Some websites wont stream videos others will

Since buying a new computer, I have had perpetual issues with flash running correctly. I have always been a fan of chrome and naturally that has been my primary browser for the life of this computer....at some point in time, the flash (either after being updated/or @ some point) quit streaming videos on certain websites....(showtime anytime, and divx movies from places like movie-forumz being the most important.) At first, after doing some research on the web, I was led to believe this was a chrome issue and tried to do the workaround of disabling either the pepper flash or the adobe flash in the plugins section of chrome....this did nothing for me. I even posted a question on the chrome forums to see if there was any way they could maybe lead me in the right direction. Well, they gave me some generic things to try (most of which I had already done) and were not a huge help. Since then, I've tried completely uninstalling/removing/reinstalling everything from chrome/shockwave player/flash player/frirefox etc. but to no avail. Recently, since I thought this was not going to get fixed in chrome, I thought I would try to stream videos from internet explorer. After making sure everything was set up (since, I had never used it) I came across the same problem....the same videos will not play in internet explorer as well. This is what lead me here. Thanks in advance......(I hope.) I have a fairly new computer. Specs below:
System Information
Time of this report: 11/24/2012, 18:00:33
       Machine name: DEREK-PC
   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830-0333)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
       System Model: G74Sx
               BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/23/11 16:59:53 Ver: 04.06.03
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
             Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4074MB RAM
          Page File: 2313MB used, 5831MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode
DxDiag Notes
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.
DirectX Debug Levels
Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

Since this is also happening with IE, I'm not sure a Chromium bug is relevant. While you might suspect Flash is to blame, but it's also possible other issues are at play (network throttling, server code, third party utilities/services, etc.)
Taking a look at the locations you've outlined on the Chrome bug:
www.showtimeanytime.com (loads, but will not play video, also does not show the length of the video as if it never actually began to load)
I just tried this with Chrome 25.0.1364.172 m on Windows 8. I had to install the Widevine Media Optimizer to get video to play. Have you done this? Have you tried contacting Widevine to see if they have any advice? Once I installed this and restarted the browser I had no problems playing from Showtime. I haven't seen any recent posts about Showtime, so I suspect this isn't a widespread issue.
http://www.putlocker.com/file/DC54509DC05BAC99# (never actually plays, just continually looks like it buffers) any video on
This link was broken and I can't seem to find another putlocker video link. However, have you tried reaching out to putlocker to see if they have any ideas? Given that this appears to be a fairly popular filesharing site, I would imagine we'd see a lot of complaints if Flash was not working properly here. To date, I've never seen any reports on this forum.
www.xvideos.com (hangs @1% until video is fully downloaded, then plays.)
I'm blocked from viewing this site. It's possible that this site doesn't allow streaming and instead requires the entire video to be downloaded before playing. Again, you should contact them to see what the proper experience should be.

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