Now that I re-read your original post, this sounds like the trouble I have long had with embedded videos with the vimeo label on them, I gave up on them a long time ago. Next time I see one, I'll look for that "Pop Up Player" button you mentioned though it may be from an add-on you are using that I do not. On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:28 AM, mz wrote: > On Thursday 25 August 2011 08:28:11 you wrote: > > I'm having trouble viewing embedded flash videos in Firefox 6.0 and could > > use some advice. > > > > I've got a dozen extensions for FF, including NoScript 2.1.2.7rc2, > > Flashblock 1.5.15.1, Adblock Plus 1.3.9, Ghostery 2.5.3, and others. I'm > > also using Shockwave Flash 10.3 as the plugin to view flash videos. > > > > After allowing the appropriate java scripts and clicking the Flashblock > > play, everything seemed to come up fine to play the video. When the play > > button for the video is clicked, it changes to the pause button, but the > > video does not download. Reloading the page without the browser cache > > makes no difference. However if the "Pop Up Player" button is clicked, a > > second FF window is opened, and everything works fine. > > > > I don't think it should matter, but I'm using openSUSE 11.3 w/ KDE 4.4.4 > > > > Any suggestions about what might be preventing the video from playing in > > the original page or what to look at? > > > > TIA, > > Mark Z. > > Something else is going on rather than problems with Firefox v6 in > attempting to play the embedded video. Unfortunately, I don't know what > it is. The reason I don't think it's FF is that I downgraded to FF > v3.6.20, tried Chrome, and then Opera, and the problem remained. It must > be something I've done or haven't done that's preventing the video from > playing. > > At least this prodded me to try a couple different browsers. Neither > Chrome nor Opera impressed me. Both are missing at least one of the > add-ons I rely on and are missing options or have clumsy methods for > implementing options I'm used to, so I went back to FF v6. > > Mark Z. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson