Flash Video Crashes Firefox All The Time

I have performed the FULL uninstall/reinstall (as per Adobe's instrux) at least four times and this has not stopped the problem

Thomas -- here is the dump:

Application: Firefox 3.0.5 (2008120122)
Operating System: WINNT (x86-msvc)

- Extension List Dumper 1.14.1
- Greasemonkey 0.8.20080609.0
- IE Tab 1.5.20081203
- Java Console 6.0.11
- Java Quick Starter 1.0
(Disabled)
- RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 1.0
(Disabled, Incompatible)
- SearchStatus 1.27

Sorry. Here they are. I'm not sure what to do about the RealPlayer Browser Record -- it says it is incompatible with the current version of FireFox, but it is also disabled and FireFox won't let me "uninstall" it. Same goes for the plug-ins below that say "disabled" -- no way to "uninstall" them

Application: Firefox 3.0.5 (2008120122)
Operating System: WINNT (x86-msvc)

- Adobe Acrobat
- AOL Media Playback Plugin
(Disabled)
- Google Updater
- IE Tab Plug-in
- iTunes Application Detector
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U10
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U11
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U11
- McAfee Clinic
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Microsoft® DRM
(Disabled)
- Microsoft® DRM
(Disabled)
- Mozilla Default Plug-in
- Office Genuine Advantage
(Disabled)
- Picasa
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5
- RealJukebox NS Plugin
(Disabled)
- RealPlayer Version Plugin
- RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
- Shockwave for Director
(Disabled)
- Turner Media Plugin 1.0.0.10
(Disabled)
- Windows Genuine Advantage
(Disabled)
- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

By the way, the quick and multiple responses are VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!

I was able to get rid of the RealPlayer ext, but there are several I'm unable to delete or uninstall. But they ARE disabled. In any case, I uninstalled Flash (fully) and reinstalled it. NY Times home page crashed immediately. Here is the latest dump:

Application: Firefox 3.0.5 (2008120122)
Operating System: WINNT (x86-msvc)

- Extension List Dumper 1.14.1
- Greasemonkey 0.8.20080609.0
- IE Tab 1.5.20081203
- SearchStatus 1.27

Application: Firefox 3.0.5 (2008120122)
Operating System: WINNT (x86-msvc)

- Adobe Acrobat
- Google Updater
- IE Tab Plug-in
- iTunes Application Detector
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U11
- McAfee Clinic
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Microsoft® DRM
(Disabled)
- Microsoft® DRM
(Disabled)
- Mozilla Default Plug-in
- Picasa
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5
- RealJukebox NS Plugin
(Disabled)
- RealPlayer Version Plugin
- RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
- Shockwave Flash
- Shockwave for Director
(Disabled)
- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

Yes. I just tried that and went to a page with Flash (on my own site) and FireFox crashed...in safe mode....

I've disabled a number of add-ons and plug-ins and for the past few minutes anyway, I'm not crashing on the usual pages. But this is erratic, because I think it depends on certain ads, etc. I'll see how things go over the next day and report back. Thanks again for your voluminous and speedy help. I hope this moves us toward a solution.

I have the same problem but i dont crash on every site that uses flash so it does not happen that much and as you can see i posted my extensions list dump and I you now how i would like to know how to remove the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0 add on

Application: Firefox 3.0.5 (2008120122)
Operating System: WINNT (x86-msvc)

- Extension List Dumper 1.14.1
http://sogame.awardspace.com/
- InstantAction.com Game Launcher 0.4.1.0
- Java Console 6.0.10
- Java Console 6.0.11
- Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0
http://www.windowsclient.net/
- Move Media Player 1.0.0.071101000055
http://www.movenetworks.com/
- NeffyPlugin Launcher 1.0.0.8
http://www.cdnetworks.com/
- Simple Dyyno Launcher 0.9

DG -- My FireFox doesn't crash all the time either. It tends to crash on certain sites, some but not all of the time. But I think that's because of some ads. I have been told that some advertisers use illegal commands or constructions in their Flash videos -- I'm not sure how that's possible.

I recommend flashblock

Well -- I've given it a day, and I am still crashing when certain Flash file load in -- it seems to be happening mostly on the NY Times home page. Not sure where to go now.

I disabled the flash plug-in for almost a day and did not get any crashes. When I enabled it again, the crashes began. As a test, I then disabled the JAVA plug-ins, but I still got Flash crashes. I have not tried flashblock, because I don't want to have to click things all the time to enable it. Anyway, still a mystery as to why I keep crashing.

Haven't heard any more suggestions about what the problem might be, so I uninstalled FF 3.0.5 and the flash player (in the manner described by Adobe). I rebooted my PC and then reinstalled FF and the plug-in. Still crashing after all these tears.

What to do, what to do????

If you install flashblock, and then add the button to your toolbar (View > toolbars>customize, then drag it to your toolbar), you can then toggle between the "normal" mode (the green dot), and the "block and then click to play mode(red X)". It's not a true fix, but it makes it much easier to deal with the crash-prone sites (use block mode), while not being a pain in properly coded sites (use normal mode).

