> On my Tiger 10.4.11 Yikes!, I recently lost Quicktime
> playback in Firefox looking at MySpace.

This isn't a QuickTime issue, or a Perian issue.

MySpace uses a different player called FIM Media Player (FIM=FOX  
Interactive Media) which is related to the player that FOX Network  
uses on the Fox website (FOX owns MySpace). On the FOX website there  
is link to download some software for Mac OS X (if you need the plugin  
to view FOX media), but it only enables the FOX website player, but  
not the MySpace player.

This is a known incompatibility with Macs, and likely doesn't have an  
easy fix. You may be able to downgrade your version of Flash Player to  
help, but this didn't help me in 10.5.6. The FIM Player appears to be  
a Flash Player add-on, and FOX network installs a plugin called  
"MoveNetworks Quantum Media Player" which definitely is a Flash Player  
plugin of some sort.

If you Ctl-click on the MySpace video window that won't play it should  
gave you a version of the FIM Player that's not working. MySpace has  
been upgrading these players regularly - I've seen FIM version #'s  
increasing from 1.0.0.99 to 1.0.1.119. I think they quit working with  
Macs last summer sometime? I know of no solution other than using a  
Windows PC or running Windows on your Mac.


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