Videos play back as green screen

[Wood~Ant]

Since our old laptop packed up which played videos on Windows 7 version of Internet Explorer, we had to upgrade to a new one which uses Windows 8.1 version of IE. Playback of YouTube videos now only show as an all green screen, which I don't know how to fix for this browser?
I find that Google Chrome plays videos perfectly, as I imagine some other browsers may do. If anyone knows how to fix the IE videos playback problem I would be grateful to hear your suggestions, as the older version played videos fine on the forum or at source, but this new version only plays the soundtrack on a green screen which is weird.

[Phasenp]

Hi!

What site are you streaming from? Ie netflix, hbo?

I find that IE is pooh for almost everything. Working with IT I very rarely use IE because its slow and lack the functions that chrome has. However for some certain tasks I need to use it.

If the site you use are using flash you will need this installed using IE, but not for chrome. I believe netflix uses silverlight so it shouldn't be that.

Any reason why you can't use chrome? It might not be the IE version, but what you installed on the old computer to properly view content from the web site.

[Deleted]

youtube uses flash player to display videos.follow this link and install flash player,check carefully when installing as flash player try's to trick  people to install chrome and set it as the default browser and it will try to get you to install google tool bar,as you go though the set up if you don't fancy the above be shore to untick the boxes asking you to install the above


get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

[Wood~Ant]

Windows 8 already has Adobe installed, so I will just have to use Google Chrome to watch videos. Odd that IE has a problem playing videos when other browsers don't, and why they still carry on using it on modern computers when GC works so much better.

[Phasenp]

I think that's the right choice. Lada still produces cars although there are better options out there. Microsoft will probably always bundle IE with their OS. But as I said. Chrome has built in features which IE does not(you would need to manually install). This may be the source of your issues.

Continue using chrome

[Jenny]

They have said when Windows 10 launches at the end of January, IE won't be on it.

[Phasenp]

IE will most definately be on it, but I also read something about a project for a new browser too. Could be interesting, if they steal what the other browsers have it might be great too!

So a new browser for main use and IE11 for backwards compatibility. I wonder if they make the new one dependant of IE being installed or not :-D

[Phasenp]

Just a thing to strengthen my statement. You may not to this date(windows 8.1) name folders, users or any files any of these names prn, nul, aux or con. Why? Because its still in the OS and leftovers from MS DOS. Describing devices used back in the day.

I really hope they manage to create a nice built in browser, but I'm afraid it will be somewhat bound to IE.

[Asiletto]

Can you try turning off hardware acceleration?

check the option "Use software rendering .." (I have the Italian version, I don't know the exact English label) under Tools->Advanced, restart the browser.

ps: I am sure the new Microsoft browser will be some sort of IE 12 with a different name

[shane]

I had same problem with windows 8.1 with IE.

To watch videos they maybe a like stop lock on the Brower bar in blue a like circle with a line though it , Click it off and you should see videos play again.

Also I use Google Chrome too as IE seems bugy in win8.1 no matter what you do with options some times.