Latest flash and Adobe player crash every time. OS is generic Linux.
This has been a problem since Firefox 3. Adobe is working with every other browser...why not firefox?

Hi I am getting the bellowed error when i browse my URL. The Firefox crashes with this error report.....

Firefox 3.5.2 Crash Report [@@0x0 ]

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ID: d6931b39-17b4-480d-8f32-05d3d2090907
Signature: @0x0
Details
Modules
Raw Dump
Signature @0x0
UUID d6931b39-17b4-480d-8f32-05d3d2090907
Time 2009-09-07 02:32:32.980898
Uptime 240
Product Firefox
Version 3.5.2
Build ID 20090729225027
Branch 1.9.1
OS Windows NT
OS Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2
CPU x86
CPU Info GenuineIntel family 6 model 15 stepping 2
Crash Reason EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Address 0x0
User Comments
Processor Notes
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494107 RESOLVED During NSS_NoDB_Init(), softoken tries but fails to load libsqlite3.so crash [@ @0x0 ]
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can anybody tell me or guide me how to resolve this issue?

This is a huge problem that Adobe refuses to acknowledge. It just recently started happening to me and I've found onine that MANY others are having this problem. It seems to have started affecting tons more people recently. Maybe it's time content providers find an alternative that works.

I've been dealing with this since early august. I'm fine as long as I have flashplayer disabled. But i really need this fixed, i do school online and my classes require flash. I'm on a mac btw and this has been crashing safari as well. I haven't got a clue about macs but I've tried repairing permissions, uninstalling and reinstalling (properly) flash, and reinstalling FF.

the problem seems to be only on sites that use jw player and they need to address that not adobe or firefox

it just so happens jwplayer is very popular,

Hey same problem here. I have got this problem since 6 months. I have checked many forums but haven't got any answer please help me...

i have the same exact problem... but it isn't just firefox. it's chrome, opera, safari, camino...ive tried downloading almost every browser, but flash is still crashing everything. i cant watch any videos, or else i'll be forced to quit the browser or it will automatically crash.

AND i've uninstalled/reinstalled about a thousand times...doesnt do anything. the problem started with firefox, and chrome was okay for a bit, but then it started affecting everything

me too i have done the same process and got no solution

found a solution: reinstall osx, then do a security update.

and how are we gonna do that? please tell the process.

Got the same problem as you did but paid no attention at first.
Then when a lot of people started having the same issues I decided to investigate.
The problem seems to be in hardware acceleration in newer versions of Flash. (maybe newer drivers would solve this but I think this solution is much simpler)

1. Download Flash uninstaller and run it
2. Download and install Flash 10.1 pre-release at http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/fl...

That should do the trick.

Post your results :)

just tried your fix acko085 - no improvement.

i downloaded the flash uninstaller and ran it.
and i installed flash 10.1 pre-release at your link

even after that, any site with flash video still crashes firefox, safari and opera.

Same problem here, since 1 year ago, flash crashes ALL browsers (crome, ie, safari, matrox....) even windows livr messenger(the banners on botton its flash ... ) and I format many times, I try windows xp, vista, seven, and the problem persists

I've submit many error report after crashes, and I still waiting a solution.

For me, I can always get it to crash on one or more of the CNN money pages.
Isn't there a way to make firefox drop the offending load with an error which doesn't crash the browser?

w0wie

ok

I've had this problem for months. (It started when I installed System 7.) It doesn't matter if I'm running IE, Chrome, or Firefox. I've done the complete de-install, re-install routine. I've tried patches. Nothing works. There is no reliable help out there from anyone. No one has accurately identified the cause of the problem. No one acknowledges that it is a serious problem affecting many, many users. Everyone is fingerpointing. It's maddening.

Just for the record, I have installed the latest Flash version 10.0.42.34 and Firefox version 3.6 -- I am running Windows XP with SP3.

I still get Firefox crashing with certain Flash content -- although I must say less than before. Still it happens. I am beginning to think it may be a problem with certain Flash files that open some kind of memory error. But it's weird.

Here's an example: the other day I tried to watch an episode of "The Daily Show". I would see the opening commercial and then when the program started...crash! This happened 5 or 6 times. So each time I reopened Firefox and tried it again. For some reason, around the sixth iteration, it played okay.

Go figure....

Fixed. but you're not gonna like it... reinstalled OSX (like kristen suggested above) using these instructions:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-...

...it's actually not that bad - and since i did the reinstall i am as good as new - no crashes whatsoever.

if you need a temp solution until you have time to do the reinstall - disable flash in Firefox with the Flashblock add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire...

Flashblock will disable all flash - and let you approve only the flash elements you want played on any page you visit. pretty cool.

