Every Internet user uses video materials in one way or another. A person can watch something, post it, watch online broadcasts. And very often the video serves as a source of information in social networks. What should the user do if video files suddenly stop playing in the browser? And audio files are read through time?
The root cause of any disconnection of the video signal and the playback of video files are problems with the flash player. There are several of them:
So, to play any video file on Internet pages, so that there are no conflicts on a computer or the same laptop, there must be a plug-in Adobe Flash Player. You can and should download it on the manufacturer's official page, and you can always download the updated version there.
To do this, just go to the site by clicking on the Adobe button. When the dialog box opens, the user can be automatically redirected to home page, and an English-language site. To do this, you need to select your country and your language at the bottom of the page.
Then on the top panel you should click products and in the right part of the window under the download button, select the desired plugin.
After that, in the window that opens, the user will be prompted to select the operating system installed on him and the browser used. The Download button will then become active and can be clicked.
After that the download will start. setup file. This plugin plays not only video, but also audio. Therefore, if some audio files suddenly disappear in any social network - VKontakte or classmates, become inactive or video files do not play, then this may be a plugin update problem.
The update follows the same pattern. You need to go to the official website, choose to download the same program and select the parameters of the browser and operating system. After that, a new, more advanced one will be written over the already installed plugin. But it needs to be launched correctly so that it correctly plays video and audio, and not only on social networks (contact, facebook, etc.), but also on such popular resources as Youtube, Rutube, etc.
To download such a plugin, it is enough to double-click on the downloaded file in the download folder. After that, the program will ask you to run the file, you should answer yes.
After that, the program will specify whether the user wants to install all updates, the user selects the necessary options and clicks the next step - Next.
After that, the download process will go through, at the same time it will start updating or installing optional McAfea antivirus application security scan . If desired, it can be disabled by clicking on the cross.
After that, a full loading bar and a finish button will appear. After clicking it, the plugin is installed on the computer. After that, it is recommended to reboot and try to play audio and video files in different browsers.
After updating the plugin, you can simply exit the browser or reload too.
It happens that the plugin settings are automatically reset in the browser. And in this case, the video is either loaded for a very long time and to no avail, or does a white window appear with a question to enable hardware connection before launching? In this case, the user must press ok or yes again, and the video will start again.
Moreover, the opposite rule also works, if the checkbox is checked, then it can be removed from the hardware connection and see if the video will work.
You can call this menu by clicking on the unplayable video, right-clicking and clicking options.
One of the most bug-prone browsers are Opera and Internet Explorer. And therefore, if such errors occur, you need to try to update the browser.
The reasons causing a conflict between the browser and the plugin are called:
Therefore, the reason in the browser is not so frequent, but still, such conflicts can block video playback.
The first thing the user will have to do is to check if the same video plays in another browser. If yes, then you need to clear the cache and refresh the browser so that there are no conflicts. You can download the update on the official pages of each browser - Yandex, Google Chrome, Opera.
In different browsers, this requires a different sequence of actions. So in Mozilla browser you need to select settings, privacy, and select delete all recent history and in the window that opens, tick cookies and cache and click ok. After that, you can restart the browser and try to play the video again.
After such procedures, all passwords on any forum, social network, where the user has visited before, will be cleared. Therefore, you will have to re-login to any site that requires it.
If the user has recently updated the operating system, then it may well be that the new operating system has incomplete or outdated drivers and they conflict with the new operating system. This reason for refusing to scroll through a video is not as common as others, but it does happen.
The user can also download drivers for his video card from the official website of the video card manufacturer. Documents for a computer or laptop will help determine the video card.
So drivers for the Nvidea video card can be found. And so on practically any type of video card.
If an integrated approach did not help, and all these procedures did not help to play the video, then the last reliable option is to scan the entire system for viruses. And it’s better not to use the antivirus that the user has by default. One of the simplest and most reliable antivirus programs available to everyone is Avast. Easy to download, even easier to run. And it detects viruses very well.
