Yandex does not load VKontakte. Video does not work in VK Yandex browser

Problems with displaying video content often confuse millions of users.
Often people cannot open the video for viewing and cannot find out the reason.

Therefore, this article will discuss important reasons and ways to resolve the problem that occurs in the Yandex browser when playing a video. So, this section will help you resolve this simple problem.

Flash player is a special program that works with important elements of the Yandex browser in order to display a specific video. By default, the software allows operation without any problems. But situations arise when users cannot play a video, for example, everyone knows the social network VK.

As a result of this, IT experts are divulging various reasons for blocking a particular video. For example, a system administrator, firewall, firewall, antivirus, etc. can block any video. Therefore, it is necessary to resolve the problem as soon as possible in order to turn on the video and watch a specific video.

Remove extension

When the application does not update automatically, this indicates that the personal computer or Android is infected with malware, viruses and system failures. In this case, experts suggest installing updated versions of the system application. These actions must be performed manually. To begin with, it is recommended to remove Flash Player from your computer.

An icon will open in front of you, which is located in the corner of the left side of the panel. Then, you need to go to the “Start” option and find the special “Windows” key to open the Control Panel. Once you go to the programs and features section, you need to click on “Uninstall a program.” The presented list suggests using Adobe software. In this case, users will have to remove ActiveX, NPAPI, Flash.

All these components can be displayed in the same software. Next, you need to click on the desired element and select the “Delete” option. This function will appear immediately above the list. When a new window opens, you will have to go to the “Delete” item. Once the process is completed, it is recommended to restart the computer. Since the system enters and stores all data in the registry.

How to install the plugin

After completing this stage, you need to use the Flash Player installation file. This application can be downloaded for free from the official portal https://get.adobe.com/ru/flashplayer/. It should be noted that the portal automatically detects the operating system and the web browser used, that is, in this case, the Yandex browser. In this case, users will have to go to the section and click on “Install now”.

It should also be emphasized that the site offers additional and free downloads of software such as Google Chrome and McAfee. If you are not interested in these software browsers, then you can freely refuse the offer and uncheck these names.

When downloading the installation file, you must run the program. When the main actions are completed, system data is saved in the registry.

Why doesn't the video play in the Yandex browser?

• Old browser version.
• Turbo mode.
• Hardware acceleration does not work well.
• The player is blocked by extensions.
• The browser is set to block the Flash player.
• The video in the Yandex browser does not load due to a sharp drop in speed.
• Blocking the site in the region.
• The network speed is insufficient.
• The work of ad blockers.
• The source is blocked in hosts.
• The website or video source is blocked by the antivirus.
• System failure.

Reinstall browser

In order to ensure the operation of the VK video, experts recommend reinstalling the Yandex browser. In some cases, the browser becomes corrupted and needs to be reinstalled.

First, you need to uninstall the application and then download the browser from the official portal. The procedure is quite simple. Therefore, every user can easily cope with this task.

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! Some sites won't open in your browser? An epidemic of viruses that block access to resources has been raging on the Internet for a long time. Once this type of virus infects a computer, websites stop opening. Similar symptoms can appear in any browser: Opera, Firefox, Google Chrome, IE and others.

Basically, the two most popular social networks Odnoklassniki (odnoklassniki.ru)

and
VKontakte (www.vk.com)
. The blocking may also affect other sites, as well as the search engines Yandex and Google. Or your antivirus websites are not opening. What to do and how to open access to the site if the site does not open, and even downloading an antivirus is problematic?

We have already written a number of tips articles from which you can learn how or do similar things. This will certainly be useful to those visitors who have lost access to their profile due to a problem that requires SMS to unlock. But you may come across a virus that not only demands money, but completely blocks access to sites. Let's look at the reason why some sites do not open in your browser and how to get rid of it.

So, depending on the type of virus, sites do not open for several common reasons:

1. Some sites do not open and are blocked in the hosts file.
2. The site may be blocked by an antivirus.
3. The virus blocks the browser itself.
4. TCP/IP protocol parameters are damaged.
5. The MTU parameter on the router is incorrect.

