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User profile for user: RyanManUtd
RyanManUtd Author
User level: Level 1
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How to watch youtube using QuickTime Pro ?

Hi everyone,

I just bought QuickTime Pro online.

But how do I watch youtube on it ?

I tried FILE > OPEN URL and type in (in fact I copy and paste the url) but the response I got was "URL not valid"

Any idea how I watch youtube on the QT Pro ?

Thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 24 inches, 4GB RAM, 2.8GHz, 320GB HDD, 256MB ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro

Posted on May 23, 2009 8:57 PM

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User profile for user: David M Brewer
David M Brewer
User level: Level 6
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May 23, 2009 10:15 PM in response to RyanManUtd

You can't watch youtube videos with Quicktime. Youtube uses flash to view the videos.

You can how ever open the activity window in Safari and copy the URL for the flv and then copy that URL into Quicktime's "Open URL" window to play the video. You will need the Perian component for Quicktime to be able to view these Youtube videos.

http://perian.org/

Quicktime Pro doesn't enhance or add to the playback capabilities of Quicktime. Both Quicktime and Quicktime Pro have to same playback capabilities.
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User profile for user: RyanManUtd
RyanManUtd Author
User level: Level 1
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May 24, 2009 12:20 PM in response to Baby-Boomer-USofA

Baby Boomer (USofA) wrote:
*In addition to David M Brewer's comments........*

Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player Software.

Thanks David & babyboomer.

If I understand you correctly, I have to download both the software from Perian PLUS Adobe Flash Player Software in order to be able to watch youtube on my QT ?

How much does the Adobe Flash Player Software cost ?

Thanks
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User profile for user: David M Brewer
David M Brewer
User level: Level 6
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May 25, 2009 12:37 AM in response to skalicki

The Flash player is free. Actually the player is for internet/browser playback. Good thing to have and to keep updated.

Here's the latest build for the Flash player:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP

When installing the Flash player you will need to REPAIR PERMISSIONS and restart you computer. Installing the Flash player tents to rake havoc with permissions. It's always a good practice to repair permissions when installing anything on your computer.
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User profile for user: RyanManUtd
RyanManUtd Author
User level: Level 1
121 points

May 25, 2009 9:46 AM in response to David M Brewer

David M Brewer wrote:
The Flash player is free. Actually the player is for internet/browser playback. Good thing to have and to keep updated.

Here's the latest build for the Flash player:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP

When installing the Flash player you will need to REPAIR PERMISSIONS and restart you computer. Installing the Flash player tents to rake havoc with permissions. It's always a good practice to repair permissions when installing anything on your computer.


Thanks David,

In order to watch youtube, installing the Adobe Flash Player will work ? Or must I also download the perian component as well ?

By the way, what you mean by REPAIR PERMISSION ?

Thanks
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User profile for user: Klaus1
Klaus1
User level: Level 9
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May 25, 2009 10:24 AM in response to RyanManUtd

You might as well have both, they do different things.

Repairing permissions is important, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.

Go to Disk Utility (this is in your Utilities Folder in your Application folder) and click on the icon of your hard disk (not the one with all the numbers).

In First Aid, click on Repair Permissions.

This only takes a minute or two in Tiger, but much longer in Leopard.

Background information here:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751

and here:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672

An article on troubleshooting Permissions can be found here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963

By the way, you can ignore any messages about SUID or ACL file permissions, as explained here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US

If you were having any serious problems with your Mac you might as well complete the exercise by repairing your hard disk as well. You cannot do this from the same start-up disk. Reboot from your install disk (holding down the C key). Once it opens, select your language, and then go to Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select your hard disk as before and click Repair.

Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.

More useful reading here:

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417?viewlocale=en_US
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User profile for user: David M Brewer
David M Brewer
User level: Level 6
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May 25, 2009 11:16 AM in response to RyanManUtd

The Flash player is for watching Flash videos (like YouTube) on the internet through a browser (like Safari).

The Perian component enables the Quicktime player is to watch Flash videos (like YouTube's Flash flv's) . Perian also enables the Quicktime to play a bunch of other codec/formats to be able to be played too. From the Perian web site:

Perian enables QuickTime application support for additional media:
File formats: AVI, DIVX, FLV, MKV, GVI, VP6, and VFW
Video types: MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivx, H.264, Sorenson H.263, FLV/Sorenson Spark, FSV1, VP6, H263i, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Snow, NuppelVideo, Techsmith Screen Capture, DosBox Capture
Audio types: Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), and MPEG Layer I & II Audio, True Audio, DTS Coherent Acoustics, Nellymoser ASAO
AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
Subtitle support for SSA/*** and SRT

A good component to have...
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User profile for user: RyanManUtd
RyanManUtd Author
User level: Level 1
121 points

May 29, 2009 9:11 AM in response to Klaus1

Klaus1 wrote:
You might as well have both, they do different things.

Repairing permissions is important, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.

Go to Disk Utility (this is in your Utilities Folder in your Application folder) and click on the icon of your hard disk (not the one with all the numbers).

In First Aid, click on Repair Permissions.

This only takes a minute or two in Tiger, but much longer in Leopard.

Background information here:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751

and here:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672

An article on troubleshooting Permissions can be found here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963

By the way, you can ignore any messages about SUID or ACL file permissions, as explained here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US

If you were having any serious problems with your Mac you might as well complete the exercise by repairing your hard disk as well. You cannot do this from the same start-up disk. Reboot from your install disk (holding down the C key). Once it opens, select your language, and then go to Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select your hard disk as before and click Repair.

Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.

More useful reading here:

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417?viewlocale=en_US


So is this disk something like disk defragment in Windows ?

Thanks
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User profile for user: RyanManUtd
RyanManUtd Author
User level: Level 1
121 points

May 30, 2009 11:51 AM in response to David M Brewer

David M Brewer wrote:
You can't watch youtube videos with Quicktime. Youtube uses flash to view the videos.

You can how ever open the activity window in Safari and copy the URL for the flv and then copy that URL into Quicktime's "Open URL" window to play the video. You will need the Perian component for Quicktime to be able to view these Youtube videos.

http://perian.org/

Hi David,

I have installed the perian components but still settng the message "invalid URL" when I did "Open URL".

I haven't install the flash player but I should still be able to watch youtube in QT after installing perian component (but without flash player), right ?

What could be my problem ?

Thanks
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How to watch youtube using QuickTime Pro ?

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