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I can't watch certain youtube videos

Sep 28, 2012 7:42AM PDT

I have a lenovo v570 I uploaded a video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_SZQq80bU i can't watch it loads and never plays some other videos i can't see either i tried watching them on my desktop all of the videos play

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Me too.
Sep 28, 2012 7:46AM PDT
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tried that
Sep 28, 2012 7:51AM PDT

i've already disabled hardware acceleration it's my video i uploaded i'm in the u.s it won't play on my laptop but all videos on youtube play on my desktop

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fixed
Sep 28, 2012 8:03AM PDT

it was fixed by uninstalling then reinstalling flash player

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Go figure.
Sep 28, 2012 8:10AM PDT

Usually that is needed when it's out of date. Can't argue with it but maybe this is why folk are migrating to tablets.
Bob

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I don't get it
Oct 2, 2012 9:46PM PDT

I see your point, however I don't think that installing a new version of flash is such a big deal! Confused