# How to enable watching video online **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 29, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-watching-video-online/583694 "2011-05-29T20:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-watching-video-online/583694/1 "2011-05-29T20:33:36Z")
Hi, one of my settings must be off because suddenly there are certain videos I cannot watch online. Here is one of them. > **[PHXCC: Watch Wil Wheaton’s Hilarious A/V Recap Of Star Trek TNG’s “Justice”](https://trekmovie.com/2011/05/28/phxcc-watch-wil-wheatons-hilarious-av-recap-of-star-trek-tngs-justice/)** > > Phoenix Comic Con kicked off in earnest on Friday and a highlight of the day was "story time with Wil Wheaton." Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Wil Wheaton read some of his recent stories, and TrekMovie has video of Wheaton’s hilarious A/V... I don’t know what setting got screwed up to fix it. Help is appreciated. Thanks. Firefox 4.0.1 & adblock disabled still doesn’t work. It works in Chrome, however. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-watching-video-online/583694/2 "2011-05-29T20:35:27Z")
It’s a flash video, do you have flashblock (I think that’s what it’s called) installed? Is flash up to date on your computer and on firefox? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-watching-video-online/583694/3 "2011-05-29T21:06:24Z")
I just downloaded Flash to the dekstop and launched the installation. Flashblock is disabled. All I get is a black box where the video should be. I don’t know what it means to have Flash up to date “on Firefox.” ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-watching-video-online/583694/4 "2011-05-29T21:44:11Z")
Right click on where the video should appear. A context menu should appear. Is there a line in the menu that says: “About Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.14…”? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-watching-video-online/583694/5 "2011-05-29T21:50:10Z")
Clicking right or left does nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-watching-video-online/583694/6 "2011-05-29T22:05:27Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > I don’t know what it means to have Flash up to date “on Firefox.” Whenever I update Firefox, I get a message that says “You’ve updated Firefox, you should update Flash right now!” Like [this](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/4973188836_75a2aedb77.jpg). I assume if Flash is updated on your computer, it’s updated “on firefox” as well, but I don’t know enough about it to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-watching-video-online/583694/7 "2011-05-29T22:14:44Z")
Perhaps I should reinstall Firefox?