If this does not help, then the reason may be a breakdown of the equipment and you will have to call the wizard.
What to do if Adobe Flash Player is not working?
Many have installed Adobe Flash Player, but not everyone knows what kind of program it is, how it works, and what is the general principle of flash technology.
Most often, the first acquaintance with the program begins as follows: games stop running on your computer, video and audio do not play, or on some sites the menu stops responding when you click on any sections. Usually, in order to find out what caused all this and return it as it was, you start doing the appropriate.
Most likely, they will immediately tell you that some Flash Player has crashed or is simply outdated. And accordingly, in order to solve the problem, you will be offered to download updates or completely remove it from your computer and download it again.
The reason may also be hidden in the Player plugin settings themselves in the browser you downloaded. But all this is said only in general view, so it can be difficult for an inexperienced user to understand and fix the problem. Therefore, in this article we will consider in detail the issue installing, configuring, updating and uninstalling programs on your computer.
How to update Flash Player
In some browsers, the Flash Player plugin comes pre-installed and is automatically updated when the engine itself is updated. A prime example is the popular Google Chrome browser. But for a number of reasons, even here it can turn off. How to fix this situation, we will describe a little below.
The player has a system module that can keep track of available updates. You may have already seen the window that appears when you turn on the computer, which prompts you to install them.
It is best not to ignore the available options, as they may be security related updates that will save your device from any infection. Application developers regularly look for all possible security holes and try to quickly close them. Therefore, if you see such a window, feel free to update.
There is even a special Surfpatrol extension suitable for all types of browsers. It will inform you that there are outdated versions of any applications and plug-ins in the operating system.
If you don't want to install additional extensions but want to know the latest version of Flash you or not, then there is a way to do it through the official developers. To do this, go to the page //helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html and click "Check Now".
However, the player in your browser may suddenly stop working. Let's figure out what to do in such a situation.
Flash player installation
by the most in a simple way will go to the Adobe player page and click on the "Install" button. This will detect your operating system and browser version.
If this information turned out to be incorrect, then click on the link "I need a player for another computer." There you can already choose what you need.
If you use the Google Chrome browser, then you do not need a separate installation, but you can download the Adobe® Flash® Player system model.
Most of the time this is enough. But if the problem is not solved, then there can be various reasons for this. In this case, it is best to completely reinstall the flash player. To do this, close all browsers that you have open. After that, click "Start", select "Control Panel" and click on the "Programs and Features" button. In the list that appears, find the desired line and remove the program or plugin. Then you should go to the official website of Adobe Flash Player and reinstall it. This should help.
How to uninstall flash player?
Sometimes the problem remains even after such manipulations. In this case, you should use special program Uninstall Flash Player from the official developer, which will completely get rid of the "tails". This can be done like this:
Inclusion Flash plugin player in browser
If the flash stopped working, then in addition to the above method of removing the player from operating system and installing it again, you can delve into the browser settings. So, Adobe Flash Player is a plugin, so sometimes it can simply be disabled. That is, to solve the problem, you just need to turn it on. Let's see how to do this, depending on which browser you are using.
Google Chrome: V address bar command must be entered
Then press the Enter button on your keyboard. After that, a page will appear that will display a list of all plugins installed in the browser. You only need to find the line with Adobe Flash Player and see if it is enabled or not. If it is disabled, then click the "Enable" button located opposite it.
If it is enabled, but videos are not played (as well as audio), and the menu of some sites is not available, then find the "Always allow" field and check it.
Yandex browser: here the procedure is identical to the previous one (this is due to the fact that both browsers have the same engine). The only difference is that you need to enter the following command in the address bar:
browser://plugins
Opera: if you have the latest versions of the browser installed (older than 12), then use the same method that we described for Chrome, that is, call the plugin window and check if the player is enabled or not.
Mazila Firefox: you should select the button with three horizontal stripes (located on the top right), and in the menu that opens, click on the "Add-ons" item. A page will appear with the "Plugins" tab on the left side. Next, you need to find the line Shockwave Flash (this is another name for the same flash player). Then, as in the previous options, check if it is enabled and, if necessary, change the plugin status to "Always enable".