We will try to talk about all these points. As you can see, sites do not open for various reasons, so we will start with the most common ones.

The site does not open due to hosts blocking

Once again, we tell all newbies how these viruses work. Such a virus simply takes and writes into the addresses of sites that it wants to block. More details on how to find this file and what it is can be found at the link. And if you want to get into your social network in any way, you can try using. We will give an example of an infected file again:

As you can see in the picture, there are many entries in the hosts file that should not be there. The first line is vkontakte.ru. If you open your hosts file and find something like this, and there will be some sites that do not open in your browser, feel free to delete the extra lines. What you need to leave can be read in the article. It is worth noting that a virus that writes website addresses into this file cannot include all Internet sites there. Therefore, a distinctive sign of such a computer infection is the blocking of certain sites. That is, if the Odnoklassniki or VKontakte website does not open, it makes sense to check the hosts file. Let's move on to the next reason why the site does not open.

Why is there no sound on YouTube or VKontakte?

Greetings, dear readers! Today we will talk about the reasons associated with temporary or complete loss of sound on YouTube video hosting and on the social network VKontakte. So let's look at the first and most common reason:

Flash Player

Flash player is a program that is capable of playing and playing various objects, scripts, elements and applications located on a web page. This means that the loss of sound can be attributed to the fact that the flash player simply could not read the audio part, for example, of a video clip. Solution to the problem : download and install the latest version of this program, simply, for example, in Yandex enter the following: flash player - latest version or flash player - official website Next, go to the site, download and install (to install, you will most likely need to close the browser ).

Browser and its settings

Very often, the browsers themselves block sound playback on any sites, so you need to do the following: 1. Go to the browser settings, go to the tab - Protection (everywhere is different, but the names are approximately the same) and see which sites are blocked. There will be something like this:

• Block sites suspected of attacks
• Block sites suspected of fraud

So, you don’t need to uncheck these boxes, but you need to find the button - Exceptions (as shown in the picture below). We go into exceptions and add the desired site (that is, the site that has no sound).

As you can see from the pictures above, I used the settings from the Mozilla Firefox browser as an example, since I use it myself. If these actions do not help - the sound still does not appear, then read on.. 2. Look (in browser add-ons) what plugins and add-ons you have installed (for example, there was a case when a plugin that was supposed to block advertising banners on sites, at the same time blocked access to some video clips, and therefore sound), so if you don’t know which add-on is responsible for what and their number is not large, then try disabling each one individually and checking the result. If this does not help, then.. 3. Check the version of your browser and try updating, or completely remove the current one and download the latest version of the new one from the official website. I recommend installing one of these three:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla
• Opera

Sound settings

If you don’t have sound only on the Internet (that is, when listening to music on a computer, there are no problems), then this third reason, I think, can be skipped, since it is related to the sound settings on the computer. 1. Check if the speakers are turned on (if the indicator light is on, if any). 2. See if the sound is turned off? 3. How loud is the sound? 4. What sound card is installed? If everything is in order with this, then I recommend reinstalling the sound drivers, this is what, at one time, helped me solve the sound problem (but once again, this problem arose on the computer, and not on the Internet). Here, in principle, are all the most common reasons why there is no sound, for example, in contact (vkontakte) or on YouTube (youtube). That's all for me, subscribe to updates, Sergey Oganesyan was with you, see you again!

Websites cannot open in the browser due to a virus

Everything is relatively simple here. We will not recommend searching for the virus manually. This is a thankless task, viruses change all the time, and anyone who advises you to find the file on the system in which the virus resides is very disingenuous. This will not help everyone (if at all), since most users do not know what they are dealing with. We offer another strategy, which still needs to be implemented if all or some sites do not open for you:

Agree simply, but even after removing the virus, sites may not open. Why do some sites not open after removing the virus? Read on!