I am using WinXP SP3. I am having the same problem with Firefox and Flash esp when I am on the Digg web site. My computer completely freezes. I've taken my computer in to two different computer repair places and they could not figure fix the problem.

I am also having this problem. It seems to have progressed from flash video being stuck on slow with frames freezing and audio sounding like it was filtered through a very scratched up vinyl record to completely freezing firefox as soon as it starts to try to load flash video on youtube or hulu.

I have uninstalled flash and reinstalled-- my version of flash is 10.0.42.34, on Windows7 OS, and firefox 3.5.7

My error report from windows when it tells me that firefox is not responding is:

Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: firefox.exe
Application Version: 1.9.1.3642
Application Timestamp: 4b302c34
Hang Signature: b4e4
Hang Type: 0
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Hang Signature 1: b4e48a80ecd5d24d3b056e6d300f26ae
Additional Hang Signature 2: 8b0a
Additional Hang Signature 3: 8b0a43c140ec3baab437a87ddc1263a6
Additional Hang Signature 4: b4e4
Additional Hang Signature 5: b4e48a80ecd5d24d3b056e6d300f26ae
Additional Hang Signature 6: 8b0a
Additional Hang Signature 7: 8b0a43c140ec3baab437a87ddc1263a6

__________________________________________________________

Any tips on what to do for a fix would be hugely appreciated!

the problem persists,

my error log from firefox crash reporter:

Add-ons: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}:1.1.3,{87F8774F-B485-47E2-A755-A40A8A5E886D}:1.0.7.6,{6AC85730-7D0F-4de0-B3FA-21142DD85326}:2.0.2,{19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}:1.2.1.10,{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}:1.5.11.2,hidemenubar@moztw.org:1.0.20091221,{CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-0013-ABCDEFFEDCBA}:6.0.13,LogMeInClient@logmein.com:1.0.0.496,{75CEEE46-9B64-46f8-94BF-54012DE155F0}:0.3.92,{87F8774F-B485-47E2-A755-A40A8A5E886C}:1.0.7.8,{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}:1.9.9.45,personas@christopher.beard:1.5.1,{02450954-cdd9-410f-b1da-db804e18c671}:0.96.2,tabberwocky@studio17.wordpress.com:1.1,{c45c406e-ab73-11d8-be73-000a95be3b12}:1.1.8,foxmarks@kei.com:3.4.10,youtube2mp3@mondayx.de:1.0.5,{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}:3.5.7
BuildID: 20091221164558
CrashTime: 1265725978
InstallTime: 1262821984
ProductName: Firefox
SecondsSinceLastCrash: 306067
StartupTime: 1265725930
Theme: classic/1.0
Throttleable: 1
URL: http://barbeariaclube.com.br/index.php
Vendor: Mozilla
Version: 3.5.7

so we still got no answer to this issue? thx for the mac fix... but i got a windows.... what should we do then?

Not sure why this is the fix, but download DirectX runtime.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en...

the problem persist here, no changes after the directx ..
by the way... thanks =)

Does anyone have the answer on how to fix this? I have up to date DirectX, Java, and Adobe yet every time I try to go to any site that has flash my web browser crashes instantly. At first I thought it was just Firefox but, it's IE as well.

Crash report:

Add-ons: {ABDE892B-13A8-4d1b-88E6-365A6E755758}:1.0,{E2883E8F-472F-4fb0-9522-AC9BF37916A7}:1.6.2.63,{CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-0018-ABCDEFFEDCBA}:6.0.18,jqs@sun.com:1.0,{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}:3.6
BuildID: 20100115144158
CrashTime: 1267621062
EMCheckCompatibility: true
FramePoisonBase: 00000000f0de0000
FramePoisonSize: 65536
InstallTime: 1265206826
ProductName: Firefox
ReleaseChannel: release
SecondsSinceLastCrash: 521
StartupTime: 1267620543
Theme: classic/1.0
Throttleable: 1
URL: http://www.divxden.com/1bwq8f6cm5yv/_...
Vendor: Mozilla
Version: 3.6

i had this happen today but i fixed it i kept reinstalling and it wouldnt work and i tried everything because this never happened before but then i realized that i didnt check if the one i was reinstalling was for firefox so i found this link

http://download.cnet.com/Flash-Player...

and went from there and then restarted my computer and it stopped crashing!! so glad because it was doing it all day and i had reistalled the browsers and nothing was working

the problem persist here. Again

"Maybe" something will work? Everyone on this thread who has posted a "fix" has been wrong. When will someone stand up and say the obvious, that not one of the software producers has admitted responsibility nor offered a fix to this persistent, incurable problem?

this problem started for me today, and I installed firefox 3.6 today. Have tried uninstalling firefox, reinstalling firefox, uninstalling and reinstalling flash and installing chrome, nothing has fixed this.

I don't care who's fault it is just sort the fricking problem out.

