

[Hyde244]

I'm having the exact same problem.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1097896

I smell a major screw up on Youtube or Adobe part. This problem seems to transcend any one Mac, and is effecting a much larger group.

[Hyde244]

Alright, here's a fix. You need to set your Safari to open in 32 bit mode.

Originally Posted by timothy632

I had the same damn problem, what worked for me was to set safari to 32bit mode. open application folder>right click on safari icon>select get info> check box that says 32bit mode> restart safari it should work.

google must have changed something on youtube, because it was just working fine yesterday, and the apple support forums are going crazy. If that don't work you can look here.

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.j...ID=876&start=0

Hope that helps.

Let me know if that works.

[pinkgimp]

running on 32bit mode works!
but this is no fix i want to be able to run safari on 64bit for better performance.

interesting to know if this problem comes from youtube, flash or safari..

[pinkgimp]

someone on the apple forums shared a link to an impressive safari extension!
i'm back on 64bit mode and using this extension... don't think i need flash after all.

Hey guys,

Even though i am also having this issue (with only 1 of my computers) i am putting the issue down to Youtube. I was able to find a workaround though.

http://www.verticalforest.com/2010/1...be5-version-2/

This link allows you to view the youtube content in HTML5 embedded video rather then using the default youtube controller. Install the Safari Extension by first downloading and clicking and dragging into the Safari window. Check your preferences to make sure the extension is installed, and refresh the YouTube page if needed.

Hope this helps

[Hyde244]

Though that does work, it does kill the player size.

Hmmmf, if only Youtube would oh, I don't know, work!

[Itogator]

I am having the same problem. I reinstalled flash, restarted everything and nothing is working. This SUCKS!

[Hyde244]

Well I've decided to stick with the 32 bit version of Safari for now, and hope a fix comes along.

Be sure to submit a bug report for the blank Youtube pages (use the bug button in the toolbar) to Apple so that they can at least have your trouble on record.

[shakeman0]

I was actually having the black screen issue with Google Chrome and switched back to Safari to avoid the issue.

[stephunee]

This doesn't appear to be just a youtube problem, at least for me. Hulu also just shows a black screen when I try to play videos. Videos from blip.tv and dailymotion have worked fine for me, but those are the only ones I've tried so far.

Hulu's now working for me, I dunno if it was just coincidence that it stopped working for a bit earlier today but I double-checked just now and it's completely fine. Youtube's still a no-go though.

[clactonlad]

I'd also like to throw my hat into the ring and say that youtube is not working for me since the update.

[illegalprelude]

glad? to hear others are having this issue too because my sister is having it and I couldn't figure out how to resolve it. What's odd is that the YouTube clips work if they are embedded in say Facebook but if she clicks on it to go to YouTube and watch it there, she gets the black.

[Hyde244]

Here is a related topic in the official Apple discussions.

Nothing new, but just more evidence that this has been a random problem that has sparked up for many Mac users in the past 4 days.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....10160#13110160

[benhollberg]

This seems odd, YouTube is working fine for me in Safari. I am an 64-bit mode and I use Click To Flash.

[kimmumm]

http://discussions.apple.com/message...ageID=13113935

worked for me

[pinkgimp]

whats interesting is that adobe knew about this and still they released it...

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html

there is also a discussion on the adobe forums:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/792730?tstart=0

there is a beta release that supposedly would fix it "flash square", i tried it and it didn't work.
you can try square here:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/f...ayer10/square/

cant wait for youtube to have a decent html5 player...

[MrVinney96]

I have the same problems, even on Windows (!) It is frustrating.

[gibsonpete]

I joined these forums specifically because of this issue... has no one found a fix then? This royally sucks

[gibsonpete]

Originally Posted by kimmumm

http://discussions.apple.com/message...ageID=13113935

worked for me

AHHHHHH THIS WORKKKSSSSS!!!! Thanks Kim