Since one month ago my iMacG5 (with latest Safari update) suddenly cannot play youtube videos even after I double click the play button. I am very puzzled about this. I have tried using different download software but no success. Can anyone explain why this problem & how to fix it? Thanks.
Thks Steve. I hv just discovered my G5 OSX 10.4.11 with updated Safari4.0.5 will not work with Flash Player. Adobe website shows latest Flash Player (Ver.10.0.45.2) needs only Safari Ver.3.x to work on G5. As such, I have now replaced Flash Player with Flash Video Downloader2 (FVD2).
With FVD2 I now get the following msg:
"Safari can’t find the internet plug-in. The page “YouTube - PurePoint Golf Video Lessons - Golf Swing Secrets for Full Swing Shots” has content of MIME type “application/x-shockwave-flash”. Because you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can’t be displayed."
I am now stuck again as I do not understand what is a MIME type application plug-in and also do not know where to find the correct one.
I also found from MacRumors.com Forums that other people have also got the same kind of problem but they refer to using other kinds of media players not FVD2.
I wud really appreciate any info or advice to resolve this problem.Thanks.
and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first before installing. You
must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.
I think Klaus1 is correct that you need to uninstall and then reinstall the current version of Flash Player from the Adobe website and then repair permissions. This will enable you to watch embedded Flash content while using the Safari browser.
You sometimes refer to downloading. Do you mean that you occasionally download discreet Flash files to your Desktop that you then wish to play? For this purpose, I suppose you could use one of the other player alternatives.
But there is a problem with Flash that is ongoing and will likely get worse for Macs with the PPC processor. The content is simply no longer being optimized for PPC Macs. Just before I got this new 21.5 inch Intel iMac, my old G4 flat panel 1 GHz with 1 GB of RAM was virtually unusable on many Flash video sites. There are other factors working against the PPC for watching internet video too. Sites like the Winter Olympics and MLB seem to require MS Silverlight 2 which is not available for PPC Macs. Unfortunately, even well maintained, relatively recent G4s and G5s will never be able to watch the full extent of internet video anymore.
On December 8, 2009 Adobe announced plans to drop Flash Player security support next year for Mac owners whose machines run PowerPC G3 processors.
"Adobe will be discontinuing support of PowerPC-based G3 computers and will no longer provide security updates after the Flash Player 10.1 release," said Adobe in the same advisory that spelled out the seven patches. "This unavailability is due to performance enhancements that cannot be supported on the older PowerPC architecture."
Thanks for that clarification Klaus. But I can verify that Flash performance on my G4 had significantly deteriorated. While I could still watch and "enjoy" most Flash advertising content and really basic Flash stuff, watching most Flash video content (Youtube for example) was just impossible. Jerky, choppy, even bad audio--it was at best just like watching a series of still pictures.
I've verified my experience in talking with fellow G4 users and with an Apple Store employee who has a personal G4, the same model as my old iMac.
Klaus, I think it's more than CPU usage. My old G4 is a 1 GHz, not great but not totally stone age either. I know people with older Intel Windows machines who can still watch streaming Flash fairly well. A large part of the problem, for reasons unknown to me technically, is the PPC architecture.
I can watch a Quicktime video on the old G4. But the powers that be who make Flashplayer and who make Flash content are writing PPC out of their picture.
Cheers to Steve Jobs for campaigning against Flash.
Absolutely, Klaus, I'm not blaming PPC I'm just pointing out that Adobe has indeed been leaving the PPC out in the cold with regard to optimizing for Flash and it's not going to change. I blame Adobe 100%. I still have my old iMac G4, I passed it on to my son who mainly uses it for iTunes and light web browsing. When he has Flash videos he "needs" to watch he does so on this new Intel iMac 21.5 inch!
