Flash Player plays that VIDEO when uninstalled!  Flash utility site times features when it is installed!

On:

Mac OS X 10.9

2011 27 "iMac 16 GB of Ram

Safari

Firefox

Crazy as it sounds, in addition to all of the sites I tried, it seems that Flash video content will play only when I have ONEinstall Flash Player.  But then, any other Flash content, such as Internet speed Test utility or the content like that, won't work.  When I install the Flash player updated once again, the opposite situation with the videos DO not play, (static area 'black screen' that does nothing, but I can with the right button to 'Preferences of Flash') while the 'other' content Flash works.

I've had problems with Flash for many months now, while I've upgraded to OS X Mavericks, but I identified only recently that this crazy situation exists where content video only works when I have oneinstall Flash.  Curiously, there are a limited number of Flash videos that work independently, but most don't.  Even Adobe own video tutorials that I guess are integrated properly, behaves to the weird way to work only when Flash is uninstalled.

I appreciate all the help, and I understand if it's too weird to think.

Videos that work probably are HTML5 that requires no plugin.

Search Spotlight "Flash Player.plugin" and trash EVERYTHING in the results.

Go to: [user] / Library/Preferences (hold the "Option" key when you click on 'Go' in the Finder to access this folder menu)

Trash the com.macromedia.Flash Player.app.plist file.
Trash folder Macromedia of there also (the folder INTEGER).

Go to: Mac HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe

Trash the Flash Player folder and the folder Manager Installer of Flash Player .

Go to: Mac HD/Library/Internet Plugins.

Recycle Bin, the files flashplayer.xpt .

Empty the trash.

Download Offline Installer: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/mac install_flash_player_11_osx.dmg and run it.

If after all that, it still does not, you will have to watch you have other plugins that may cause a conflict.

I have Safari, Firefox, Opera and Chrome, as well as a few "off brand" browsers and Flash Player works in each of them. End of 2012 Mini, Core15, 16 GB of RAM.

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