YouTube embeds not appearing in Internet Explorer (IE 8)

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  miriamnewman · Member · Dec 22, 2009 at 4:12 pm

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  Videos embedded from YouTube (and via VodPod) are not appearing in IE8. A white space appears instead. Has anyone figured out a workaround to make vids work in IE?

  Almost 80% of our site visits come from people on IE (I know, I know, I don’t get it either), so I’d really like to come up with a solution, not just a suggestion for people to switch to Firefox or Chrome (though of course they should).

  The blog is blog.leeandlow.com (or leeandlowbooks.wordpress.com; yes, it is hosted on wordpress.com, we just use the domain forwarding).

  Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 22, 2009 at 4:19 pm

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  This usually occurs because someone’s gone too long without clearing their cache. Log out, clear browser cache and cookies, restart computer. That should clear it up. IE is bad for that.

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  miriamnewman · Member · Dec 22, 2009 at 4:38 pm

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  Tried that on my computer, raincoaster – no dice. I also upgraded flash, which didn’t help either.

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  bats0711 · Member · Dec 22, 2009 at 4:46 pm

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  I’m using IE8 and I can view the videos.

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  miriamnewman · Member · Dec 22, 2009 at 5:10 pm

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  Huh. Thanks, bats0711, good to know it’s not a universal problem.

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  miriamnewman · Member · Dec 22, 2009 at 5:32 pm

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  Hmm, reinstalling Flash seems to have done it on my computer.

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  bats0711 · Member · Dec 22, 2009 at 6:36 pm

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  I was thinking that possibly it might have to do with updating windows? or flash? If my windows isn’t updated then my computer sometimes acts cooky.

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  thewaterrat · Member · Dec 28, 2009 at 10:31 am

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  Hi,
  I am having a similar problem. All my youtube embedded videos have disappeared a couple of days ago on IE8. They are fine on FF.
  Any suggestion welcome.

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  davidleefoster · Member · Feb 2, 2010 at 6:32 pm

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  It is maybe a IE8 64 bit issue.

  http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html

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