Why would I suddenly be unable to view media?

[Lex Solari]

Why would I suddenly be unable to view media of any kind in world. This changed without any prompting. All was fine then suddenly I can get sound of the media playing but not the visual. This is the case regardless of computer used (desktop & laptop), regardless of viewer used (SL viewer & Firestorm) and regardless of sim. I am now at a complete loss. Any help would be appreciated.

[Rolig Loon]

There are many reasons.  Rather than paste them all here, let me just give you a source to look at >>> http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/fs_media   Notice that the most likely possibilities have to do with recent updates to your firewall or anti-virus program, or to issues with HTTP fetching.

[PeterCanessa Oh]

I notice (http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/Inventory-list-disappears-since-updating-SL-viewer-Enter-search/qaq-p/2109807) that things are suddenly not going well for you.  Daft question, I realise, because you're bound to have thought of it first when you were trying alternatives - what's changed recently?