Internet Explorer: activating the player is somewhat more difficult in this browser. The description of this process will turn out to be too cumbersome, so it will be easier and clearer to watch a video that shows the procedure in detail.
If neither reinstallation nor enabling the plug-in in the browser brought any results, and you still cannot open videos, listen to audio and select menu items on some sites, then you will not be able to deal with this issue on your own. Therefore, feel free to ask for help directly from the developers, describing your problem in detail.
One of the most popular browser plugins that many users use is Adobe Flash Player. This plugin is used to play Flash content in browsers, which is quite a lot on the Internet today. Today we will look at the main reasons that affect not Flash performance player.
A variety of factors can affect the performance of Flash Player, but the user is most often to blame for problems when displaying Flash content. By identifying the cause of Flash Player not working in a timely manner, you can fix the problem much faster.
One of the most common causes of Flash Player not working in any browser used on the computer.
IN this case in order to solve the problem, you will need to check for updates for your browser. And if updated versions for the web browser are found, they will need to be installed.
Following the browser, you must also check the Adobe Flash Player itself for updates. If updates are found, be sure to install them.
Probably, in your browser, the plugin has simply been disabled. In this case, you will need to go in your browser to the plugin management menu and check the Flash Player activity. How given task implemented for popular browsers, previously described on our website.
In Windows, system failures can often occur, due to which some programs may not work correctly. In this case, we recommend that you reinstall Flash Player to fix the problem.
But before you install the new version of this software, the old one must be removed from the computer, and it is desirable to do this completely, capturing the remaining folders, files and entries in the registry along with the program.
After completing the removal of Flash Player, restart your computer, and then proceed to download and install the new version of the plugin, be sure to download the distribution kit only from the official website of the developer.
To do this, open the menu "Control Panel" and then navigate to the section "Flash Player" .
In the window that opens, go to the tab "Additionally" and in block "View data and settings" click the button "Delete everything" .
Make sure you check the box next to "Delete all data and site settings" and then click the button "Delete data" .
Considering problems in the work of browsers, we often focused on the fact that the cache of a web browser can be the cause of many problems. A similar situation can arise with Flash Player.
To clear the cache for Flash Player, go to windows string search and enter the following search term into it:
%appdata%\Adobe
Open the folder that appears in the results. This folder contains another folder "Flash Player" to be deleted. It is recommended that you restart your computer after uninstalling.
Hardware acceleration can slightly reduce the Flash Player load on your browser, but at the same time, it can sometimes cause problems when displaying Flash content.
In this case, you will need to open any page in the browser that contains Flash content (it can be a video, an online game, a banner, etc.), click on the content right click mouse and in the displayed context menu go to point "Options" .
Uncheck the box "Enable hardware acceleration" and then click the button "Close" . After completing this procedure, it is recommended to restart the browser.
Especially given reason concerns browsers in which Flash Player is already embedded by default (for example, if Flash Player does not work in Chrome, Yandex Browser, etc.).
In this case, you will need to uninstall the browser, and then download and install its new version. To do this, open the menu "Control Panel" , set the display mode in the upper right corner of the window "Small Icons" and then navigate to the section "Programs and Features" .
Find in the list installed programs your browser, right-click on it and select "Delete" .
After completing the removal of the browser, restart your computer, and then proceed to download and install the new version.
We hope that in this article you were able to find the answer to the question why Flash Player does not work in Yandex.Browser and other web browsers. If you still can't solve the problem, try reinstalling Windows- although this is an extreme way to solve the problem, in many cases it is also the most effective.
It should be noted that the culprit of the problem of the impossibility of viewing and interacting with interactive content in 99% of cases is not a social network as a web resource and the content hosted there, but the software installed on the user's computer. Let's deal with the main reasons for the inoperability of the platform.
Flash Player may function incorrectly in any browsers and when opening various pages containing content created on the platform from Adobe, and not only when trying to access VKontakte resources.
