CAN'T PLAY SHOCKWAVE MOVIE EVEN IN ROSETTA MODE

Hi

Unless I'm mistaken, the latest Shockwave is Universal Binary allowing Safari to run natively.

Hawaiian Starman - It's not Safari - read the Shockwave Player reviews here...
<http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/513/shockwave-player>
and here...
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13369>

Tom

Thanks Tom for the clarification.

Saw the release notice early this AM on MacUpdate before the reviews came in. All I remember seeing was "adds native Intel Mac support". Given Adobe's recent track record with Flash 9.0.115, I thought "next" and went on to the next site on my morning rounds. Looks like Adobe is batting 2 for 2. 😉

SoloB - No, it's not your operating system.
I'm running Tiger 10.4.11 on a PPC.
There is a 'Shockwave Player 11 Slim UB' that you downloaded.
And I downloaded the 'Shockwave Installer Slim PPC' and I got the same errors as you.
I had saved the 'Shockwave Installer 10.1.1r16 and after deleting all the 11.0.0.429 files I installed 10.1.1r16 - works great.
The bottom line is - it's Adobe's fault!

Tom

MacUptate wrote me and said that it was a new download installer but it still doesn't work on Tiger 10.4.11 PPC.
I tested it here...
<http://www.itma.vt.edu/tech/shockwave.htm>

But, it's working for *some people* on an Intel.
Shockwave Player 11.0.0.429 Full UB <http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/513/shockwave-player>

Tom

Adobe FlashPlayer should first be uninstalled using the appropriate uninstaller available here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=2 and then the latest version obtained from here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash and installed.

(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.)

Safari does not run well in Rosetta.

The universal binary version is now available (Adobe had been redirecting MacIntel users to the SW10 Rosetta instructions page). However, I'd recommend skipping the slim and going for the full install.

Make sure you run the included uninstaller first.

Shockwave ≠ Flash, but you can blame Macromedia for the original branding confusion caused by prepending "Shockwave" to all of their product web players back in the day.

Def good advice on the uninstaller step, though.

In regards to Klaus1 suggestions. Thanks but... that doesn't work for intel based macs at leats not mine running 10.5.2.

After the uninstall followed by the install when you go to a test page like
http://www.itma.vt.edu/tech/shockwave.htm
you still get the same old errors:

Missing Shockwave Decompression extra

Director Player Error
This application requires an Xtra(Flas Movie...) that either does not exist or failed to initialize properly. Please make sure the appropriate Xtras are in the Xtras folder(s)

This application requires an Xtra(text) that either does not exist or failed to initialize properly. Please make sure the appropriate Xtras are in the Xtras folder(s)

This application requires an Xtra(Font...) that either does not exist or failed to initialize properly. Please make sure the appropriate Xtras are in the Xtras folder(s)

Error playing director movie.

So the flash works but the shockwave.

Somewhat sad that this is marked as answered.

Adobe needs to step up if they want us to use their products, 1 year later.

But seriously Klaus1 thanks for trying.

If you are running Leopard:

Some users have mentioned that the latest Flash Player (v.9.0.115.0) conflicts with Leopard, and that they have needed to revert to v. 9.0.47. This can be downloaded from here:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=1

Thanks Klaus1 but when I try that the installer says that version is only for PPC...
I have the whole pack of fp9 archive downloaded: all 70+ megabytes of options, I used flashplayer9r47_mac.dmg and it balked.

Thanks anyway.

Hi huuan

you want the flashplayer9r47 ubmac.dmg.zip I believe, I don't have the archive in front of me to check the name, but certainly it needs to have the '_ub' for Universal binary to run on an intel mac.

Folks, Flash has nothing to do with Shockwave -- they are two different players and do not affect each other at all. Shockwave 11 is now a universal binary and no longer requires your browser to be run in Rosetta mode. The key thing here is to download the Shockwave full installer from the alternate players page at:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/

Direct link to universal binary full installer:
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/default/english/macosx/latest/Sho ckwaveInstallerFull.dmg

Important!
Make sure you first run the uninstaller that is included with the download.

Note also that while the full installer includes native xtras missing in the slim install, some Shockwave movies still will not work if they require third party xtras that are not yet compatible with MacIntel machines and SW11.

Hope this clears up some confusion and helps a bit.

Hope this helps.

Hi Guys
Not sure this helps the discussion but...

I have 3 macs between home and work. 24' intel 2.4Ghz dual core 10.5.2
shockwave works a dream. (interestingly cant view a few things from apples web site ?? perhaps another story?).

G4 iMac 10.4.11 shockwave works fine
G4 Ti-Pb 10.4.11 shockwave wont load. tried uninsalling (perhaps withthe incorrect installer(will check this out Klaus thanks!) but I get the message that some components cant be uninstalled as they are in use. (If I knew what and where I would do it manually). Installing new shockwave has no impact.

I suspect this is my problem in that one of the shockwave components is causing problems but I cant overwrite it or remove it.