What to do if sites do not open due to a damaged TCP/IP protocol

So, you have checked the HOSTS file and the entire Windows for viruses, but the sites still do not open. The fact is that the virus damaged the TCP/IP protocol. Finding out what the reason is and getting rid of the consequences is easy. Just go to the Windows command line and type a couple of commands:

1. Click “Start”
   ->
   “Run”
   (for Windows XP). Or just “Start” in Windows 7.
2. Enter the CMD
   . And we get to the terminal window.
3. Type “route -f”
   without quotes and press
   Enter
   .
4. Then enter the last command “netsh winsock reset”
   and
   Enter
   .

The picture shows what the terminal looks like for those who are trying to get into it for the first time.

After using this useful command, you need to restart your computer. We check that the sites should start opening. For those who doubt that the computer was attacked by a virus, our next paragraph.

Other reasons

If you are sure that everything is fine with your computer, but the desired site does not open, then you should check other possible causes of this problem.

1. Do you have an antivirus or firewall? Disable it for a while and try to access the page. If it helps, you should check your antivirus settings and find out why it blocked the site.

2. Check your network settings and Internet connection. For Windows 7: Start

->
“Control Panel”
->
“Network and Sharing Center”
. The parameters of the network adapter that is used to connect to the Internet must contain the correct settings for the IP address, mask, gateway, and especially DNS. Don't know the settings? Check with your provider.

3. Check the MTU value. This problem usually occurs among owners of Wi-Fi routers. To clarify the MTU parameter, enter the command “netsh interface ipv4 show subinterfaces”

.
If the value is incorrect, you can change it with the command “netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface “network connection name” mtu=xxxx store=persistent”
.

We hope we answered the question why the site in Contact, Odnoklassniki or any other does not open. We will be glad if the article helped and now the sites have begun to open. If you have questions, ask in the comments. That's all, read the site

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The social network VKontakte is one of the most popular in the CIS, slightly ahead of Odnoklassniki and Facebook. It has existed for quite a long time and is so loved by users that many people cannot live a day without going there. And what to do if VK does not open?

Why doesn't VKontakte video work?

There are a lot of reasons why video in VK does not work:

1. when rebooting or updating the social network server, problems do not appear on every video (not all are uploaded to one);
2. low Internet connection speed does not allow downloading video tracks;
3. there are difficulties with the PC or mobile device through which you are trying to watch the video;
4. cache is clogged;
5. network settings limit the use of VK;
6. caught a virus that affects the operation of the site;
7. the browser is out of date or damaged;
8. restrictions from anti-virus software and anti-advertising extensions;
9. flash player is not installed, outdated or damaged;
10. Difficulties in interaction between the video card and the player.

Let's move on to a detailed consideration of these problems and ways to solve them.

Server

VK users periodically surf online, send messages, upload photos, listen to music and watch videos: this requires enormous power, and the servers cannot always cope with the load. At such moments, the social network begins to slow down and produce errors.

There are also difficulties with videos: they load and play in jerks, but not all, but only some. To make sure your assumption is correct, turn on YouTube and start any video. If it loads and plays normally, you have found the cause of the problem - the server.

Solution: You should wait a little while the technical work is completed. If you don’t want to wait at all, reload the page, log out and log in to your account again.

Provider

Not only the team of the social network VKontakte is experiencing difficulties, but also Internet providers. The most common problem is interruptions due to technical reasons, bad weather, cable breaks, etc. The phenomena are temporary and solvable - be patient and everything will be resolved.

User

If the problem is not in the previous paragraphs, there are problems with video in VK on the user’s phone or computer.

• Plugins and extensions are installed in the browser that block advertising and at the same time affect the operation of site services.

Solution: disable the specified extensions, reload the page and start playing; After confirming the reason, add VK to the list of exceptions for the problematic extension.

• The lack of necessary drivers and codecs for video negatively affects the playback of video files, so make sure to install up-to-date licensed software.

Solution: check for software availability and install missing ones.

• Antivirus software blocks the program and prevents the video track from playing.

Solution: disable protective screens during the check, reload the site and launch the track. Problem solved? Secur your success by including your social network address in your exclusion list. Remember to return the screens to their original active state.

• A conflict between video card drivers and VK services causes problems with the social network: video files are not loaded or played.

Solution: To resolve the issue with your graphics card, disable hardware acceleration. How to do it?

