first install the plugin from perian.org, then try dragging and dropping the .flv file onto quicktime player and hopefully it will then play in quicktime player.
>From there if quicktime can handle the file it could then be converted to a more friendly video format like .mov if necessary Toby On 18 March 2011 19:08, Richard Coker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > My wife has to do a presentation which incorporates showing a video clip > downloaded form an educational website. The clip downloads as a 57MB .flv > file, however when she clicks on it to play it, a blank white window appears > entitled Macintosh > HD:Library:Documentation:Help:Hewlett-Packard:shrd:flashplayer - but no sign > of any video. > > My wife has a Macbook Pro running 10.5.8. I've looked in > Applications>Utilities and I find Adobe Flash Player Install Manager but no > Flash Player as such. A search shows a Flash Player.plugin but if I click on > that, a box tells me that 'There is no default application specified to open > Flash player.plugin. All this after having uninstalled and reinstalled Adobe > Flash Player apparently successfully. > > Can anyone help? > > Many thanks, > Richard > > > > ------------------------------ > * > * > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