Make sure that Flash Player is disabled in all installed browsers, and when you open different web pages with content that requires this component to display. If the situation is as described, do the following.
Since interaction with VKontakte resources is carried out through a web browser, the root of the problem of the inoperability of flash content on pages social network may be incorrect operation of the Flash Player plug-in integrated into the browser or the Internet access tool itself.
The reasons for the inoperability of multimedia content created using Flash technology in the five most popular web browsers, as well as ways to eliminate errors and failures, have already been discussed in detail in the articles on our website.
Select the material corresponding to the browser used to access VKontakte, and follow the instructions set out in it.
Read more: Reasons for Flash Player not working and fixing problems with it in Google Chrome , Yandex Browser , Opera , Mozilla Firefox , Internet Explorer
Thus, the reasons for the inoperability of Flash Player should be attributed to software failures, and not to the problems of one of the most popular resources for communication and dissemination of various information - the VKontakte social network. As in many similar cases, the guarantee of stable access to information and its correct display in the browser is properly installed, updated and configured software.
This addition to Internet browsers is one of the most important tools for comfortable surfing and multimedia playback. However, in some cases it is not possible to install Adobe Flash Player. An installation error with a corresponding notification signals this very clearly. What is the cause of the failure and how to fix the situation, read on.
First, a few words about the causes of such errors. Downloading Adobe Flash Player is far from all that is needed for its correct installation, because even the official distribution kit, downloaded from the developer's resource, often does not want to be installed. Why?
Among the obvious failures when trying to install this extension, there are several main ones:
Based on this, we can offer several options for solving the problem with the Adobe Flash Player add-on. An installation error can even pop up because at the time of installation (after downloading the file from the official portal) all browsers must be disabled. This is the first and most important condition.
In some cases, it may not be enough to simply exit the corresponding program. As an additional method, you must use the "Task Manager", in which you should end all processes associated with web browsers (especially if there are several of them in the system).
Equally important is downloading the distribution kit exclusively from the developer's official resource. If from some other unofficial or unreliable source, there will be no guarantee of a correct installation. And in some situations, you can even get a virus.
But that is not all. The file you download for installation must exactly match existing system. In other words, installing an add-on designed for Windows on a Mac system will not work (as well as vice versa).
In addition, there is another aspect related to the Adobe Flash Player extension. Versions for Windows 7 often assume a normal installation only if the system has previous version No. If there is one, it must be removed completely. And for this, it is advisable not to use the system's own uninstaller, which can be accessed in the programs and components section, but to seek help from more advanced utilities like the program iObit Uninstaller, which automatically delete all files and keys remaining after uninstallation system registry. Only after that a new version will install fine.
Another point is that sometimes both the system and the browser require updates. The system should be manually searched for the latest updates, as well as install the latest modification of the web browser itself.
After all the above steps, you need to go to the adobe.com resource and select the link to download the Adobe Flash Player distribution file from below. An installation error may appear later if the restrictions are somehow related to geolocation (for example, such problems can be found in the Crimea).
In this situation, you can simply use anonymous proxy servers to download the file, and completely disable communication at the time of installation.
Finally, another problem inherent in the Adobe Flash Player extension. The installation error can only consist in the fact that the distribution itself is unofficial. Some antiviruses and Windows firewall may block the execution of such files.
As it is already clear, at the time of installation, both components simply need to be disabled, and then enabled again. In addition, when you run the installation file in Windows systems 7 and above you need to use the right click menu with execution as administrator.
Finally, after completing all the installation processes, you should go to the browser extensions section and make sure that installed plugin is active (on). This can be either Flash Player itself or Shockwave Player. In any case, it is not recommended to use both extensions at the same time, although there is nothing wrong with this for most well-known browsers.
If, after all that has been applied as a remedy for problems with the inability to install this plugin, the problem remains, it is very likely that the system will have to be checked for viruses or errors. However, as practice shows, in most cases this is not necessary. In addition, even after installing the add-on, rebooting the system as such is not required.