If you have any questions, please let us know Ask a Question

1. Move the cursor to the playing video area.
2. Right-click in the video area.
3. Select “Options” from the menu that opens.
4. Uncheck the “Enable hardware acceleration” checkbox.

Real illness

Many VK users cannot go an hour without logging into their account on their favorite social network. And this is not surprising. Today, VKontakte allows you not only to simply communicate with friends and meet new people from anywhere, but also to listen to music, watch videos, and gather in thematic interest groups. This is exactly what most users like. Many people go there to listen to their favorite performers, watch a TV series, or scroll through the news feed, in which, by the way, you can find a lot of interesting information among a bunch of posts with jokes and advertising.

And that is why for many it is a big loss that VKontakte stops working. At the same time, many people do not know what to do if VK does not open. And in order to save a couple of thousand nerve cells of a poor user who cannot listen to his favorite song or respond to a message to a friend, let’s look at why this problem occurs and how to fix it.

And it arises for the following reasons:

• due to an incorrect domain being recorded in the system;
• due to blocking of the site itself or problems on it;
• browser problems;
• blocking by antivirus.

If such a problem exists, and there is not the slightest idea what to do if VK does not open, check the Internet connection. You just need to look at the icon on the toolbar (which is near the clock) or try to go to any other site that definitely works. In the case when the Internet is functioning perfectly, we dig a little deeper.

Why is there no sound in the contact?

When a user encounters the fact that there is no sound in a contact, the first thing he should check is:

Why is there no sound in contact, on other sites and on the computer?

If you find that not only in the contact there is no sound, but also on other sites and even in the computer itself, then the problem is not in the contact, and it should be solved by other methods. Check the following reasons:

1. Are the speakers connected to the mains and to the computer?
2. Is the power indicator on the speakers lit, that is, are they working?
3. Is the volume control set to minimum on the speakers and in the system tray (there is a speaker icon in the lower right corner).
4. Your computer does not have a sound card.
5. Drivers are not installed on the sound card, or they were removed when reinstalling the system or accidentally.
6. The sound card may be disabled in Device Manager.
7. The sound card is broken.

How to fix problems and restore sound in contact?

I think there will be no problems connecting speakers and adjusting the volume on them. And to check whether the driver was installed correctly, you should right-click on the “my computer” icon and select “manage”. Now you need to find the “device manager” and look in it to see if there are any yellow warning signs on the right. In the “sound, video and gaming devices” section you need to find your device for playing sound. Otherwise, you will have to install the driver.

So, a driver is needed when there is no sound in the contact, and there is no sound in the system itself. You can install the driver using the installation disk that came with your computer, or if there is none, you can search for the driver you need for your sound card on the Internet. You should enter the name of the sound card and the word “driver” into the search engine. When installing, simply follow the instructions.

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What to do if VK does not open

The most common problem is that the browser is cluttered with cache and site data. Therefore you need to clean it. This can be done either in or using a special utility (such as Ccleaner). You also need to clear cookies in your browser. They clean like this:

• Chromium platform (Yandex, Google Chrome, etc.) - go to the top right in the settings, scroll the wheel all the way down and click on “Show additional settings”. When the settings page opens, look for the “Personal Data Protection” item, where you need to click on “Content Settings”. Next, open “Show cookies”, where in the window that opens we delete everything with a cross.

• — go to settings, to the “Advanced” tab. There we select the “Network” section, where in the “Web Content Caching” item we click on “Clear Now”. Next, go to the “Privacy” tab, where we click on the “Delete individual cookies” link. We delete all cookies.

• Opera - also go to settings, then general settings. In the window that opens, go to the Cookies section, where you need to click on the “Manage cookies” button. Now just select and delete.

Restart the browser and try again. This method is suitable when VK does not open in one browser. If nothing has changed and you don’t know what to do if VK does not open from all browsers, we proceed in the following ways.

