Black built-in video windows in Safari

First of all, I know there are several threads and questions regarding similar issues, but it seems to me that this might not be the same problem.
On some websites (such as a Norwegian newspaper and on the Colbert Report and Daily Show websites) I simply can not play videos anymore. The built-in video windows just goes black. I hear the sound, I can use the scroll bar, but the video itself is black. Unlike similar issues posted in these communities, this does not affect Youtube, and it did not help to uninstall Flash Player 13 and downgrade to FP 12, so I don't think this is a Flash Player issue (I don't think the Norwegian newspaper that has the problem is running on flash neither, but I am not sure). This has been happening for about a month or so. Everytime this happens in Safari it works in both Chrome and Firefox. I've emptied the Safari cache and deleted the browsing and data settings in Flash Player, but to no avail. Please help.

Might be an incompatible Safari extension or third party plug-in.  (DivX and other video add ons can cause issues with Flash).
From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that helped, turn one extension on then quit and relaunch Safari to test until you find the incompatible extension then click uninstall.
If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.
Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect:  Allow all other plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
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