Flash Media Element

Hello CB,really hope you may be able to help me with this one. I have done plenty of testing and messing about with Firefox and still can't find a solution.

FYI I dont use YooTheme like a previous poster on the issue, and therefore don't have "WidgetKit".

I basically have 2 sites similar set-up. Both use CB Activity. When I paste in a YouTube Share Url using Firefox 47 as my browser -> one acts as expected and the other doesn't.

Notes: I have tried using F12 there are no JS errors shown, I have turned on Joomla error reporting and debug where to my knowledge nothing is flagged. I have tried switching templates to Beez3 and the result is the same. I have used a different laptop and same results.I have used Firefox in safe mode and same results. Both work as expected with Chrome.

The results of F12 -> NET -> Plugins is attached. The first one is the site where this works fine and the second it doesn't work. Doesn't work - meaning it pulls the info i.e. title of video, contols show including large play button, but shows black screen.

Extra notes: weirdest thing is the site where the video won't show HAS actually shown the video on occasion e.g. once today as first viewing after logging in. Reloaded page and it wouldn't work again. I have updated my firefox plugins e.g. flash player, firefox is most recent. I have tried an additional plugin where I can choose flash or html5 for viewing. I have also updated CB and all CB plugins and modules today on each site.

I suspect it has something to do with flashmediaelement.swf. I'm at a complete loss, do you have any suggestions?
Edit: the one that works has an SSL certificate - is this maybe the difference?

Does the same URL work when using the linking feature in CB Gallery? or in CB GroupJive with GJ Videos?

The flash usage is being removed completely however. Next CB Gallery release is all native HTML5. GJ will be next then built in video output in CB Activity will shortly follow.

Thank you Kyle. I should have covered these in original post, as had already tested and I was referring to the linking feature originally - which then displays the video in the activity stream.

The same results are shown for Groupjive Video (it shows with a black screen).

I will use Firebug on the GJ page and see if any clues emerge.

Edit: forGJ it is the same story as the above attachments under the Net -> Plugins is where I see a difference, the website where this doesn't work doesn't include the youtube.com domain or the s.ytimg.com domain but does have extra flashmediaelement.swf url's listed).

Seams to be an issue specifically on your site. Either a conflict from something else installed or server configuration issue. You may have a browser extension that could also be blocking the SWF, but shouldn't be likely given you've another site working fine. Try clearing browser cache completely then see if issue persists (the 304 header means the SWF was locally cached).

Thanks Kyle. They both use the same server provider, same setup. I tried Firefox in safe mode and on another laptop with few extensions. There is actually 3 sites all similar, 2 have this issue.

I cleared the cache and the only change was a 200 ok status. Videos still don't show.

Feel you are out of ideas, only other thing I can try is to get an SSL certificate and see if that is the difference. If anything else comes to mind please let me know.

Hello Kyle, my suspicion was correct, I enabled an SSL certificate and it now works as desired. Maybe this good intel for you and/or other users.

May I ask a quick one on the controls css?Just while I'm here and relevant material is already present on the post. Re: I get a blue background around the controls of the video, when it should ideally be transparent

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Looking at 'computed' it takes the blue from inline:7 while: .mejs-controls .mejs-button button in media.css is the ideal candidate but comes in second.

Screenshot attached. I tried adding !important to the media.css but just this makes 3 play buttons for play,volumn and fullscreen - but does get rid of the blue. Said I'd ask at least, try to present it well, as you know the workings inside out maybe you have something off the top of your head. Can I make .mejs-controls .mejs-button button, stronger or something I wonder or maybe it's the last "button" that throwing it.

Kind regards