Why doesn’t music play on Vkontakte and what to do about it? :: SYL.ru

The social network “Vkontakte” holds one of the leading positions in RuNet. People communicate there, post their photos for everyone to see and appreciate, unite in communities of interest, watch videos and listen to music. Very often, VK users go to the social network not so much to chat as to enjoy the songs of their favorite artists, but this is not always possible. And they are tormented by one single question: “Why doesn’t VKontakte play music?” However, their disappointment knows no bounds. But don’t despair, as in most cases this can be fixed.

Why doesn't VKontakte music play?

For most users, this malfunction is worse than the end of the world. After all, they always listen to music from VK: while working, at home after work, during lunch breaks, while completing projects and while writing a report. Each user necessarily has his own playlist of favorite songs that can be listened to at any time. And here on you - for some reason they don’t play. And on the face there is a frozen grimace, which reads “Why doesn’t VKontakte music play and what should I do?”

There may be several reasons for this unpleasant situation:

• problem with flash player;
• driver problems;
• the browser is to blame;
• sound card malfunction;
• audio recording is blocked or deleted.

First thing

Before you panic and delve into the system, let’s check the most basic thing: whether the sound is turned on at all. We look at the volume slider in VKontakte itself and on the toolbar. It is also worth checking the speakers: whether they are connected to power and whether the on/off button is turned on, and whether the volume is increased using the switch or not. If the PC has recently been disassembled, then it is worth checking that the speakers are connected to the computer correctly. This is also a fairly common problem in terms of why VKontakte does not play music. Most often, speakers are connected to the sound card through the green connector, and if it is mixed up and plugged in the wrong way, there will be no sound.

You also need to check if you have an Internet connection, since without a connection nothing will be played.

Sound problems

If there is no music playing on the computer, then it is completely understandable why VKontakte does not play music. Most likely these are driver problems. You can see if this is the case in Device Manager. Open properties in my computer, click “Device Manager”. We find there the section “Sound, video and gaming devices”, where we find the required audio driver.

If there is some problem with it, then there will be an exclamation mark on its icon. This problem can be solved by updating or reinstalling the driver. This can be done on the official portal of the motherboard manufacturer (if it is a PC) or laptop.

It also happens that there is no sound and you can’t add it, because error correction opens, and there is a red cross on the icon on the toolbar. This time, the reason why Vkontakte does not play music on the computer is a malfunction of the sound card itself. This can only be solved by replacing it with a working one. You can also buy a portable sound card that connects via USB.

If everything is fine with the sound on the computer, we look for the reason in network resources.

Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player is a specialized player designed for playing audio and video recordings on the Internet, downloading games in the browser, advertising, and more. And it may be the answer to the question why VKontakte does not play music and videos. Therefore, to fix the situation, you need to reinstall or update it, but first you need to uninstall the old version. This can be done using the “Uninstall Programs” function, which can be found in the “Control Panel” or using special utilities. You can download Adobe Flash Player from the official Adobe website completely free of charge.

When it is downloaded, you need to install it, unchecking the option to install Yandex elements in preparation for installation.

If the songs do not start again and it is not clear why VKontakte music is not played in Yandex, you should not stop.

Checking the browser

There may be a problem with the browser. In this case, updating the online utility may help. We do the following: open the settings and click on “About the browser”. A new window will open, which will indicate its version, as well as whether it can be updated or not. If possible, then update and try again.

Also, if everything has been done and it was not possible to understand why the VKontakte music is not played in Opera, you need to go to your VK page through another browser and turn on the song there. If everything works fine in another program, then you need to reinstall the non-working browser. We remove it through the dispatcher or utilities, then go to the official website of the utility, download and install.

If there are many necessary bookmarks there, the synchronization function will help you save them. All you need to do is create an account and synchronize. You can find out more about this directly in the browser.

Audio recording blocked

On VKontakte, many audio recordings are added illegally, which is why copyright holders lose considerable amounts of money, as people listen to their new tracks and albums completely free of charge, instead of buying the album. Therefore, performers are slowly withdrawing their works from free public access. This will be indicated by a notification window with the following inscription “The audio recording was withdrawn from public access due to an appeal from the copyright holder.” Therefore, you will have to look for it elsewhere.

