I've installed Perian and now in the Finder window if I click on the .flv file it will play in the preview column but if I drag the 'flv to QT I'm told 'this is not a movie file' which also happens if I go to the action menu and click Open With>Perian - Open in QT Player.
? Thanks, Richard ________________________________ From: Richard Coker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 18 March, 2011 19:33:46 Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Problem with flash player Thanks Toby, I'll give that a whirl. Richard ________________________________ From: Toby Leighton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 18 March, 2011 19:23:03 Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Problem with flash player 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. -- 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.