I've discovered the problem while I was developing my own flash video player. There exists the ability to enable *smooth streaming* during video playback. When this is turned on in the video player, Flash Player utilizes graphics acceleration (via DirectX I would assume). Smooth streaming basically takes a video and makes it look smoother to allow better size scaling. When I disable this feature in my code, my browser never crashes, but when I enable it, it ends up crashing all of my browsers sporadically.

The reason why ALL browsers crash is because Flash Player is using your PC's graphics accelerator. Commercial video sites like YouTube, Hulu, etc. would have this feature enabled in their video player code. This is why the Flash Player will crash on most video sites but not all.

Now the key is to get Adobe to recognize this. I've opened a bug ticket in their system.

This is also why some of you who replied to this thread have recognized that upgrading your DirectX drivers have fixed your issue.

The crashing issue started to occur when I updated to Flash Player version 10 and up. Hope this helped.

Thanx Coreyrwest and Eddie. It solved the problem.

there's a way to disable this on our systems?

No my comment was to point out the root cause of the problem (that's what you do when you troubleshoot). The root cause is Flash Player utilizing graphics acceleration when "SMOOTH STREAMING" is enabled by whoever developed the video player.

The solution is to update your DirectX drivers from Microsoft. All who are crashing, are you on Windows XP?

using seven here, but I have this problem since windows xp.

installed the latest directX drivers, and youtube now works! Fankx Eddie, nice troubleshooting there! :)

Installing the latest DirectX drivers is not the fix-all it's claimed to be on this thread. It is no more a "guaranteed" fix than any of the other fixes listed previously. I've done everyhing recommended on this thread to "fix" the problem. It doesn't matter if I'm running Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome, the problem persists. Surely a comment is coming soon in which someone will complain that even after installing the latest DirectX drivers the problem persists. Still, and again, the software developers aren't acknowledging the issue, and no one appears to be concerned with fixing it.

I have the lastest directx instaled on my system, but still crash -_- , windows 7 here

Everyone on this thread who has claimed to have the "fix" is ignorant or lying.

I am using OSX 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard). Firefox (3.6.2) is crashing as soon as any Flash movie loads. If I disable the flash plug-in, totally stable. No problem with Safari or Chrome at all. But I want to be able to use downloadhelper in Firefox. I did not have this problem in October, 2009, so it's due to updates since then.

Richard, don't look for genuine help on this thread.

I have the exact same problem, just installed 3.6 from 2.0.0.4, have the same plugins and addons from 2.0.0.4 and it never crashed, ever.
I seriously don't believe its a Adobe/Macromedia issue, I think its a Firefox issue that THEYRE ignoring-- I'm going back to 2.0.0.4

@Refried, It's not just Firefox. It happens with Chrome and and Explorer, too.

I have no problems with flash 10 r45 on Firefox 2.0.0.4 -- NONE.
IE (6.0.2900) I have no problems either.
(winXP sp3)
Also I might mention, that ff3.6 takes up a considerably more amount of ram and resources than 2.0.0.4 yet produces half the speed and results.
I literally have to open the browser once just to let 3.6 load everything, then close it and restart it to get decent courser/browse/highlight speed for shortcuts.
And the fact that Flash just crashes 3.6 like it's xmas doesn't keep me interested in it one bit or the direction its going.

--I actually registered like 20min ago just to reply to this post, I'm currently testing alternate versions of flash with 3.6 and it produces the same results.

Flash v9 r262 works on FF3.6, I have yet to crash. It may be worth giving it a shot.
However if you try it, be sure to remove all previous versions of flash from both your plug-ins dir and your \WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash dir BEFORE installing.
Do not have any browser windows open while uninstalling/installing.

Hope it helps you, as if all goes well, it may help me stick with 3.6-- we'll see.

Link: http://promagnum.com/files/Firefox%20...

I checked my plugins for needed updates. Then I uninstalled flash, and shockwave director (with the uninstall program from adobe) before installing their latest updates. Also updated java. Somehow *fingers crossed that it will last* I'm now able to watch video without crashing firefox on my Windows 7 laptop.

I started this thread a year ago. Over this period, Firefox and Adobe issued several updates of their products. I have noticed, like ocean waves, there are periods when the Flash Crash happens much less, or much more. I recently upgraded to Firefox to version 3.6.2 and the crashing has increased significantly. However, other users at my location are using exactly the same software (Firefox and Flash) without a problem. This leads me to the inescapable conclusion that it is either my graphics card or some conflicting software on my laptop that is the cause of this. It is an old school Dell Inspiron 8600. My graphics card is an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo.

Interestingly, I have not had this problem with IE at all. However, I can't stand IE, so I just use Firefox with Flash Block.

I would love it if someone found the answer, but I think that by the time that happens, I'll have bought a new computer!

For me, the problem definitely affects all browsers. So I suppose the graphics card or something else related to my computer, not the browser, seems to be the cause. I've got OSX, don't know much about graphics cards, do I need to reinstall the system or is there an easier way?

