Shockwave Flash unresponsive, also problems with sound and watching videos

sdrinaz

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Dec 28, 2013
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A few days ago, I started having problems with video and sound on my laptop. No matter what browser I used, videos wouldn't work (like if I go on Youtube, it will play for a couple seconds, then go to "An error occurred. Please try again later."), and sound wouldn't work either. If I opened iTunes and tries to listen to music, it would just freeze. Same with Windows Media Player. If I open the volume control and move it, it doesn't make any sounds, even though it's not muted. It seemed like things were starting to work again yesterday and today, but now it's screwing up again. Plus, another problem showed up - Shockwave keeps crashing, every single time. It's up-to-date, I checked.

Anyone have any idea what's going on? I've tried searching for help, but haven't found anyone who experienced similar problems.
 

seymourbutts

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Jan 12, 2015
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So since this happened around the time I started experiencing this problem, I figured I'd offer you what SEEMINGLY works for me.

I updated firefox to its current new version and then this starting occurring. I would load a video on vine/youtube/vimeo and all of my sound would error, even when I restarted firefox. Sometimes it would kick back on, sometimes it wouldn't until I restarted. I installed a slightly older version of firefox and my sound hasn't given me problems... yet. but I've gone all day without losing my sound.

I hope this helps you.