Blocking Flash Cookies on YouTube CAUSES No Audio?

So try this, delete all flash cookies, then go to
macromedia's flash settings page and turn off allow third parties
to store content on your computer, then try this page:
http://www.intercomm.com/biobob/downloads/FlashPrivacy.swf
If it DOES remember to BLOCK ALL FLASH COOKIES (like 1 in 10
chance) then go hit up like MetaCafe.com or VideoSift.com and find
a YouTube Embedded video, and see if it plays audio. If it does
not, delete all your Flash Cookies again, which unfortunately will
allow all Flash Cookies to be stored on your computer again.
Flash cookies are in your C:\Documents and
Settings\%user%\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash
Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys Directory

Try to disable the hardware acceleration in the Flash Player.
See:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Cannot+view+full+screen+Flash+videos
* http://www.youtube.com/swf_test.html (right-click the player: Settings)
Flash "Display settings" window:
* http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help01.html

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Latest version of Flash - 9.0.115 is somewhat buggy. Probably the reason for the spike in CPU activity. Alternative is to downgrade to Flash 9.0.47.
Here's how to "downgrade" to Flash 9.0.47.
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Ok, so I created a new profile and followed the steps I spelled out in my first post several times - each time the Hulu flash cookie was cleared the first time I closed Firefox.
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<nowiki>********************</nowiki>
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*** SOLVED *** !!!
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Rod,
Since you're a confessed geek with some actual coding chops, I'm sure you'll understand the hair I'm about to split here. Hang on a moment while I grab my axe...
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System Preferences > Flash and you can delete all info there manually, or set it to not accept information.
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I'm not sure how related is this with the thing that happened to me but here it goes.
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