Same here BeeCee- I run the same exact set of apps / systems here at home as I do at work, yet ev time i play a video here FF crashes, and that does NOT happen at work. Happens to another friend at work, yet not at home- so there is some set of variables at work here. Reproducing / troubleshooting has not worked at home. Kinda learned not to watch vid's at home- which is a damn shame [WinXP SP3 / FF3.0.15 / custom sys - so lots of audio apps] ..... DANG. Will be checking video card / graphics accelorator to see if its that and i think that it will be..........

We've all experienced this. (We're all dump WIntel and migrating to Apple.

"Get Satisfaction!" Couldn't be a worse or more untrue name for this website.

Kevin -- you keep posting negative comments about this thread, about how no one has come up with a fix and that this board is a waste of time. There is an option link at the bottom of your email that reads "Stop following this question". If you really believe that nothing useful can come out of this discussion, then you should click it and you won't be notified every time someone posts a useless piece of information. But perhaps you, like all of us, are hoping that a piece or two of information might shed light on this problem, which is why you keep following the thread. But if not, I (and others I'm sure) would appreciate it if you didn't clutter up our inboxes with double postings and complaints about the board. Thanks.

I just came across this post because I was apparently having the same problem. I doubt it'll be helpful, but I figured I'd share my experience in case it is. I have a MacBook Pro running OS X Snow Panther (10.6.3) and the current versions of Firefox (3.6.3) and Shockwave Flash Plugin (10.0.45.2). Suddenly this afternoon Firefox started crashing. It crashed when I accessed the NY Times, apparently while loading brightcove.com animated advertisements, and it crashed when I accessed The Daily Show. Since these are the main websites I go to, I was devastated. I was all the more devastated when I saw this post. Clearly a lot of very bright people (e.g., BeeCee's posts) who know a ton about computers (e.g., Eddie's post), and no solution. I'm neither of these so felt hopeless. I tried Safari, installed Chrome, re-installed Shockwave Flash and Firefox, but to no avail. After an hour or two of this business, I rebooted, and that seems to have solved the problem for me! Obviously this won't solve everyone's problems (BeeCee has probably rebooted during the year since he opened this post), but I wanted to let you guys know that it appears to have solved my problem in the off chance that this information helps anyone shed light on the broader problem.

If none of the browsers work and none of the player updates resolve the issue, then it's probably your display card driver or setting. Update your driver and/or change your display mode.

i had this problem just few days back, it's very frustrating ... firefox gives a crash reporter error and then quits automatically! i have conducted avira scan and registry scan through Reginout, and finally it's fixed now .. as it was the active-x and the registry corruption behind it ...

Shockwave Flash sucks big time. BTW since it looks like a video-card/drivers related bug, I am using ThinkPad T40 and Xubuntu 10.04.

this has been going on for months for me and the only thing that actually worked was to just uninstall Flash completely.

for me it crashes on every webpage with flash (dailymotion / youtube / googlevideo etc etc) on all browsers I've tried...

latest drivers for gfx card, latest FF, latest directx, complete uninstall/install of shockwave, windows is updated...nothing helps...this problem started today...running win7PRO 64bit..

In Ubuntu it seems to be caused by an error with the audio server. Make sure pulse audio is initiating when you play a flash video. Not having pulse audio, or another supported audio server enabled, will cause Firefox to stop responding until the audio server has been started. Try checking your Firefox configuration file to make sure it is set to use the correct audio server.

If you are having problems with flash only working at certain times, it may be caused by flash bypassing your audio server and defaulting to alsa while another application is using your sound card. If another application, such as a game or music player, is allready using your sound card it is impossible for Firefox to play audio if it is trying to access your sound card directly through alsa.

This is because alsa lacks the capability of handling audio from more than one application, which is why pulse audio is used. Pulse audio handles multiple applications with sound but doesn't know how to access your sound card directly. In order for pulse audio to access your sound card it uses alsa.

It is very important that you have both of these installed and properly configured in order to play audio from more than one application at a time. You may be able fix this by setting the audio server in the Firefox configuration file to your systems default.

Another soloution may be to add yourself to the audio group by typing this in your terminal:
sudo adduser yourusernamehere audio
This will give your username administrative rights for the audio group

Conflicts with your audio server can also cause other browsers to stop working with flash video, If flash is making other browsers crash, I would recommend making sure they are also properly configured to use the proper audio server.

When I narrow down the problem based on the symptoms I'll post a real step-by-step tutorial with all the fancy code and scripts for each of your symptoms. For now I haven't yet figured out what the exact cause for each of the problems is but I'm positive I can have a real solution (for the ubuntu users at least) in the next day or two. Everybody else, sit tight.

all are with questions... I didnt get any satisfaction from here.. my system crashes again nd again. Shockwave flash sucks

jasir what os are you running

Jasir,

If you read earlier posts on this thread, you will see that many people are having this problem, no matter what browser they use. I personally have this problem whether I use IE, Firefox, or Chrome. People have also had this problem over a range of operating systems.