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HOSTS file

A very common problem can arise due to which is responsible for converting a domain name to an IP address. This occurs due to constant virus attacks on this file and, as a result, new entries appear in it for sites that do not exist (for example, vkontakte.ru, i.e. the old VK domain). What to do if the VK website does not open in this case?

Go to the system folder (most likely it will be drive C). Go to WINDOWS and find the folder system32\\drivers\\etc. Now open it using notepad, where you need to delete the line with the address vkontakte.ru.

Blocked by antivirus or firewall

It is quite possible that the problem is in the antivirus or firewall, which for some reason considers the vk.com site to be malicious and blocks it. In this case, there must be a notification from this program about the blocking, so calculating it will not be difficult. The only thing to do if VK does not open is to allow your favorite social network to work. To do this, go to the antivirus, find a section where you can place files, folders and sites in the white list, and add “VKontakte” there. Now let's try again.

It’s also worth remembering that usually an antivirus doesn’t just block it, and perhaps the site actually distributes malicious files. Therefore, disabling it is done solely at your own peril and risk.

Blocking by ISP

It is quite possible that it is the Internet service provider that is blocking this popular social network. This is, of course, rare and unlikely to happen, but it is still possible. Therefore, if nothing helps at all, you can contact your Internet provider and ask them if they block a site like vk.com for an hour. What to do if VK does not open from the computer in this case? Change the provider, if, of course, this can be done. It is also worth remembering that this option is a last resort, and almost no one blocks this site.

The first thing you don’t need to do is panic, since the source of most problems is the person sitting in front of the monitor. Next, be sure to check your Internet connection, after which we begin scrolling through the remaining versions.

Also, to avoid the question of what to do if VK does not open from all browsers, you should not install different clients on your PC to receive mail, since they very often carry viruses and various malware that can cause a lot of problems .

Another way to check the functionality of VKontakte is to go to your page from your phone. If it logs in on a mobile phone without any problems, but not on a computer, then that’s where the problem lies.

The social network VKontakte is more popular today than ever. That is why every registered user tries to make their stay there as comfortable and productive as possible. It’s no secret that on this social network you can watch films, video clips, listen to music, not to mention directly communicate. However, sometimes it happens when glitches occur during playback of musical compositions and it also starts. I propose to talk about the reasons why the Yandex browser does not play music in Contact in this article.

Reasons when video does not work in Yandex Browser and ways to resolve them:

Flash plugin fails

A common reason why the video does not work is the “breakage” of the Flash player. The error is literally written like this: Error, the adobe flash player module is blocked because it is out of date.

In this case, you need to restart the browser, and if this does not help in playing the video, then you need to reinstall the flash player.

Checking for Flash and removing it

To check, you should do the following:

• Close your browser and open Control Panel.
• Set the “Category” mode in the viewing option.
• Click on the “Uninstall a program” link in programs.
• View the list of installed programs. If there is no Flash player, then you need to install it, and if there is, then remove it and install a new version. This process is described in detail in the article Flash Player for Yandex Browser

Updating the browser version

Sometimes the problem with video playback lies in an outdated version of the Yandex browser. Therefore it is necessary to check this. The process of checking and updating the browser is described in detail in the article: Updating Yandex Browser to the latest version

Turn off Turbo mode

Using turbo mode is also the cause of the problem in question. To disable Turbo mode, you must:

• Click on the “Menu” button.
• Click on “Turn off turbo”
• Done, refresh the page and check video playback

Disabling hardware acceleration

Additional equipment can be used for video processing. If there is a problem with the system, the video may not load. To disable you need:

• Find the player on Flash Player.
• Click on RMB and “Options”.
• Uncheck the "Enable hardware acceleration" checkbox.
• Close the window and check the video operation.

Remove add-ons that block the player's operation

Activating the Flash Data Blocking plugin may result in the video not showing. After the extension is enabled, the content stops being displayed. When a video does not open due to a conflict between additional modules and Flash, you need to disable blocking extensions:

• Open the menu and click on “Add-ons”.
• Find "Security". Disable "Flash Data Lock" if active.
• Check the “From other sources” column for third-party applications and disable them.

