Safari won't play all media files.

As the title says I can't play all media files on different web sites. Web sites like SoundCloud and YouTube gives a message about Flash blocker browser setting/plugin error etc. Some files can be played and some can't but this matter only concerns video and audio files. When I go to 'Help -> Installed Plug-ins' there's a '(protected)' text in the 'QuickTime plug-in' list right after 'AAC Audio - m4p' and 'Video - m4v'. I think there's the problem but how can I edit these settings?
This problem came up after downloading the version of Adobe Flash Player. I have installed the latest Adobe Flash Player again and tried to reboot my Mac but it's not helping. I also found doubles of Flash Player from 'Macintosh HD -> Library -> Internet Plug-Ins' folder and deleted older file but neither that didn't help.
This is the QuickTime plug-in list copied from Safari's 'Installed Plug-ins' page:
QuickTime Plug-in 7.7.1
QuickTime-liitännäisen avulla voit katsella monenlaista verkkosivuilla olevaa multimediasisältöä. Lisätietoja saat QuickTimen verkkosivustolta. — tiedostosta ”QuickTime Plugin.plugin”.
application/sdp
SDP stream descriptor
sdp
application/x-mpeg
AMC media
amc
application/x-rtsp
RTSP stream descriptor
rtsp,rts
application/x-sdp
SDP stream descriptor
sdp
audio/3gpp
3GPP media
3gp,3gpp
audio/3gpp2
3GPP2 media
3g2,3gp2
audio/aac
AAC audio
aac,adts
audio/ac3
AC3 audio
ac3
audio/aiff
AIFF audio
aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/amr
AMR audio
amr
audio/basic
uLaw/AU audio
au,snd,ulw
audio/mid
MIDI
mid,midi,smf,kar
audio/midi
MIDI
mid,midi,smf,kar
audio/mp3
MP3 audio
mp3,swa
audio/mp4
MPEG-4 media
mp4
audio/mpeg
MPEG audio
mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/mpeg3
MP3 audio
mp3,swa
audio/vnd.qcelp
QUALCOMM PureVoice audio
qcp,qcp
audio/wav
WAVE audio
wav,bwf
audio/x-aac
AAC audio
aac,adts
audio/x-ac3
AC3 audio
ac3
audio/x-aiff
AIFF audio
aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/x-caf
CAF audio
caf
audio/x-gsm
GSM audio
gsm
audio/x-m4a
AAC audio
m4a
audio/x-m4b
AAC audio book
m4b
audio/x-m4p
AAC audio (protected)
m4p
audio/x-midi
MIDI
mid,midi,smf,kar
audio/x-mp3
MP3 audio
mp3,swa
audio/x-mpeg
MPEG audio
mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/x-mpeg3
MP3 audio
mp3,swa
audio/x-wav
WAVE audio
wav,bwf
image/jp2
JPEG2000 image
jp2
image/jpeg2000
JPEG2000 image
jp2
image/jpeg2000-image
JPEG2000 image
jp2
image/pict
PICT image
pict,pic,pct
image/png
PNG image
png
image/tiff
TIFF image
tif,tiff
image/x-bmp
BMP image
bmp,dib
image/x-jpeg2000-image
JPEG2000 image
jp2
image/x-macpaint
MacPaint image
pntg,pnt,mac
image/x-pict
PICT image
pict,pic,pct
image/x-png
PNG image
png
image/x-quicktime
QuickTime image
qtif,qti
image/x-sgi
SGI image
sgi,rgb
image/x-targa
TGA image
targa,tga
image/x-tiff
TIFF image
tif,tiff
video/3gpp
3GPP media
3gp,3gpp
video/3gpp2
3GPP2 media
3g2,3gp2
video/avi
Video For Windows (AVI)
avi,vfw
video/flc
AutoDesk Animator (FLC)
flc,fli,cel
video/mp4
MPEG-4 media
mp4
video/mpeg
MPEG media
mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
video/msvideo
Video For Windows (AVI)
avi,vfw
video/quicktime
QuickTime Movie
mov,qt,mqv
video/sd-video
SD video
sdv
video/x-m4v
Video (protected)
m4v
video/x-mpeg
MPEG media
mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
video/x-msvideo
Video For Windows (AVI)
avi,vfw
Thank You!

Thanks for your reply baltwo!
It didn't even skipped my mind to look for an answer from System Preferences. Nevertheless it didn't help. When I open 'Trusted Location Settings' it just gives me blank window..
Help still needed.

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