I share your frustration. No one has offered a fix that works--and no one on the software/hardware development side has taken responsibility or identified the problem.

The most knowledgeable and intriguing comment to date, however, was made, I believe, by Kyle Robert Hewitt above. He appears to have a deeper understanding of this issue than anyone else who has thus far commented.

Kyle, I have adjusted the hardware settings so that hardware acceleration is turned off. My experience is flash crashes my computer frequently whether hardware acceleration is turned off or not.

@ kevin
This is turning into quite a melon scratcher.
Sometimes java and flash can cause conflicts with each other, try going to tools then options in Firefox and then unchecking enable java under the content tab. I wish I could come up with a better solution for the windows guys here its been a while since I've used that os. I'll get it installed on a system in the near future and do my own testing then get you guys a real solution instead of just some work a rounds that may or may not work, I just hope my advice isn't a repeat of all the bad advice floating around every forum on the Internet. this fix should also work in chrome and Internet exploder as long as this option exists but is not guaranteed in any brand of browser.

If you're daring you can also delete your Firefox profile. If your going to do this read everything I type from this point forward so you know what this will do. It may not be in all of your best interests to take this route and it also may not work but at the very least it will restore your browser to the state it was in when freshly installed and it should be reversible as long as you follow all of my instructions. You can find your Firefox profile by going to this directory in your windows file system "C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\." and looking for a file with a bunch of random characters for the name and then moving that folder to somewhere safe WHILE FIREFOX IS CLOSED. If this folder isn't where I said it was look in the guide linked below, it should be where I said if your still using win 7. If you try to do this with Firefox open the system will think Firefox is open when it isn't. After doing this it is a good idea to restart your computer, also you will loose any add on's and bookmarks you have saved with that profile. Make sure its worth it for you to loose all of this information just to watch videos online. You may also need to install flash again even if previously installed, if so then do it. This will ensure that the flash install is also as fresh as can be and ensuring flash wont try to preconfigure itself with Firefox using the configuration in your old profile. This should be the most sure fire way to fix flash. If you find this doesn't work just close Firefox and delete the new profile folder that Firefox has created in place of the old profile folder then move the old profile folder you put in a safe place back in place where the new profile folder just was, this should make things the way they were before you did anything with Firefox.

GUIDE - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_fol...

Thanks, Kyle, I followed your advice and disabled Java. I'll let you know how that "fix" works. Best, Kevin

HI every body

I have just solved this problem with my laptop since i faced this problem with google browser and with IE8 too... simply i solved this problem by going to my desktop then right click on my computer, then go to properties, then device manager. what you have to do is to UNINSTALL your audio device or your sound card or whatever you want to name it, and then restart your PC so at startup your PC or your Laptop will install the audio device automatically, or you can install it if you have its driver... Thats all folks :)

I just tried to install the DirectX and a window popped up saying that the logo hadn't been checked with microsoft yet and would not be installed. I work from home, my livelihood depends on my being able to watch videos etc online. I cannot watch youtube etc w/o it crashing, sometimes w/i seconds of being on the site. This has been going on since I upgraded my FF to the latest version. I don't know what to do. Sadly, I can only use FF for my job so I am stuck. I'm not a computer person so I have no clue how to fix it. How can they continue to let this happen?

" the software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with windows xp.

This software will not be installed. Contact your system administrator"

If anyone here is from another country and isn't a native English speaker or would find it easier to understand the help in another language, ask me. I can accommodate people who speak French Spanish German and Hindi in native Devanagari script.

Si quelqu'un ici est d'un autre pays et n'est pas un anglophone de naissance, ou s'il serait plus facile de comprendre ce que disaient dans une autre langue, demandez-moi. Je peux accueillir des gens qui parlent français espagnol allemand et hindi.

Si alguien aquí es de otro país y no es un hablante nativo de Inglés, o si sería más fácil entender lo que decían en otro idioma, me preguntan. Puedo aceptar a las personas que hablan francés español alemán y el hindi.

Wenn jemand hier ist aus einem anderen Land und ist nicht Englisch als Muttersprache, oder wenn es einfacher zu verstehen, was in einer anderen Sprache zu sagen, fragt mich wäre. Ich kann beherbergen Leute, die Französisch sprechen Spanisch Deutsch und Hindi.

अगर किसी को यहाँ एक और देश से है और एक देशी अंग्रेजी स्पीकर, या अगर यह समझने में अधिक आसान जो अन्य भाषा में कह रहे थे, मुझे पूछना होगा नहीं है. मैं लोगों को जो बात समायोजित कर सकते हैं फ्रेंच स्पेनिश, जर्मन और हिन्दी.

Same problem over here; at every "session" my Firefox browser will crash (running 64-bit Firefox on a 64-bit Windows 7 OS, HP Pavillion laptop).

One thing that always gets it going again without crashing for a while is putting the computer to sleep, then taking out the battery and re-inserting. It runs fine for a while, until it happens again and I once more remove the battery.