Deactivating VPN

• Right-click on any add-on and select “Configure extensions”.
• Find VPN plugins and click on the “On” button. to turn them off.
• You also need to disable the official addon.

Replacing ip geolocation

Sometimes video files cannot be played in the Yandex browser because access for Russia is blocked. To do this, you need to use VPN add-ons to make the system think that the PC is in another country. Necessary:

• Open the Google store and select the name of any VPN.
• Click “Install”.
• Click “Install extension”.
• Click on the icon of the added plugin and switch it to active state.
• Select the required location.

Disabling active downloads

Yandex browser often does not play videos due to the high load on the channel. In this case it is necessary:

• Click on the arrow that opens the tray window.
• Open torrent.
• Press RMB and click Stop.
• Click on the down arrow icon located under the close button.
• Click on “Pause” under the current download.

Removing and setting up ad blockers

It is possible to remove the video player if you have an add-on installed in your browser that removes advertisements from web pages.

Plugin setup:

• Copy the link to the problematic site.
• Click on the shield image and click on “Configure AdGuard”.
• Go to the menu tab called “White List”.
• Paste a link from the clipboard into the work area.

Checking the hosts file settings

• To edit the hosts file:
• Go to C:Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
• Open the file by clicking 2 times.
• Select the handler that Windows offers.
• Find records that look like “0.0.0.0 ad.doubleclick.net”.
• Save and exit.

Temporarily disabling the antivirus

To check whether the antivirus is the reason why the Yandex browser does not play the video, then after turning it off, the video will immediately start playing. The antivirus is turned off by clicking on “Temporary disable”.

Reinstalling the browser

If the video does not load in the Yandex browser, despite the above steps, you will need to reinstall the browser. This process is described in detail in the article: Reinstall Yandex browser

Other reasons

If a black screen is displayed in the Yandex browser when playing a video, then the reason for this may be that your computer is infected with viruses. In addition, symptoms of computer infection may include:

• Files and folders cannot be opened.
• Programs cannot be removed.
• The computer is running slowly.
• Lots of intrusive advertising.

In this case, you need to clean your computer from viruses.

Browser does not support npapi and unity

Npapi is no longer supported in Yandex browser . This technology is outdated. The Unity organization also no longer supports this module. You need to install a more secure version that is supported by Pappi .

The video does not play, but is downloaded to the computer

If the site owner prohibits opening files in the Yandex browser, the file begins to be downloaded to the computer. To open a file, you will need to drag the icon of the downloaded file into the browser window.

Other solutions

Well, if music does not play in the Yandex browser, the solution most likely lies in one of the above situations. Low connection speed is one of the most common reasons. However, it’s quite easy to fix: press play, then pause, and wait until the composition loads completely. Then play again and enjoy any song!

An outdated version of Adobe Flash Player or its absence can also cause problems with playback. Remember to manually install updates for this plugin from time to time if for some reason automatic updates are disabled in your browser.

Don't forget to check your computer for viruses!

Otherwise, various programs, sites may freeze and slow down, and VKontakte is no exception. It is due to virus infection that songs may stop playing, and this reason must be ruled out first of all. Using your antivirus, scan your computer, and if a virus is found, remove it, then change the passwords of all sites you visit.

And finally, the last common reason why an audio file “does not want” to play is a problem with the social network itself. Considering that a huge number of people from different countries visit it every second, glitches, unfortunately, cannot be avoided. You just need to wait until the site restores its operation and turn on the composition again.

That's all, I hope that I helped determine the reason for the reluctance of the VKontakte site to play musical compositions, and now you can fully enjoy your favorite music! There is another universal solution to the problem - and launch your favorite songs in an audio player on your computer.

First steps if the video does not open in the Yandex browser

The simplest thing is that when a video does not play on the computer in the Yandex browser, no special steps are required to fix the problem. It is enough to do:

• Close the browser and reopen it.
• To restart a computer. The cause may be a random failure in system files.
• Reconnect the Internet.
• Check whether videos on another site are included. Perhaps the problem lies not with the user or the provider, but with the server of the site you are visiting. And sometimes well-known sites go down ((