Any ideas why Twitter videos on this site have suddenly stopped playing on my machine?

[lastlib]

I use Firefox as my main browser, and I click the play button and the video disappears--never plays, nothing re-appears in its frame. Some settings my have changed recently, but I couldn't tell you which ones. I have had trouble getting audio/video feeds from sites like Zoom. So I've played with various settings trying to get that to work.

They will play on Chrome, but not on Firefox. Any ideas/suggestions? I really don't want to use Chrome a lot.

Update: youtube videos play fine.

[global1]

1. I Notice That The Same Thing Happens To Me On Twitter Vids.....

Only I just didn't think of asking for help from DU. Thanks for doing that. Appreciate it. Now I just hope someone will tell the both of us what the problem is and how to fix it.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. Me too.

[sfstaxprep]

3. Me Four nt

[hlthe2b]

11. Me five. Plays on MS Edge (which I rarely use) but you have to click into twitter link for firefox

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I keep forgetting and it is a real irritation.

[Midnight Writer]

4. I'm on Chrome, but Twitter and TikTok videos on this site won't play. Started maybe a week ago.

[4now]

5. They don't play on my desktop with Firefox

[SeattleVet]

6. I had the same problem - are you using AdBlock Plus?

One of the filter sets was blocking Twitter feeds. I disabled that one and things work now.

The one that was killing them was "Fanboy's Annoyance List". As soon as I disabled that one everything started working normally. Pull down AdBlock Plus from the menubar and select "Options" and check to see if you have that set enabled.

[lastlib]

12. Not using Adblock+

[Historic NY]

7. Ck your Javascript , Firefox has instructions

sometime flash player is outdated. Ad blockers also cause some problems

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-common-audio-and-video-issues

[CloudWatcher]

8. Maybe, try this ....

I rarely use Firefox but spent a minute and reproduced the problem. Since I don't use Firefox often, it took the opportunity to brag to me about having blocked some sort of cross-site tracking with it's "Enhanced Tracking Protection." I'm all in favor of blocking cross-site tracking, but it seems to break watching Twitter videos (and animated GIFs) that are linked to by DU.

To fix ...

0) Go to a web page on DU that has a broken video
1) click on the shield symbol to the left of the address bar. You should see a popup window with "Enhanced Tracking Protection" at the top .. including a small toggle button to enable/disable it.
2) Toggle the switch at the top of the panel (turn it off).

This will allow cross-site tracking when Twitter is used from DU. Toggle it back on to revert to being protected.

Btw, the page will reload automatically when you hit the switch, but I had to do additional reloads before it worked.

Disclaimer: this worked for me, once, on a Mac running the current macOS. Your milage may vary.

Reference: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop?as=u&utm_source=inproduct#w_what-to-do-if-a-site-seems-broken

[lastlib]

13. Okay, this worked for me!

Thank you!

[pnwest]

9. Same here on Firefox - didn't think to try

Chrome... wonder what’s up?

[lastlib]

15. seems to be their tracker protection..

Click the shield at the left end of the address bar to see the settings.

[KT2000]

10. can't you just click

the bird in the upper right hand corner ? I have had to start doing that to see those videos.

[lastlib]

14. yes, but that's an extra click and an extra wait......that gets old fast.

I don't have the patience for it with my old slow machine.

[LAS14]

16. Interesting. Mine won't play on Chrome, but they will on Edge. Haven't tried Firefox. Also...

... not really sure which ones do and don't play.