Kyle, disabling Java made no difference on my computer, I was still experiencing the crashes. I also went through the diagnostic/testing procedure you outlined for DirectX. Everything was working fine, but I still experienced the crashing. Next, on my own, I went to the Device Manager and checked to make sure that I had the current drivers for all audio and video devices that I could find. Most were current, but I think a couple may have been updated with more current versions. Unfortunately, I don't recall which drivers may have been updated. After going through this process and restarting my computer, I have been able to use video error free ever since. I don't know if what I did was related, but for now I'm not complaining.

Kyle Robert Hewitt commented 4 days ago
"Kevin did it work for you? I'm anxious to know if it fixed the problem so I can work on some real fixes for Java so it doesn't need to be disabled to play flash video."

"Thanks, Kyle, I followed your advice and disabled Java. I'll let you know how that "fix" works. Best, Kevin"

Hey guys its really simple, believe me, the real problem is with the audio device/driver with your laptop or PC... UNINSTALL it and restart your computer, install your audio driver again and your problem will be solved :)

Wow... Tats seem to be a great answer let me try it.. If that will be the real pbm, thn Balqis will surely get a big treat frm me.. :)

i did all things u said here... But.... same happened

This is a known Flash issue, it's been addressed in the Flash web update (10.1). The issue is not indicative of what OS you run or what browser you use. It's a huge flaw on Adobe's end; updating to Flash version 10.1 RC will resolve the issue, but I suggest you wait until the final version is released, which will be very shortly.

this release (10.1) fix the bug ?? anyone?

yeah.. you're right, I've testthe 10.1.... and the problem persists again.

Been battling this issue for nearly a year on an older XP machine that would crash hard (shut down) when playing any video or when going into sleep mode.

Flash came into the picture when I noticed it crashing far more often with my wife playing Farmtown, which I understand uses Flash. It also crashed regularly, but not entirely consistently, when playing videos on YouTube.

The only thing that solved the problem each time was reinstalling the original NVIDIA chipset drivers. Sometimes different video drivers reduced the frequency of crashes, but didn't eliminate them. After reinstalling the chipset drivers, even with Flash installed, it would remain crash free until a Flash update was installed.

So, at least for my configuration, it seems that Flash installation/updating is somehow corrupting the video and/or some related chipset driver configuration.

My system Crashing continues with latest Firefox and latest flash version. Wat do ?

IE8 or Opera or Firefox will not prevent the problem that is the subject of this thread--as Jasir already knows from having read the entire thread.

* Run Reginout scan for active-x, file associations and other registry erros largely behind such crashes. ( http://www.filetransit.com/screenshot... )

* Try to uninstall the current flash player version. (Read this official guide to uninstall flash plugin: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157... )

* Use official uninstaller tool to remove all flash elements from your computer.

* After completing the above task download flash player 9 instead of the latest version. Sometimes there are intricate browser flash conflicts and changing the versions is often helpful.

* Update your sound drivers if possible since the videos may simply crash because of the corrupted or missing drivers.

1) Open Device Manager

2) Find the sound-card device

3) Remember the name of the device

4) ReInstall / Update drivers.

5) After doing this restart your system.

BeeCee,

Get your problem solved yet?

Best to you,

Kevin

P.S. We are missing your moralizing missives.

The issue with my computer is, happily, solved. Maybe the IT gremlins look unfavorably on you, BeeCee.

Thank you for this thread. One of the suggestions here did help me fix my problem. I have Win7 x64, FF 3.6.6, Flash 10.1 r53. My problems was crashing on Flash pages with FF only. Chrome and IE were unaffected. The page that crashed it consistently, everytime was www dot satruck dot org.

Creating a new profile solved my problem so far. The instructions are here:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/R...

I started following this yesterday but looked further into the problem. Try these 2 pages:

Firefox:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/T...

Adobe:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/doc...

Hope that helps! Good luck!

Using Firefox 3.6.7, Flash 10.1.53.64 and Java 6.0.210.6
Vista 64-bit OS
On a Gateway, Core 2 Duo CPU, 2.26GHZ, 4GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS, Laptop.
All drivers are up to date.

Firefox started crashing about 3 days ago... it was fine before that. Now most flash banners/videos crash Firefox. IE is not affected.

I'm afraid I don't see what in those two links is supposed to help us kkwang18

It's funny i have same problem. But if i use my computer different account, i can see flash. But if i use my regular account in same computer then it crashes again. Then if i enable Shockwave Flash, then crashes stops, but then i can't see any flash files :(
It's stuped! Die Firefox die!

I just re-installed flash (over the previous version without uninstalling it) it is the exact same release version (10.1.53.64) but now the crashes are significantly less - I can use youtube etc fine now.

It seems to be an extremely odd problem indeed.

Here is a solution that worked for me.
It's simple, you just need to install an older version of flash player (the 10.1.53.64 version is wrong)

So use uninstall_flash_player.exe to unistall your actual version (go there to download it : http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157...)

