Flash "Flickering"?

[Back Jrady]

Hi, I was hoping you would be able to help me with a recent occurring issue;

Flash player objects including YouTube videos, Facebook videos and content on sites like SpeedTest.net begin to 'flicker' on and off when clicked, by this I mean for example if I click a video it will tend to turn black (as it should) then white, as if it's not there then continue this process. Sometimes after a period of flickering it will stop although videos will be laggy (even after they've buffered - 360p). This has only recently began occurring and it's becoming a real issue as I'm unable to watch videos and use other site content.

I experience this on:
Google Chrome v21.0.1180.60 [Flash Plug-in Version: 11.3.31.222]
Internet Explorer 9 [Using Flash Player Version: 11.3.300.270

I run AVG Free and reading other similar posts about this problem I disabled "LinkScanner" as apparently it's said to interfere.

Thanks in advance

[chris.campbell]

Could you try both of these test links in the link below and let us know if they both cause the flickering to occur?

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html#html5_video

[Back Jrady]

First thank you for your responce. As requested I tested both the HTML5 video and the non-HTML5 video, the HTML5 video didn't flicker although the non-HTML5 video did. Also I've done the following to try and cure this:

- Cleaned up cache, registory and other junk with CCleaner.

- Disabled "Hardware Acceleration".

- Disabled "LinkScanner" in AVG.

Thanks

[chris.campbell]

hmm, and the output is the same between Chrome and IE?  Could you try to update your video drivers to see if that makes a difference?

Windows: how do I update the device driver for my video/display adapter?

The next step would be to downgrade Flash Player to see if we can determine when this broke.

[Back Jrady · Accepted solution]

Firstly thank you for all your help, the issue is now resolved.

I followed you instructions in updating the drivers, unfortunately this did not help although when I went back to test the videos in internet explorer I once again recieved a IE Popup saying "Speed up the browser by disabling plug-ins", for once I followed up on this and saw Chrome Frame Plug-in.

I believe the issue lys inside the chrome flash player as once disabling the chrome flash player plug-in and using the flash player software it began working as it should be once again, this also explains why I was experiencing the same problem in IE as it was using Chrome's flash plug-in.

Thanks once again, hopefully this will be helpful to others who experience the same problem.

[chris.campbell]

Thank you for posting back with the solution!

[Back Jrady]

I've read enough solved threads that don't end with a solution to get irritated, I only hope somebody with the same issue will find this.
Thanks once again.

[Back Jrady]

My previous post explained how to prevent the issue, but I belive this was the actually problem and also the true solution, conflicting flash plug-ins: http://techlogon.com/2011/08/11/shockwave-flash-crashes-in-google-chrome/

[aman00seven]

• Nothing was working from answers above..I decided to share this link with you because this method worked for me.. Hope it helps..

  http://tiptotrick.net/adobe-flash-flickering-video-full-screen-mode-mozilla-firefox-google-chrome/