Then install Flash Player 10.0.12.36 --- compatible Windows 2000 / XP / Vista
(available there : http://www.oldapps.com/flash_player.p...)

And it works again...

Just dropping in to say that I have this problem, and it isdefinitely worse recently. Since I allow Firefox and Flash to update themselves, it seems one or other or both has moved in a bad direction in this respect...

I think the pbm is with any of ur new drivers. I changed my network card in to a new one. After tat only the crashing started. So i am goin to change tat. If u have crashing related to internet. Then it only bcoz of n/w cards.

This is a ridiculous solution: that I should change my hardware to work with Firefox.

The problem is not a hardware one, it is firefox. The hardware in my laptop hasn't changed, but firefox has become massively less stable. Get new hardware? I don't think so...

Martin,

The problem is NOT Firefox. Read the thread.

This problem occurs over various web browsers, IE, Chrome, et al. are equally affected. I have all there on my 'puter, and all three crash similarly.

Readers: there is some truth--and worthwhile analysis on this thread, but there is also a boatload of crap on here, too. If you're having this computer problem, read the entire thread.

Thanks Kevin!

As you say, it's a long thread with a lot of stuff in it.

What's the executive summary? (I presume it is not "change your hardware")

Every time when flash crash my computer sending report. Why nobody don't do nothing? Why the hell my computer sending this if nobody cares?

I FIX IT!

YOU MUST DELATE FireTorrent! THIS IS SATAN=FireTorrent!

Okay I managed to get rid of the problem on two of my machines. You need to delete FLASH and all directories and all files associated with flash. I wish I had made a list but I didn't. ---Then, install the newest version of Flash.

JUST UPDATING WILL NOT HELP --- you have to delete all traces of the crime before you update. For some reason Adobe is not cleaning house on updates and there is some file that is causing this that is not being replaced. There may be other causes but... hey, it fixed mine!

And people wonder why the Ipad has no flash? Good Grief.

There may be flash junk in some other dirs and maybe some plugins or such so if anyone figures out where the nasties are, please post it. I am thinking its more than one file.

ka0osk

Don't know if this will help anybody else but I seem to have fixed the problem on my computer. In desperation after trying everything else and because some of the error messages after crashes said that it could be a device or a driver, I replaced my video card and enabled Adobe Flash (Firefox/tools/addons/plugins) and voila!! Everything has been working perfectly since, touch wood.

I can confirm that uninstalling the Flash Player and reinstalling it (the latest version) on OSX Snow Leopard doesn't do the trick.

Creating a new profile in Firefox did do the trick!! BUT there is a small error, typo, I don't know, in page for which Kyle already gave the link for http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/R....

It says that you have to open your Terminal program and type in this to open the Profile Manager
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -profilemanager

but that didn't open the Profile Manager for me. On another mozilla-page (in Dutch) I found that it should be:
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -ProfileManager

notice the capital P and M in the word profilemanager

Very happy I found this thread b.t.w. allways nice to know you're not alone struggling with faulty software.

I found this on another site and will pass it on here.

In the address bar,type "about:config" (without the quotes of course).

Click past the warning and tell them you'll be careful!

Where it says filter at the top type this EXACTLY.

dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs

Insure you put in the dots and yes that is a capital S.

Enter.

Then at the value area double click there until box opens and type -1

That is minus one.

If there is another value there delete it and put in -1

It should solve the Flash plug-in crashing.

I uninstalled FireTorrent like legioetrangerefrancaise suggested - the problems all went away. Obviously not everyone has FireTorrent so it doesnt explain all the problems, however, if you do have it you should definitely remove it.

Before that, the only solution I had was to use Firefox (with Java and Flash disabled) for all my internet needs except when I wanted to play videos etc - then I would copy the address into IE and use it just to watch the video.

I hate IE though.

I reinstalled Flash as advised by Sabine. Since that time I didn't have a crash, but I still did have freezes etc.

Then I did the fix suggested yesterday by tmr3513 and I haven't had a problem since...

Just a additional thought.

There is an Firefox add on called flash block.

It disables all flash content on a web page.

Any flash content you wish to view or enable can be done, just by a mouse click on the content.

If you don't like IE you can always use Chrome. :-0

Add the FF add on Flash Block to your browsers extensions.

The sheer number of flash advertising on certain web sites just overwhelms adobe flash.

Most people find them annoying anyway.

Also try TACO another FF extension.

It will tell you just how much tracking cookies and other crap is going on ,on each web page you view.

You can disable and block it all.

I have had multiple web sites open in tabs with a flash video playing on each one and NO crashes.

So...something is working.

I was just experiencing the same issue in this thread and managed to work out a solution. If anyone here has AVG Link Scanner or similar software installed on their computer try turning if off. I can't tell exactly whose fault it is since I updated multiple products (including java, flash and several Firefox addons) at the same time I reinstalled AVG, but disabling fixed my issue. Hope this helps.